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ONE-MA3 2018: Balancing conservation of nature and history

June 19, 2018 | Fieldwork | ceemit

By Patricia Gao ’21 Trees yawned. Water sparkled. Flowers bloomed, in the midst of clouds of butterflies. All of it happened around, over, and through the remains of a medieval village. This was the most romantic […]

ONE-MA3 2018: A Day in Priverno

June 18, 2018 | Fieldwork | ceemit

By Sophie Cohen ’21 A metal triangle hangs on the side of the Caetani Castle’s kitchen exterior, and the chefs’ children hit it with a hammer to signal meal times. This is how our day began, […]

Associate Professor Xuanhe Zhao developed flexible, magnetic, 3-D structures

June 15, 2018 | 2018 News in Brief | ceemit

Associate Professor Xuanhe Zhao created soft, 3-D-printed structures whose movements can be controlled with a wave of a magnet and can crawl, roll, jump, and snap together. A potential application of the technology is to use […]

Donald and Martha Harleman Professor Heidi Nepf and Graduate Student Judy Qingjun Yang featured in MIT Spectrum

June 15, 2018 | 2018 News in Brief | ceemit

In the Spring 2018 edition of MIT’s Spectrum, Donald and Martha Harleman Professor Heidi Nepf and Graduate Student Judy Qingjun Yang SM ’15 were profiled for their research on restoring and maintaining wetlands. Read more here. […]

Abroad in Israel: Saying Goodbye to the Technion

June 11, 2018 | Undergraduate Student Life | ceemit

By Amy Vogel ’20 I am writing this post while sitting at my desk on my last day of work at the Technion. I am sad to leave the Technion, but I am so happy that […]

Concrete Sustainability Hub Profiled in U.S. News and World Report Q&A

June 8, 2018 | 2018 News in Brief | ceemit

CEE Research Scientist Jeremy Gregory, executive director of the Concrete Sustainability Hub (CSHub), participated in a Q&A with U.S. News and World Report where he discussed the benefits of adopting hazard-resistant construction approaches. Read the article […]

Professor Franz-Josef Ulm provides expert insight in The Boston Globe on Longfellow Bridge

June 8, 2018 | 2018 News in Brief | ceemit

Professor Franz-Josef Ulm was featured in a Boston Globe article about the Longfellow Bridge as construction comes to an end. In the article, Ulm notes that the Longfellow turned the Charles River into a “public oasis.” […]

Graduate Students Andrew Lee and Adam Rosenfield attend 2018 Future Leaders Development Conference (LDC)

June 8, 2018 | 2018 News in Brief | ceemit

From May 21- May 24, Graduate Students Andrew Lee and Adam Rosenfield were two of twenty selected to attend the Eno Center for Transportation’s 2018 Future Leaders Development Conference (LDC) in Washington D.C. The LDC gives […]

Members of the CEE community recognized at CEE Senior Celebration and Awards Banquet

June 8, 2018 | 2018 News in Brief | ceemit

On May 17, the CEE community gathered to celebrate the class of 2018 and to recognize outstanding accomplishments from the past year. Department Head Markus Buehler announced the winners of the CEE Awards, including student, faculty, […]