By Sophie Cohen ’21 Today it seemed as if we were adopted by an extended Italian family – the family who operates the Gruppo Canoisti Pontini, aka Area.3, in Sermoneta. They took us trekking up to […]
By Sophie Cohen ’21 Today it seemed as if we were adopted by an extended Italian family – the family who operates the Gruppo Canoisti Pontini, aka Area.3, in Sermoneta. They took us trekking up to […]
By Patricia Gao ’21 Trees yawned. Water sparkled. Flowers bloomed, in the midst of clouds of butterflies. All of it happened around, over, and through the remains of a medieval village. This was the most romantic […]
By Sophie Cohen ’21 A metal triangle hangs on the side of the Caetani Castle’s kitchen exterior, and the chefs’ children hit it with a hammer to signal meal times. This is how our day began, […]
Associate Professor Jesse Kroll and Professor Colette Heald each received funding from the MIT Tata Center for Technology and Design for two new research projects that can make an impact on the developing world. Kroll received […]
Professor David Simchi-Levi is leading a multiyear collaboration between MIT and JDA Software to advance intelligent supply chains. The collaboration aims to leverage machine learning and optimization to create customer experience and improve supply chain performance. […]
New research from Professor Markus Buehler and Laboratory for Atomistic and Molecular Mechanics (LAMM) shows spider silk can help understand how bones regenerate. The MIT researchers modeled how a cell membrane protein receptor, integrin, folds and […]
This year marks the 10 year anniversary of the Microbiology PhD graduate program at MIT, a program co-directed by Professor Martin Polz. The program spans 50 labs across 10 departments and divisions at MIT and offers […]
Professor of CEE and Mechanical Engineering Xuanhe Zhao, in collaboration with Professor of EECS and Biological Engineering Timothy Lu, created a “living tattoo” made of genetically programmed living cells that can respond to environmental chemicals and […]
Research from McAfee Professor of Engineering and head of CEE Markus Buehler models the mechanisms of molybdenum disulfide, a two-dimensional material that could inform the creation of flexible, transparent electronics. The research was conducted in collaboration […]
Research from Esther and Harold E. Edgerton Career Development Professor Admir Masic focuses leveraging ancient successes to create new, sustainable materials, a concept referred to as an ‘antiqua-inspired’ method. Masic collaborated with a team of international […]
[fusion_text]H.M. King Bhumibol Professor Dennis McLaughlin, Mitsui Chair Professor Serguei Saavedra, and assistant professors Tal Cohen and Otto X. Cordero were recently awarded CEE cross-disciplinary seed funds. The annual seed fund awards are given to promote […]
[fusion_text]On Friday, September 8, Assistant Professor Otto Cordero and Visiting Associate Professor Roman Stocker hosted a group of researchers at MIT for the first meeting of the Simons Foundation collaboration “Theory of Microbial Ecosystems” (THE-ME). THE-ME […]
[fusion_text]New research from Associate Professor of CEE and Chemical Engineering Jesse Kroll and James Hunter PhD ’15, now a technical instructor in DMSE, fills in significant gaps in the inventory of organic compounds in the atmosphere. […]
[fusion_text]CEE Professors Lydia Bourouiba, Markus Buehler, Daniel Cziczo, Benjamin Kocar, Chandra Madramootoo, Benedetto Marelli and Dennis McLaughlin each presented on their research and fielded questions from industry practitioners as part of an MIT Professional Education short […]