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Educating the Displaced

September 26, 2016 | News | ceemit

[fusion_text]When I was a refugee, education gave me hope. As a professor, I want to return the favor. When I was a teenager in 1992 in Bosnia and Herzegovina, war broke out and changed everything. Our […]

Solve at HUBweek offers local showcase, global springboard for solutions to society’s challenges

September 16, 2016 | News | ceemit

[fusion_text]Innovators from many sectors to tackle issues involving the digital economy, education, and more. How can the benefits of the digital economy be shared more broadly? How can recent technological advances — from algorithms to apps, […]

Professor Buyukozturk and CEE Researchers Redesigning Concrete

June 8, 2016 | 2016 News in Brief | ceemit

A team of CEE professors and graduate students, led by Professor Oral Buyukozturk, are redesigning the most commonly used human-made material in the world: concrete. Specifically, the researchers are focusing on replacing cement paste with a […]

Finding a new formula for concrete

June 8, 2016 | 2016 News Releases | ceemit

Researchers at MIT are seeking to redesign concrete — the most widely used human-made material in the world — by following nature’s blueprints. In a paper published online in the journal Construction and Building Materials, the team contrasts […]

CEE Announces Three New Professorships

May 19, 2016 | 2016 News in Brief | ceemit

Also effective July 1, Professors Elfatih Eltahir, Benedetto Marelli, and Admir Masic will hold new institute-wide professorship title. Professor Eltahir will hold the institute-wide Breene M. Kerr Professorship for a five-year term. Marelli will hold the Paul […]

CEE announces three new professorships

May 19, 2016 | 2016 News Releases | ceemit

Marilyn Siderwicz | Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Effective July 1, three Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) professors will receive named professorships in recognition for their important contributions to the department and the […]

Seeking inspiration from ancient technologies

April 8, 2016 | 2016 News Releases | ceemit

By Kelsey Damrad Civil and Environmental Engineering New fieldwork program in civil and environmental engineering takes students to Italy for a lesson in ancient infrastructure and materials. As durable infrastructure, material innovation, and global sustainability develop […]

Seeking inspiration from ancient technologies

April 8, 2016 | 2016 News Releases | ceemit

By Kelsey Damrad Civil and Environmental Engineering April 6, 2016 New fieldwork program in civil and environmental engineering takes students to Italy for a lesson in ancient infrastructure and materials. As durable infrastructure, material innovation, and […]

Summer research to examine Italian art, archeology and architecture (ONE-MA3) as prereq for fall subject

April 8, 2016 | 2016 News in Brief | ceemit

Professor Admir Masic will conduct two weeks of fieldwork in Italy this summer with undergraduates who sign up to join him as a prerequisite for a new fall special subject, Heritage Science and Technology (1.S993). The […]

CEE Research Speed Dating: Joining efforts to build a more sustainable future

March 29, 2016 | 2016 News in Brief | ceemit

Approaching a global challenge from the bottom up often results in transformative large-scale impact. The annual CEE Research Speed Dating event, held this year on Feb. 18, brought together 27 CEE faculty, researchers, and students, and […]

Joining efforts to build a more sustainable future

March 17, 2016 | 2016 News Releases | ceemit

Kelsey Damrad Civil and Environmental Engineering Sixth Annual CEE Research Speed Dating showcases research to promote collaboration Approaching a global challenge from the bottom up often results in transformative large-scale impact. Such is the theme that […]

Admir Masic wins WITec’s 2016 Paper Award

March 8, 2016 | 2016 News in Brief | ceemit

Professor Admir Masic was selected to receive the WITec 2016 Gold Paper Award for his microscopic analysis of the teeth of the red sea urchin. Masic, a Raman microscopy specialist who joined the CEE faculty in […]

Students enjoy grilled cheese study break

December 23, 2015 | 2015 News in Brief | ceemit

On Dec. 15, students took a well-deserved grilled cheese and tomato soup study break, during which Department Head Markus Buehler, Professor Admir Masic and the CEE headquarters team prepared sandwiches hot off the griddle and tomato […]

Professors travel to Italy to unlock secrets of ancient technology

November 16, 2015 | 2015 News in Brief | ceemit

On Friday, Nov. 20, Professors Oral Buyukozturk and Admir Masic, with two Ph.D. students, will travel to Italy to visit archaeological sites in the region between Rome and Naples. In an ongoing collaboration with Roberto Scalesse […]

Third Annual CEE New Research Alumni Breakfast

November 6, 2015 | 2015 News in Brief | ceemit

Focusing this year on environment, infrastructure, and people, the department hosted its third annual CEE New Research Alumni Breakfast on Oct. 21. Department Head Markus Buehler opened the breakfast with a review of the various grand […]