Civil and Environmental Engineering

The Engineering School Alumni of the City College of New York (CCNY) have named Professor Joseph Sussman (’61 CCNY; PhD ’67 MIT) to receive their 2008 Career Achievement Award. The annual award is given to graduates […]

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“Somewhere in an MIT lab, a researcher is this close to saving the planet. Amid all the reports of out-of-control energy costs, melting ice caps, and vanishing natural resources, the headlines, to say the least, are […]

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The Steel Bridge team placed first in construction time and second overall in the regional competition of the ASCE Steel Bridge Competition on Saturday, ensuring the team’s spot at the national competition in May. The team’s […]

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By Denise Brehm Civil & Environmental Engineering Microbes, the oldest and most numerous creatures on Earth, have a rich genomic history that offers clues to changes in the environment that have occurred over hundreds of millions […]

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By Denise Brehm MIT Civil & Environmental Engineering Goldfish in an aquarium are able to dash after food flakes at mealtime, reaching them before they sink or are eaten by other fish. Researchers at MIT recently […]

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Microbes living in the oceans play a critical role in regulating Earth’s environment, but very little is known about their activities and how they work together to help control natural cycles of water, carbon and energy. […]

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Amy Mueller and Matt Orosz, graduate students in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, recently designed and installed a solar array used to provide hot water to a girls’ dormitory at a rural school in […]

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Research by Professor Moshe Ben-Akiva will be featured in an episode of The History Channel’s “Modern Marvels,” scheduled to air Thursday, Feb. 28 at 8 p.m. The episode, titled “Superhighways,” features a short interview with alumnus […]

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On Feb. 15, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Research and Innovative Technology Administration announced the selection of Joseph M. Sussman to chair DOT’s Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) Advisory Committee. Sussman is the JR East Professor in […]

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By Denise Brehm Civil & Environmental Engineering Researchers in Civil and Environmental Engineering at MIT reveal that the strength of a biological material like spider silk lies in the specific geometric configuration of structural proteins, which […]

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The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) announced that Professor Cynthia Barnhart is president of the organization, effective Jan. 1, for a one-year term. Barnhart, a professor of civil and environmental engineering and […]

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Professor Elfatih Eltahir has been elected a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union, an honor granted every year to only 0.1 percent of AGU’s 50,000 members. Fellows are elected based on their acknowledged eminence in the […]

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MIT’s Center for Transportation and Logistics (directed by Professor Yossi Sheffi of Civil & Environmental Engineering and ESD) and the Colombia-based company LOGyCA have signed an agreement creating the Center for Latin American Logistics Innovation to […]

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By Denise Brehm Civil & Environmental Engineering Researchers from MIT and two Singaporean universities met on January 24-25 for an inaugural workshop to launch a bold new international research program called CENSAM. The program will develop […]

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By Debbie Levey Civil & Environmental Engineering An extensive subway system with lines fanning out in many directions speeds transportation in small, crowded Singapore. On April 20, 2004, during construction for the new Circle line of […]

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