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Parsons Lab holds 34th annual Halloween party and pumpkin carving contest

November 10, 2009 | 2009 News in Brief | ceemit

For the 34th consecutive year, Parsons Laboratory students, faculty, staff and family members celebrated Halloween with a pumpkin carving party and dinner. Close to 120 people attended this year’s party Oct. 30, creatively transforming 58 pumpkins […]

Parsons Lab holds 34th annual Halloween party and pumpkin carving contest

November 9, 2009 | 2009 News Releases | ceemit

By Debbie Levey Civil & Environmental Engineering For the 34th consecutive year, Parsons Laboratory students, faculty, staff and family members celebrated Halloween with a pumpkin carving party and dinner. Close to 120 people attended this year’s […]

MIT teams up with three universities in Singapore to develop smart, sustainable urban transportation solutions

November 2, 2009 | 2009 News in Brief | ceemit

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the National Research Foundation of Singapore announced a project to develop new models and tools for the planning, design and operation of sustainable future urban transportation. The five-year project will […]

ASTM names CEE’s Jack Germaine Professor of the Year

November 2, 2009 | 2009 News in Brief | ceemit

As part of its “Year of the Professor” campaign throughout 2009, ASTM International (formerly the American Society for Testing and Materials) has chosen CEE senior research associate John Germaine as its Professor of the Year. ASTM […]

ASTM names CEE’s Jack Germaine Professor of the Year

October 30, 2009 | 2009 News Releases | ceemit

By Debbie Levey Civil & Environmental Engineering As part of its “Year of the Professor” campaign throughout 2009, ASTM International (formerly the American Society for Testing and Materials) has chosen CEE senior research associate John Germaine […]

Dissertation of Ben-Akiva advisee Emmanuel Carrier receives honor

October 28, 2009 | 2009 News in Brief | ceemit

The dissertation of recent graduate Emmanuel Carrier (Ph.D. 2008) received an honorable mention in the George B. Dantzig Dissertation Award competition during the INFORMS annual meeting held Oct. 11-14 in San Diego. The award recognizes dissertations […]

Alumnus writes book about his groundwater research in Bangladesh

October 28, 2009 | 2009 News in Brief | ceemit

A book written by Doherty Associate Professor Charles Harvey and recent alumnus Khandaker Ashfaque about their research tracing the source of arsenic in Bangladeshi wells was published in the summer. “Arsenic Mobilization in Groundwater: A Case […]

Simchi-Levi and co-author win prize for three papers

October 13, 2009 | 2009 News in Brief | ceemit

David Simchi-Levi and co-author Xin Chen, assistant professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, won the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) 2009 Revenue Management and Pricing Section Prize for three papers […]

Simchi-Levi and co-author win prize for three papers

October 13, 2009 | 2009 News Releases | ceemit

David Simchi-Levi and co-author Xin Chen, assistant professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, won the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) 2009 Revenue Management and Pricing Section Prize for three papers […]

Prefrosh learn bridge building and marsh protection in CEE’s pre-orientation program

October 9, 2009 | 2009 News Releases | ceemit

By Debbie Levey Civil & Environmental Engineering Real hands-on engineering began in August for 23 new MIT students enrolled in Discover Civil and Environmental Engineering (DCEE), a program of activities, lectures and social events held each […]

Stocker and Durham publish Perspective piece in Science magazine

October 7, 2009 | 2009 News in Brief | ceemit

In a Perspective piece in a July issue of Science magazine, Professor Roman Stocker and graduate student Mack Durham describe different methods of marine microbe motility and the possible advantages conferred on the microbes by these […]

Buehler offers career advice in Science magazine

October 5, 2009 | 2009 News in Brief | ceemit

In the Aug. 28 issue of Science magazine, writer Susan Gaidos invited 13 winners of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) to share their career advice. CEE’s Markus Buehler, the Esther and […]

Concrete Sustainability Hub established at MIT

October 5, 2009 | 2009 News in Brief | ceemit

Concrete is the most widely used building material on the planet; however, the production of some of its component materials accounts for up to 5 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions annually. To address the sustainability […]

Concrete Sustainability Hub established at MIT

October 5, 2009 | 2009 News Releases | ceemit

Interdisciplinary collaboration will accelerate the growth of science and engineering in concrete research Concrete is the most widely used building material on the planet; however, the production of some of its component materials accounts for up […]

Connor receives honorary doctorate recognizing his many achievements

September 9, 2009 | 2009 News in Brief | ceemit

For pioneering work on topics including computational mechanics, motion-based design and control systems for structures, Professor Jerome Connor received an honorary doctorate degree on April 29 from the Department of Civil Engineering at the Aristotle University […]