MIT Spectrum Civil and Environmental Engineering Developed by Carlos Riva ’75, a California water plant will be the largest seawater desalination facility in the Western Hemisphere. “It’s a very interesting time in the water industry,” says Carlos […]
CEE Assistant Professor Saurabh Amin was selected for the Robert N. Noyce Career Development Professorship, effective July 1, 2015. The Noyce chair, established in 1991, is an Institute-wide professorship presented in recognition of a faculty member’s […]
On May 19, CEE Department Head Markus Buehler engaged global alumni in an online Faculty Forum hosted by the Alumni Association. Buehler discussed the breadth of Course 1 research, shared his vision for education and student […]
On December 3, 2014 CEE alumnus Mao Chi-kuo ’83 was named Taiwan’s new Premier. Chi-kuo served as the vice premier in former premier Jiang Yi-huah’s cabinet for a year and 10 months, worked in various jobs […]
On May 11, the CEE undergraduates who participated in the TREX spring continuation course presented their research to a group of grades K-8 curriculum and educational researchers at the Boston Museum of Science (MoS). The event, […]
In June 2015, at the Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, a group of researchers will present a technique that infers material properties of physical objects, such as stiffness and weight, from video. CEE graduate […]
Kelsey Damrad Civil and Environmental Engineering Course 1 TREX students present their findings on Hawaii’s Mt. Kilauea to Boston Museum of Science educators Since the 2015 expedition of the Traveling Research Environmental Experiences (TREX) course returned […]
Kelsey Damrad Civil and Environmental Engineering The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) head Markus Buehler announced the promotions of two faculty members in the department: Marta Gonzálaz, promoted to associate professor without tenure, and […]
On May 6, CEE department head Markus Buehler and five additional faculty members traveled to New York City for an alumni event entitled “Building a More Resilient NYC Through Big Engineering.” More than 60 CEE alumni […]
On May 19, CEE Professor Joe Sussman will present a discussion entitiled, “The Amtrak Accident on the Northeast Corridor: A Systems Perspective.” As a world-leading authority in the domain of high-speed rail, Sussman will present this […]
This spring, CEE Professor Herbert Einstein received an award at the International Congress for Rock Mechanics (ISRM) in Montreal for “outstanding contributions to rock mechanics”. The award is in recognition of Einstein’s many contributions over the […]
On May 14, CEE graduate student Anna Tarakanova and two other TA’s received the award for Outstanding Teaching Assistant from the department of Mechanical Engineering (ME). This semester, Tarakanova taught in the 2.002 course, Mechanics and […]
CEE senior Marisa Fryer, a dual major in Course 1 and Literature, was awarded the 2015 Peter S. Donaldson Prize for Excellence in Literary Studies on May 11, 2015. This annual prize is awarded to a graduating […]
Over the years MIT research has explored the mysteries of spider silk, all in the effort to design synthetic resources that mimic its extraordinary properties. Until recently, understanding of the properties has been largely limited to […]
Kelsey Damrad Civil and Environmental Engineering Researchers explore mechanics of silk to design materials with high strength and low density. Spider silk has long been noted for its graceful structure, as well as its advanced material […]
