Engineering

Ed DeLong elected to the National Academy of Sciences

April 29, 2008 | 2008 News in Brief | ceemit

Professor Edward F. DeLong of the Departments of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Biological Engineering was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences today. DeLong, a marine microbiologist whose groundbreaking work on ocean microbes […]

Rafael Bras named dean of UC Irvine School of Engineering

April 27, 2008 | 2008 News in Brief | ceemit

Contact: Denise Brehm MIT Civil & Environmental Engineering brehm@mit.edu Professor Rafael L. Bras, who joined the MIT faculty shortly after earning his doctorate here in 1975, and who has served as a lab director, department head, […]

Entekhabi will lead science team for NASA satellite mission to map Earth’s water cycle

April 25, 2008 | 2008 News in Brief | ceemit

MIT Professor Dara Entekhabi will lead the science team designing a NASA satellite mission to make global soil moisture and freeze/thaw measurements, data essential to the accuracy of weather forecasts and predictions of global carbon cycle […]

Entekhabi will lead science team for NASA satellite mission to map Earth’s water cycle

April 25, 2008 | 2008 News Releases | ceemit

By Denise Brehm Civil & Environmental Engineering MIT Professor Dara Entekhabi will lead the science team designing a NASA satellite mission to make global soil moisture and freeze/thaw measurements, data essential to the accuracy of weather […]

Buehler’s research recognized with three prestigious grants

April 16, 2008 | 2008 News in Brief | ceemit

Markus Buehler, the Esther and Harold E. Edgerton Assistant Professor in civil and environmental engineering, was recognized this year with three prestigious national research awards. He received an Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award for […]

Market research shows people in Ghana willing to pay more for clean water

April 16, 2008 | 2008 News in Brief | ceemit

CEE Senior Lecturer Susan Murcott started a nonprofit enterprise in 2005 to sell a simple, low-cost ceramic water filter system to residents of northern Ghana. The system is designed to remove bacteria, viruses and other hazards […]

Allison St. Vincent receives scholarship at MIT-hosted BSCES Student Night

April 14, 2008 | 2008 News in Brief | ceemit

Junior Allison St. Vincent won the $5,000 Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Scholarship on April 7 at the annual “Student Night” of the Boston Society of Civil Engineers Section (BSCES) of the American Society of Civil Engineers […]

Allison St. Vincent receives scholarship at MIT-hosted BSCES Student Night

April 13, 2008 | 2008 News Releases | ceemit

By Denise BrehmCivil & Environmental Engineering Junior Allison St. Vincent won the $5,000 Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Scholarship on April 7 at the annual “Student Night” of the Boston Society of Civil Engineers Section (BSCES) of […]

Sussman receives CCNY’s Alumni Career Achievement Award

April 10, 2008 | 2008 News in Brief | ceemit

The Engineering School Alumni of the City College of New York (CCNY) have named Professor Joseph Sussman (’61 CCNY; PhD ’67 MIT) to receive their 2008 Career Achievement Award. The annual award is given to graduates […]

CEE is one of Boston magazine’s “61 New Best Things About Boston”

April 8, 2008 | 2008 News in Brief | ceemit

“Somewhere in an MIT lab, a researcher is this close to saving the planet. Amid all the reports of out-of-control energy costs, melting ice caps, and vanishing natural resources, the headlines, to say the least, are […]

Steel bridge team constructs a winner

April 7, 2008 | 2008 News in Brief | ceemit

The Steel Bridge team placed first in construction time and second overall in the regional competition of the ASCE Steel Bridge Competition on Saturday, ensuring the team’s spot at the national competition in May. The team’s […]

Gene’s ‘selective signature’ aids detection of natural selection in microbial evolution

March 18, 2008 | 2008 News in Brief | ceemit

By Denise Brehm Civil & Environmental Engineering Microbes, the oldest and most numerous creatures on Earth, have a rich genomic history that offers clues to changes in the environment that have occurred over hundreds of millions […]

Marine bacteria’s mealtime dash is a swimming success

March 10, 2008 | 2008 News in Brief | ceemit

By Denise Brehm MIT Civil & Environmental Engineering Goldfish in an aquarium are able to dash after food flakes at mealtime, reaching them before they sink or are eaten by other fish. Researchers at MIT recently […]

Team probes mysteries of oceanic bacteria

March 4, 2008 | 2008 News in Brief | ceemit

Microbes living in the oceans play a critical role in regulating Earth’s environment, but very little is known about their activities and how they work together to help control natural cycles of water, carbon and energy. […]

Solar heated water warms a Lesotho school

March 3, 2008 | 2008 News in Brief | ceemit

Amy Mueller and Matt Orosz, graduate students in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, recently designed and installed a solar array used to provide hot water to a girls’ dormitory at a rural school in […]