Past Events

Undergraduate Open House

Climate change, resilient infrastructure, transportation logistics; these are just some of the timely challenges that Course 1 undergraduate students are taking on. If you’re interested in learning more about the undergraduate program in Course 1, join us on, November 14 at noon in 1-131. Learn more about our undergraduate program and fieldwork experiences, chat with our faculty and current students, and see for yourself why Course 1 is the course for you! Lunch will be provided!

C.C. Mei Distinguished Speaker Series: Prof. Alain Goriely

The C.C. Mei Distinguished Speaker Series was founded and has been organized since 2015 in the MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, in honor of Prof. Chiang C. Mei. The speaker series provides a vibrant forum for highly distinguished speakers from around the world, to share their research with the CEE, MIT, and local Boston community. Our November 14th speaker is Alain Goriely, Statutory Chair of Mathematical Modelling at the University of Oxford, Mathematical Institute.

CEE and Transportation MIT Graduate Student Life Session

This information session will feature current graduate students from the CEE and Transportation degree programs, sharing a glimpse of life outside the lab and answering your questions.

Led by current CEE and Transportation students, along with Civil and Environmental Engineering Admissions Staff

Parsons Laboratory Seminar Series: Mixing, Morphology, and Melting in Homogeneous Isotropic Turbulence

Please join us for the Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory Seminar Series with speaker Blair Johnson from University of Texas, who will discuss “Mixing, Morphology, and Melting in Homogeneous Isotropic Turbulence"

The seminar is in-person at 15 Vassar Street, 48-316

For more information or how to attend this seminar virtually, please contact lumidi@mit.edu

Parsons Laboratory Seminar Series: Mixotrophy in marine picocyanobacteria

Please join us for the Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory Seminar Series with speaker Jose Manuel Garcia Fernandez from University of Cordoba, who will discuss “Mixotrophy in marine picocyanobacteria: Glucose uptake and utilization by Prochlorococcus"

The seminar is in-person at 15 Vassar Street, 48-316

For more information or how to attend this seminar virtually, please contact lumidi@mit.edu

CEE and Office of Graduate Education Grad Catalyst Event

This interactive webinar provides participants with useful information for applying to and thriving in graduate school. Sessions are open to all students exploring the option of PhD studies in CEE at MIT. 

Led by current CEE students and Civil and Environmental Engineering Admissions Staff

Parsons Laboratory Seminar Series: TBD

Please join us for the Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory Seminar Series with speaker Rich Phillips from Indiana University.

The seminar is in-person at 15 Vassar Street, 48-316

For more information or how to attend this seminar virtually, please contact lumidi@mit.edu

Parsons Laboratory Seminar Series: Hydrology in the supercomputing age

Please join us for the Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory Seminar Series with speaker Reed Maxwell from Princeton University, who will discuss “Hydrology in the supercomputing age: How computational advances have revolutionized our field, and what big data and massively parallel simulations mean for the future of hydrologic discovery"

The seminar is in-person at 15 Vassar Street, 48-316

For more information or how to attend this seminar virtually, please contact lumidi@mit.edu

Parsons Laboratory Seminar Series: Altered Soundscapes and Degraded Landscapes

Please join us for the Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory Seminar Series with speaker Anshuman Swain from Harvard University, who will discuss “Altered Soundscapes and Degraded Landscapes"

The seminar is in-person at 15 Vassar Street, 48-316

For more information or how to attend this seminar virtually, please contact lumidi@mit.edu

Parsons Laboratory Seminar Series: Physics to machine learning and machine learning back to physics

Please join us for the Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory Seminar Series with speaker Pierre Gentine from Columbia University, who will discuss “Physics to machine learning and machine learning back to physics"

The seminar is in-person at 15 Vassar Street, 48-316

For more information or how to attend this seminar virtually, please contact lumidi@mit.edu