The use of origami-folding principles to design new functional materials and structural elements in civil engineering was the focus of one recent CEE perspective paper written by Course 1 graduate student Talal Al-Mulla ‘13 and Department […]
Members of the School of Engineering (SoE) are invited to submit their nominations for this spring’s SoE Infinite Miles Award by Friday, April 3 to Department Head Markus Buehler. The Infinite Mile Awards support the Institute […]
Exploration of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, for shale gas and the excavation technique’s rapid growth over the past decade in the U.S. and Western Canada will be the topic of discussion in the 2015 John R. […]
Eight CEE faculty members were selected as the recipients of the Environmental Solutions Initiative Seed Grants program, for their proposals that advance the search for solutions on complex environmental issues. Four out of the nine winning […]
On March 18, CEE Professor Lydia Bourouiba was awarded with a 2015-2016 Alumni Class Funds grant in support of her curriculum development project, “Incorporating state-of-the-art hands-on high-speed videography and image analysis lab activities to enhance learning […]
This semester, the Pierce Student Seminar Series will be hosting an informal forum for those students wishing to present their research to fellow graduate students and the wider community. Any student interested in enhancing his/her presentation […]
On March 19, Wayne Loel Professor of Earth Sciences (Emeritus) at Stanford University Amos Nur presented a Special Pierce Lab Seminar entitled, “Imaging and Computing: Digital Rock Physics for Reservoir Characterization, Simulation, and Monitoring” to a […]
In a nutrient-starved ocean, sinking particles are an ideal spot for microbial activity than the surrounding water, as they are composed of a higher cell count and larger, more active cells. On March 19, Dr. Erik […]
The MIT Forum for Supply Chain Innovation announced that William Ruh, vice president and global technology director of GE, will deliver the keynote at its spring conference, Achieving Competitive Advantage Through Data Science and Analytics, on […]
Kelsey Damrad Civil and Environmental Engineering “What is ONE@MIT research, and its impact on society?” was the pivotal question posed to students and postdocs in the 2nd Annual Course 1 Video Competition. After a three-month long […]
Every spring, CEE bestows a selection of awards to its students, faculty and staff. This year, three new awards will be added to the mix: the Juan Hermosilla ’57 Prize to recognize talent and potential at […]
An image of marine bacteria consuming the carbon from a dying phytoplankton from CEE post docs Vicente Fernandez and Steven Smriga, and Professor Roman Stocker, was selected as a 2015 winner of the Koch Institute Image […]
CEE’s annual Distinguished Speaker Series (DSS) kicked off on Monday, March 9 with a presentation from Professor Henri Van Damme entitled, “From Sand Castles To Urban Modeling: A Physicist’s Naive Thoughts on Construction and Cities.” Addressing […]
Why exactly do skin and other layered materials form a pattern such as wrinkle, crease, fold and delaminated buckle from time to time? A team of MIT researchers led by CEE Associate Professor Xuanhe Zhao ventured […]
An audience of 30 MIT postdocs gathered on Tuesday, March 10 for a discussion on the academic job process held by four MIT faculty members and two MIT department heads. The panel consisted of CEE professors […]
