Professor Richard de Neufville, an expert on risk management in the design of infrastructure, was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to participate in a Fulbright German Studies Program held in Berlin and Brussels in June. He joined […]
Professor Richard de Neufville, an expert on risk management in the design of infrastructure, was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to participate in a Fulbright German Studies Program held in Berlin and Brussels in June. He joined […]
Professor Dara Entekhabi, director of Parsons Laboratory, will become the new director of the Earth System Initiative, effective July 1. Entekhabi succeeds Professor Penny Chisholm, who helped conceive of the initiative and served as its director […]
Ph.D. student David Gonzalez-Rodriguez is recipient of the 2008 School of Engineering Graduate Student Extraordinary Teaching and Mentoring Award, Dean Subra Suresh announced last week. Gonzalez-Rodriguez also won the CEE Maseeh Award for excellence as a […]
We know that ocean microbes act like tiny biosensors, responding quickly to changes in the environment in ways that help us clean up chemical spills or treat raw sewage. But we know little about how they […]
NPR’s Joe Palca attended Prochlorococcus Fest, a two-day celebration at MIT honoring the 20th anniversary of the discovery of the marine microbe. The fest featured a range of talks highlighting research on the smallest and most […]
Graduates gathered with families, friends and alumni today to celebrate MIT’s 142nd Commencement Exercises. Muhammad Yunus, winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize for pioneering the microlending movement, delivered the Commencement address in a rain-drenched Killian […]
By Debbie Levey Civil & Environmental Engineering The Global Poverty Initiative (GPI), a group formed by 40 MIT students including environmental engineering major Connie Lu, organized the Millennium Campus Conference, held at MIT April 18 to […]
The Global Poverty Initiative (GPI), a group formed by 40 MIT students including environmental engineering major Connie Lu, organized the Millennium Campus Conference, held at MIT April 18 to 20.The conference sponsored a Millennium Challenge Competition […]
Denise Brehm Civil & Environmental Engineering Leading low-cost airlines with a preference for small, inexpensive airports are now the largest airlines in the United States and Europe, according to an MIT expert on airport design and […]
Dean for Graduate Education Steven R. Lerman, the Class of 1922 Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, will become MIT’s vice chancellor, effective July 1, Chancellor Phillip L. Clay announced last week. In his role as […]
Leading low-cost airlines with a preference for small, inexpensive airports are now the largest airlines in the United States and Europe, according to Professor Richard de Neufville, an expert on airport design and operations, who said […]
Rafael Bras, a professor of civil and environmental engineering who pioneered the field of hydrologic science, is MIT’s James R. Killian Jr. Faculty Achievement Award winner for 2008-2009. Bras is “an internationally acclaimed researcher in surface […]
A sea-dwelling microbe of global importance discovered only 20 years ago by researchers, including CEE Professor Penny Chisholm, is the focus of a two-day “party” of sorts later this month. The Prochlorococcus Fest, to be held […]
The MIT Steel Bridge team had a construction time of just 5 minutes at nationals May 24, but suffered a few penalties that contributed to their final cost of $3.8 million. That earned the team a […]
People living in savanna climates can easily cross the small shallow streams that exist for most of the year. However, during the rainy season, these streams swell and create impassable barriers. As part of the senior […]