Past Events

Parsons Laboratory Seminar Series: Mixotrophy in marine picocyanobacteria: Glucose uptake and utilization by Prochlorococcus

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.

Parsons Laboratory Seminar Series: The ecosystem impacts of concurrent biotic and climatic disturbances in temperate forests

Please join us for the Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory Seminar Series with speaker Jackie Hatala Matthes from Harvard Forest, who will discuss “The ecosystem impacts of concurrent biotic and climatic disturbances in temperate forests."

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

Parsons Laboratory Seminar Series: Ecological networks in dynamics and evolving landscapes

Please join us for the Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory Seminar Series with speaker Marie-Josée Fortin from University of Toronto, who will discuss “Ecological networks in dynamics and evolving landscapes."

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

Parsons Laboratory Seminar Series: From Land Carbon Sink to Net Zero Emissions: How can Land be Part of the Climate Solution?

Please join us for the Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory Seminar Series with speaker Hanqin Tian from Boston College, who will discuss “From Land Carbon Sink to Net Zero Emissions: How can Land be Part of the Climate Solution?"

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

C.C. Mei Distinguished Speaker Series: Prof. Pradeep Sharma

Please join us for the C.C. Mei Distinguished Speaker Series with Professor Pradeep Sharma from University of Houston, who will discuss “Flexoelectricity & Electrets."

The seminar is in-person in Room 3-270.

Parsons Laboratory Seminar Series: Lights out for fireflies, moths, and other insects

Please join us for the Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory Seminar Series with speaker Dr. Avalon C.S. Owens from Harvard University, who will discuss “Lights out for fireflies, moths, and other insects."

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

MIT CEE Annual Research Day: CEE for the 21st Century

This event brings together the CEE community for a thought-provoking experience and a great opportunity to discuss civil and environmental solutions for the 21^st century through lightning-fast research talks and poster presentations by CEE faculty, students, and postdocs. It will also include light food and drink during the poster presentation reception hour.

Download the Program agenda to learn more.

C.C. Mei Distinguished Speaker Series: Prof. Alan Needleman

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 28th speaker is Alan Needleman, University Distinguished Professor of Materials Science and Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University.

mini-UROP Lightning Lectures

Calling all first-year students! Get a taste of what it's like solving the grand challenges facing our planet in the areas of climate, renewable energy, resilient systems and mobility, and sustainable materials and infrastructure. Gain hands-on research experience over IAP, working closely with a CEE graduate student or postdoc. Learn more about this year's research projects at our mini-UROP Lightning Lecture happening on November 16 in 1-390.

Interdepartmental Program in Transportation / MIT Mobility Initiative Information Session

This webinar will provide an overview of MIT's Interdepartmental Program in Transportation including the Master of Science in Transportation (MST) as well as the Interdepartmental Doctoral Program, and the admissions process.

 Led by the Director of the Transportation Program, Jinhua Zhao, and Admissions Staff