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Catch the wave: CEE researchers eye clean energy possibilities on Portuguese coast

December 17, 2008 | 2008 News in Brief | ceemit

MIT researchers are working with Portuguese colleagues to design a pilot-scale device that will capture significantly more of the energy in ocean waves than existing systems, and use it to power an electricity-generating turbine. Wave energy […]

Tiny MIT ecosystem may shed light on climate change

December 15, 2008 | 2008 News in Brief | ceemit

CEE researchers Professor Roman Stocker and post-doctoral fellow Justin Seymour have created a microbial ecosystem smaller than a stick of gum that sheds new light on the plankton-eat-plankton world at the bottom of the aquatic food […]

Tiny MIT ecosystem may shed light on climate change

December 15, 2008 | 2008 News Releases | ceemit

By Deborah Halber Civil & Environmental Engineering Correspondent MIT researchers have created a microbial ecosystem smaller than a stick of gum that sheds new light on the plankton-eat-plankton world at the bottom of the aquatic food […]

Graduate student James Vanzo receives Marvin Goody Award

December 11, 2008 | 2008 News in Brief | ceemit

Graduate student James Vanzo has just been awarded the Marvin E. Goody Award to support his thesis, “Nanochemomechanical Analysis of Cement Paste Subjected to Carbonation.” The $5,000 award is given to MIT graduate students in any […]

CEE researchers explain mystery of gravity fingers

December 11, 2008 | 2008 News in Brief | ceemit

Researchers at MIT recently found an elegant solution to a sticky scientific problem in basic fluid mechanics: why water doesn’t soak into soil at an even rate, but instead forms what look like fingers of fluid […]

CEE researchers explain mystery of gravity fingers

December 11, 2008 | 2008 News Releases | ceemit

By Denise Brehm Civil & Environmental Engineering Researchers at MIT recently found an elegant solution to a sticky scientific problem in basic fluid mechanics: why water doesn’t soak into soil at an even rate, but instead […]

CEE’s Alia Whitney-Johnson wins Rhodes Scholarship

December 1, 2008 | 2008 News Releases | ceemit

Two MIT students, Alia Whitney-Johnson and Matt Gethers, have won prestigious Rhodes Scholarships to study next year at Oxford University in Britain. Whitney-Johnson is a senior in civil and environmental engineering, former Truman Scholar and one […]

Burying the greenhouse gas: New tool could aid safe underground storage of CO2

December 1, 2008 | 2008 News in Brief | ceemit

To prevent global warming, researchers and policymakers are exploring a variety of options to significantly cut the amount of carbon dioxide that reaches the atmosphere. One possible approach involves capturing greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide […]

Burying the greenouse gas: New tool could aid safe underground storage of CO2

December 1, 2008 | 2008 News Releases | ceemit

Deborah Halber Civil & Environmental Engineering Correspondent To prevent global warming, researchers and policymakers are exploring a variety of options to significantly cut the amount of carbon dioxide that reaches the atmosphere. One possible approach involves […]

CEE research advisee wins best thesis award from MIT’S Center for Real Estate

October 24, 2008 | 2008 News in Brief | ceemit

Anthony Guma, who graduated in June with a master’s degree in Real Estate Development, won the MIT Center for Real Estate Alumni Association’s best thesis award in September. Professor Richard de Neufville of CEE was Guma’s […]

Buehler’s book on atomistic modeling published by Springer

October 24, 2008 | 2008 News in Brief | ceemit

CEE Professor Markus J. Buehler’s new book, titled “Atomistic Modeling of Materials Failure” (Springer 2008), was published in July. Intended as a reference for engineers, materials scientists and researchers in academia and industry, the book provides […]

Two in CEE receive seed funding from MIT Energy Initiative

October 24, 2008 | 2008 News in Brief | ceemit

Two faculty members in CEE received grants through the MIT Energy Initiative Seed Fund Program in September: Markus Buehler for a project on bioinspired thermal materials and Harry Hemond (with Ahmed Ghoniem of mechanical engineering) for […]

CEE’s Clune receives Britain and Ireland’s top engineering undergraduate student award

October 15, 2008 | 2008 News in Brief | ceemit

Graduate student Rory Clune is winner of Britain and Ireland’s most prestigious award for science and engineering undergraduates: the GKN Award for the Science, Engineering and Technology Student of the Year. The GKN Award (named for […]

Entekhabi to lead MIT Environmental Research Council

October 13, 2008 | 2008 News in Brief | ceemit

Dara Entekhabi, the Bacardi and Stockholm Water Foundations Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, director of the Parsons Lab and director of the Earth Systems Initiative (ESI), will serve as chair of the […]

Software will improve hurricane planning and evacuation

October 13, 2008 | 2008 News in Brief | ceemit

Many lives and dollars could be saved if emergency managers could make better decisions when faced with an approaching hurricane. Now, MIT student Michael Metzger, who works with Professor Richard Larson of CEE and the Engineering […]