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New AI model could streamline operations in a robotic warehouse

February 27, 2024 | MIT News | CEE Chief Editor

By breaking an intractable problem into smaller chunks, a deep-learning technique identifies the optimal areas for thinning out traffic in a warehouse. […]

2023-25 MIT Postdoctoral Fellowship Program for Engineering Excellence cohort announced

February 23, 2024 | MIT News | CEE Chief Editor

Thirteen postdocs join program that emphasizes community and prioritizes professional development. […]

MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering announces faculty promotions

February 20, 2024 | News | Callie Ayoub

The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is pleased to announce the following faculty promotions: Josephine Carstensen has been promoted to Associate Professor without Tenure effective July 1, 2024. Professor Carstensen received her B.Sc. and M.Sc. […]

Alumni Spotlight: Autumn Deitrick

February 16, 2024 | Alumni | Stephanie Martinovich

Autumn Deitrick’s transformative journey as a graduate student unveils a promising new path Autumn Deitrick ’23 SM, spent the last year of her graduate studies at MIT rediscovering art, a hobby she was naturally drawn to […]

Fieldwork class investigates changing ecosystem in Hawai’i

February 6, 2024 | TREX | CEE Editor

When I got accepted into MIT on Pi Day three years ago, I knew I entered the world of many opportunities. During my first year, I started to grasp how vast that world actually is: through […]

Remembering Ronald T. McLoughlin in celebration of Black History Month

February 2, 2024 | CEE Profiles | Callie Ayoub

In 1926, Ronald Theodore McLaughlin became the second black faculty member appointed at MIT. Born in Windsor, Ontario Canada, McLaughlin attended Queens University in Kingston Ontario and earned a degree in civil engineering. After completing his […]

School of Engineering fourth quarter 2023 awards

January 26, 2024 | MIT News | CEE Editor

Faculty and researchers across MIT’s School of Engineering receive many awards in recognition of their scholarship, service, and overall excellence. […]

Prof. Cohen selected to receive Eshelby Mechanics Award for Young Faculty

January 19, 2024 | News | Stephanie Martinovich

Tal Cohen, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and mechanical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has been selected to receive the 2023 Eshelby Mechanics Award for Young Faculty. The award is given annually […]

The 2021 Rising Stars cohort on the steps outside of Building 1.

Workshop at MIT forms friendships and opportunities

January 12, 2024 | News | Stephanie Martinovich

Participants from the 2021 Rising Stars in Civil and Environmental Engineering bond over shared experiences. When Lauryn Spearing, Sofia Pérez-Guzmán, and Lisa Losada-Rojas attended the 2021 Rising Stars Workshop in Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) at […]

Turning history of science into a comic adventure

January 11, 2024 | MIT News | CEE Chief Editor

Associate Professor Lydia Bourouiba and artist Argha Manna take readers through a series of discoveries in infectious disease. […]

Zane Schemmer: Graduate Spotlight

December 14, 2023 | Graduate Spotlight | CEE Chief Editor

Hometown: Park City, Utah Who is your advisor/PI?: Josephine Carstensen Degree Program: SM/PhD Anticipated Graduation Year: 2027 How did you first become interested in Civil and Environmental Engineering?I’ve been passionate about civil and environmental engineering for […]

Satellite-based method measures carbon in peat bogs

December 13, 2023 | MIT News | CEE Chief Editor

The technique could enable restoration efforts and doesn’t require labor-intensive onsite sampling. […]

MIT Generative AI Week fosters dialogue across disciplines

December 11, 2023 | MIT News | CEE Chief Editor

During the last week of November, MIT hosted symposia and events aimed at examining the implications and possibilities of generative AI. […]

AI accelerates problem-solving in complex scenarios

December 5, 2023 | MIT News | CEE Chief Editor

A new, data-driven approach could lead to better solutions for tricky optimization problems like global package routing or power grid operation. […]

Unlocking the secrets of natural materials

December 3, 2023 | MIT News | CEE Chief Editor

Professor Benedetto Marelli develops silk-based technologies with uses “from lab to fork,” including helping crops grow and preserving perishable foods. […]