The deadline to submit your nominations for the 2016 CEE Awards is fast approaching! All members from the CEE community are welcome to submit a nomination to cee-awards@mit.edu no later than March 31. In your nomination package, please include any applicable […]
The Carroll L. Wilson (CLW) Award provides an opportunity for one current graduating MIT senior to pursue a challenging international activity in topics that will address problems in energy, health, technology, the environment, sustainability, or science. […]
MIT-India is accepting applications for several internship positions at Shell Bangalore until February 10. There are currently nine projects available to which any interested current or former student may apply. Please click here for more information on […]
MIT News Protein that gives blood vessels and skin their stretchability has its molecular properties revealed. Elastin is a crucial building block in our bodies. Its flexibility allows skin to stretch and twist, blood vessels to […]
Institute Professor Penny Chisholm was featured in last month’s publication of the MIT Technology Review for her work on understanding complex marine ecosystems and how they will respond to global warming. Chisholm, an ecologist and marine […]
As part of MIT’s Century in Cambridge celebration, MIT will host “Moving Day at MIT” on May 7 – including a “Crossing the Charles” competition meant to recapture the spirit of the Institute’s momentous move in 1916 […]
A CEE alumna has been nominated to the Democratic Party’s 2016 Convention Standing Committees. Smita Shah ‘96, president and CEO of Chicago-based Spaan Tech, was officially announced as vice chair of the Rules Committee on Jan. […]
MIT’s Institute for Medical Engineering and Science (IMES) is calling for applications for the 2nd Annual Broshy Graduate Fellowship program – an opportunity for two graduate students whose work on a project holds potential to be […]
A team of scientists led by Professor Pedro Reis has developed a theory to predict how much light is transmitted through a material and the transparency of a polymer structure as it stretches and inflates. The researchers’ newfound understanding […]
Professor Jesse Kroll was recognized for his work in the sector of geosciences in the 2015 State of Innovation report from Thomson Reuters, “The World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds”. This annual compilation released by Reuters consists of elite authors who have been […]
This fall, CEE student Samantha Harper ‘16 combined her passion with entrepreneurial spirit and founded the student-run Experimental Theater Company (ETC). While MIT supports organizations like Shakespeare Ensemble, Dramashop, and Musical Theatre in which students perform, Harper said […]
A study by Professor Marta Gonzalez was published last week in the journal Science Advances, and featured in an article in The Atlantic’s CityLab. The study modeled how a microgrid would look for the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts. She […]
MIT Sandbox Innovation Fund Program (Sandbox), an Institute-wide program that will support student-initiated ideas, launched on Jan. 25. Grounded in education, Sandbox is a non-competitive opportunity open to all MIT students and opens pathways for all types of student innovators […]
Do you have ideas for what the world should do about climate change? Join us for the Environmental Solutions Initiative (ESI) and Climate Co-Lab 2016 IAP Hackathon for Climate event on Jan. 29 from 9 am-5pm in […]
Effective January 2016, Department Head and McAfee Professor of Engineering Markus Buehler was named Editor in Chief of the scholarly publication, Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials. With a primary focus on the synthesis of materials science, biology, and medical and dental science, […]
