By 2020, 70 percent of the world’s population will live in cities, says Professor Marta González. She hopes to improve urban livability, transportation and energy networks through her study of human mobility via cellphone data. “Cellphones […]
CEE department head Professor Markus Buehler has accepted a two-year appointment as editor of the Materials: Synthesis or Self Assembly section of the journal Nanotechnology, the first journal dedicated to all aspects of nanoscale science and […]
CEE Professor Colette Heald spoke recently about the need to understand how particles and gases in the atmosphere evolve physically and chemically and what effects they have on human health, climate and crops. Climate change and […]
The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced that Pedro Reis has received a 2014 Early Career Award from the NSF’s Structural Mechanics and Materials program for his project, “Smart Morphable Surfaces for Aerodynamic Drag Control.” With the […]
By Denise Brehm Civil & Environmental Engineering The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced recently that Pedro Reis will receive a 2014 Early Career Award from the NSF’s Structural Mechanics and Materials program for his project, “Smart […]
A radio story by senior Linda Seymour and junior Shante Stowell was included on Public Radio Exchange’s “PRX STEM Story Project” tumblr, a collection of exemplary science and technology stories created by radio professionals from across […]
The December issue of the On Balance Newsletter describes work by Professor Carolina Osorio that improves the efficiency of traffic simulators used to optimize design and operations of urban transportation networks. Osorio and Michel Bierlaire of […]
Marine cyanobacteria — tiny ocean plants that produce oxygen and make organic carbon using sunlight and CO2 — are primary engines of Earth’s biogeochemical and nutrient cycles. They nourish other organisms through the provision of oxygen […]
Professor Pedro Reis describes a new class of materials he developed called “smorphs,” smart morphable surfaces designed to provide complex surface topography on demand. Much as the surface of a golf ball has dimples to enhance […]
By Denise Brehm Civil & Environmental Engineering Marine cyanobacteria — tiny ocean plants that produce oxygen and make organic carbon using sunlight and CO2 — are primary engines of Earth’s biogeochemical and nutrient cycles. They nourish […]
Emphasizing the need to think outside disciplinary boundaries, to build, invent, and foster an entrepreneurial spirit, CEE head Professor Markus Buehler outlined his vision for the department in a recent presentation. He said applying tools of […]
By Denise Brehm Civil and Environmental Engineering Emphasizing the need to think outside disciplinary boundaries in research and education, to build and invent, and to foster an entrepreneurial spirit among students and faculty, Professor Markus Buehler, […]
Professor Markus Buehler, head of CEE, recently announced three leadership appointments in the department. Effective Sept. 1, Professor Elfatih Eltahir is associate department head; Philip Gschwend, the Ford Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, is director […]
Popular Science magazine has named two MIT junior faculty members — Pedro Reis and Feng Zhang — to its 2013 Brilliant 10 list of young stars in science and technology. The list will appear in the […]
By Denise Brehm Civil and Environmental Engineering As public-health officials continue to fight malaria in sub-Saharan Africa, researchers are trying to predict how climate change will impact the disease, which infected an estimated 219 million people […]
