The American Society for Testing and Materials International (ASTM) presented its highest honor, the Award of Merit, at a ceremony in June 2008 to John Germaine S.M. ’80, Sc.D. ‘82, a senior research associate in the […]
The American Society for Testing and Materials International (ASTM) presented its highest honor, the Award of Merit, at a ceremony in June 2008 to John Germaine S.M. ’80, Sc.D. ‘82, a senior research associate in the […]
Professor Markus Buehler, graduate student Sinan Keten and sophomore Britni Ihle, along with nine other MIT students and faculty members, spent spring break in Aachen, Germany, at a week-long course: “The 2009 Aachen-MIT Spring School on […]
Two CEE people were included in the Spring 2009 issue of MIT Spectrvm: Professor Heidi Nepf and graduate student Amy Mueller. Mueller’s work with the Solar Turbine Group is featured in the cover story, “Here Comes […]
Using green and blue and yellow, too, an MIT scientist and a Caldecott Award-winning author/illustrator have teamed up to produce a lavishly illustrated children’s book that explains how the sun kindles life on Earth through photosynthesis. […]
By Denise Brehm Civil & Environmental Engineering Using green and blue and yellow, too, an MIT scientist and a Caldecott Award-winning author/illustrator have teamed up to produce a lavishly illustrated children’s book that explains how the […]
Not far beneath the ocean’s surface, tiny phytoplankton swimming upward in a daily commute toward morning light sometimes encounter the watery equivalent of Rod Serling’s Twilight Zone: a sharp variation in marine currents that traps billions […]
By Denise Brehm Civil & Environmental Engineering Not far beneath the ocean’s surface, tiny phytoplankton swimming upward in a daily commute toward morning light sometimes encounter the watery equivalent of Rod Serling’s Twilight Zone: a sharp […]
Charles Harvey, the Doherty Associate Professor in CEE, received the 2008 M. King Hubbert Award from the National Ground Water Association at its annual meeting in December. The award acknowledges major science or engineering contributions to […]
Moshe Ben-Akiva, the Edmund K. Turner Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering received an honorary doctorate on Nov. 21 from KTH (the Royal Institute of Technology) in Stockholm, Sweden. The degree recognizes Ben-Akiva as a “visionary […]
MIT researchers who study the structure of protein-based materials with the aim of learning the key to their lightweight and robust strength have discovered that the particular arrangement of proteins that produces the sturdiest product is […]
By Denise Brehm Civil & Environmental Engineering MIT researchers who study the structure of protein-based materials with the aim of learning the key to their lightweight and robust strength have discovered that the particular arrangement of […]
As part of the MIT Portugal Program, researchers from MIT and Portugal have made progress in developing traffic simulation software that could make it easier for traffic managers to analyze road conditions and ease congestion in […]
Picture this: an accurate map of a large underground oil reservoir that can guide engineers’ efforts to coax the oil from the vast rocky subsurface into wells where it can be pumped out for storage or […]
By Denise Brehm Civil & Environmental Engineering Picture this: an accurate map of a large underground oil reservoir that can guide engineers’ efforts to coax the oil from the vast rocky subsurface into wells where it […]
“It has long been known that malaria can be fought by draining swamps and paving streets,” Donald McNeil Jr. writes in the Dec. 22 issue of the New York Times. “But a new study by scientists […]