On Oct. 10, Provost Martin Schmidt announced that Department Head and Professor Markus Buehler was appointed to the Institute-wide McAfee Professorship of Engineering. Schmidt recognized Buehler’s stature and impact in research, and his work in developing […]
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 […]
On Sept. 21, Professor Marta Gonzalez’s essay titled, “From Data to Models that Improve Urban Policy” was published in The Cities Papers. Emphasizing the new data-rich reality of cities, this essay explores deeper insights into the […]
To engage student and educators, as well as foster the global impact of environmental engineering education, the has announced an Environmental Engineering Education Support Program. This program will fund a maximum of $25,000 per year (no […]
MIT News Office New “water adhesive” is tougher than natural adhesives employed by mussels and barnacles. Nature has developed innovative ways to solve a sticky challenge: Mussels and barnacles stubbornly glue themselves to cliff faces, ship […]
Marilyn Siderwicz Civil and Environmental Engineering Twenty women from across the country were selected to attend the MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) Rising Stars Workshop on Oct. 15-16. Chosen from among more than 120 highly […]
On Nov. 20, CEE and the Industrial Liaisons Program (ILP) will host a conference at the MIT Media Lab titled “Infrastructure Innovation in a Changing Environment Conference”. With an exciting list of speakers and a range of […]
An MIT team, along with researchers from Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research and Kuwait University, was awarded a $4 million grant for a project titled “The Underworlds Project: a Smart Sewage Infrastructure for Kuwait.” The study […]
The MIT Energy Club will host its MIT Energy Hackathon from Nov. 13-15. Participants will work on real-world energy challenges presented by pioneering organizations including Schlumberger, OPower, McKinsey, First Fuel, and the MIT Office of Sustainability. […]
From Nov. 13-14 in the Wong Auditorium, the MIT Water Club will host its annual Water Summit, “Thriving with Change.” The event is comprised of students and faculty, as well as leaders from industry, finance, government, […]
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 […]
Each year, the Lemelson-MIT Program awards a $500,000 prize to a mid-career inventor whose work has had a positive social, cultural and economic impact. The objectives of the Lemelson-MIT Prize are to: (1) recognize outstanding mid-career […]
Kelsey Damrad Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty discuss interdisciplinary research and educational initiatives in the CEE New Research Alumni Breakfast. On Oct. 21, alumni, students, faculty, and staff from the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering […]
Kuwait-MIT Center for Natural Resources and the Environment MIT and Kuwait researchers have been awarded $4 million to fund Underworlds, a study of real-time epidemiology using biomarkers in urban sewage. A team of MIT researchers, together […]
The 2016 Marseille Winterschool, a one-week training for graduate students and postdocs during IAP and organized by Professors Franz-Josef Ulm and John Williams, and Senior Research Scientist Roland Pellenq, is now accepting nominations for graduate student […]
