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MISTI lets CEE students combine summer work with international travel

September 25, 2008 | 2008 News in Brief | ceemit

By Debbie Levey Civil & Environmental Engineering Internships across the world provided civil and environmental engineering students with a chance to engage in research projects and explore new environments over the summer. As the largest international […]

CEE Contributes Mightily to NAE Publication

September 24, 2008 | 2008 News Releases | ceemit

By Debbie LeveyCivil & Environmental Engineering MIT civil and environmental engineering faculty and alumni wrote most of the articles in the Summer 2008 issue of the National Academy of Engineering’s quarterly magazine, The Bridge. All dealt […]

CEE student receives School of Engineering’s teaching award

July 21, 2008 | 2008 News Releases | ceemit

By Denise Brehm Civil & Environmental Engineering Department head Professor Patrick Jaillet presented David Gonzalez-Rodriguez with the School of Engineering’s Graduate Student Extraordinary Teaching and Mentoring Award for 2008 in an informal ceremony in Jaillet’s office […]

De Neufville participates in Fulbright Scholar Exchange program

July 2, 2008 | 2008 News in Brief | ceemit

Professor Richard de Neufville, an expert on risk management in the design of infrastructure, was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to participate in a Fulbright German Studies Program held in Berlin and Brussels in June. He joined […]

Dara Entekhabi succeeds Penny Chisholm as ESI director

July 2, 2008 | 2008 News in Brief | ceemit

Professor Dara Entekhabi, director of Parsons Laboratory, will become the new director of the Earth System Initiative, effective July 1. Entekhabi succeeds Professor Penny Chisholm, who helped conceive of the initiative and served as its director […]

Gonzalez-Rodriguez gets School of Engineering’s graduate student teaching award

July 2, 2008 | 2008 News in Brief | ceemit

Ph.D. student David Gonzalez-Rodriguez is recipient of the 2008 School of Engineering Graduate Student Extraordinary Teaching and Mentoring Award, Dean Subra Suresh announced last week. Gonzalez-Rodriguez also won the CEE Maseeh Award for excellence as a […]

Capturing gene expression in a natural setting

June 30, 2008 | 2008 News in Brief | ceemit

We know that ocean microbes act like tiny biosensors, responding quickly to changes in the environment in ways that help us clean up chemical spills or treat raw sewage. But we know little about how they […]

NPR’s Science Friday attends birthday bash for Prochloroccus

June 18, 2008 | 2008 News in Brief | ceemit

NPR’s Joe Palca attended Prochlorococcus Fest, a two-day celebration at MIT honoring the 20th anniversary of the discovery of the marine microbe. The fest featured a range of talks highlighting research on the smallest and most […]

Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering awards 105 degrees

June 6, 2008 | 2008 News in Brief | ceemit

Graduates gathered with families, friends and alumni today to celebrate MIT’s 142nd Commencement Exercises. Muhammad Yunus, winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize for pioneering the microlending movement, delivered the Commencement address in a rain-drenched Killian […]

CEE students win competition during conference for global poverty initiatives

June 4, 2008 | 2008 News in Brief | ceemit

The Global Poverty Initiative (GPI), a group formed by 40 MIT students including environmental engineering major Connie Lu, organized the Millennium Campus Conference, held at MIT April 18 to 20.The conference sponsored a Millennium Challenge Competition […]

CEE students win competition during global poverty initiatives conference

June 4, 2008 | 2008 News Releases | ceemit

By Debbie Levey Civil & Environmental Engineering The Global Poverty Initiative (GPI), a group formed by 40 MIT students including environmental engineering major Connie Lu, organized the Millennium Campus Conference, held at MIT April 18 to […]

Lerman to become MIT’s vice chancellor

June 3, 2008 | 2008 News in Brief | ceemit

Dean for Graduate Education Steven R. Lerman, the Class of 1922 Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, will become MIT’s vice chancellor, effective July 1, Chancellor Phillip L. Clay announced last week. In his role as […]

Flexible airport design essential for courting low-cost airlines, the new major players

June 3, 2008 | 2008 News in Brief | ceemit

Leading low-cost airlines with a preference for small, inexpensive airports are now the largest airlines in the United States and Europe, according to Professor Richard de Neufville, an expert on airport design and operations, who said […]

Low-cost airlines are now the new major players

June 3, 2008 | 2008 News Releases | ceemit

Denise Brehm Civil & Environmental Engineering Leading low-cost airlines with a preference for small, inexpensive airports are now the largest airlines in the United States and Europe, according to an MIT expert on airport design and […]

Researchers holding bash 20 years after microbe’s discovery

May 28, 2008 | 2008 News in Brief | ceemit

A sea-dwelling microbe of global importance discovered only 20 years ago by researchers, including CEE Professor Penny Chisholm, is the focus of a two-day “party” of sorts later this month. The Prochlorococcus Fest, to be held […]