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ONE-MA3 – Day IV: Learning about Mosaics, piece by piece!

June 21, 2019 | ONE-MA3 2019 | ceemit

By Sophia Mittman ’22 Today was our first official visit to an archeological site that is relatively new and currently undergoing restoration. Only two-minute walk from the beach in Sabaudia, the site consisted of two large […]

ONE-MA3 – Day III: What’s around the river bend? …Bedtime stories with Vetruvius!

June 19, 2019 | ONE-MA3 2019 | ceemit

By Sophia Mittman ’22 Today we launched into our mission of learning about one of the most important materials used in Roman engineering: lime. Not the fruit. And not just limestone. I will explain the basics […]

ONE-MA3 – Day II: Yoga, “Italian time”, and Chaotic Volleyball

June 19, 2019 | ONE-MA3 2019 | ceemit

By Sophia Mittman ’22 After a much-needed night of sleep to catch up from jet lag, some of us woke up to a relaxing class of yoga in the castle courtyard. We sampled our first classic […]

ONE-MA3 – Day I: Benevenuti in Italia!

June 19, 2019 | ONE-MA3 2019 | ceemit

By Sophia Mittman ‘22 We made it! Today was the first day of our ONE-MA3 adventure in Italy where about fifteen of us budding MIT engineers will learn from the masterful and ancient techniques of Roman […]

The Department celebrates Class of 2019 and outstanding members of community at CEE awards banquet

May 17, 2019 | 2019 News in Brief | ceemit

On May 17, 2019 the Department gathered for the annual CEE awards banquet to celebrate the class of 2019 and their senior capstone presentations, and to applaud the CEE award recipients. Awards were given to the […]

Mechanics of Materials: The Final Project; or, A for Effort

May 16, 2019 | Mechanics of Materials | ceemit

By Rayna Higuchi ’20 Hi CEE! I’m Rayna, a student in the Mechanics and Materials track, blogging about my experiences in Course 1. Today, I’ll be talking about the class Mechanics of Materials (1.035), taught by […]

Professor Heidi Nepf and Dr. Jiarui Lei, publish research on seagrass’ ability to curb erosion

May 3, 2019 | 2019 News in Brief | ceemit

Donald and Martha Harleman Professor Heidi Nepf and recent PhD student Jiarui Lei published research in the Journal of Fluids and Structures titled “Blade dynamics in combined waves and current” and in Coastal Engineering, titled “Wave damping by flexible vegetation,” that […]

Graduate student Audrey Bazerghi and PhD student Cherry Gao win first place in Patagonia Case Competition

May 3, 2019 | 2018 News in Brief | ceemit

Graduate student Audrey Bazerghi and PhD student Cherry Gao won first place in the Patagonia Case Competition. Patagonia, the sustainable apparel company, organizes an international case competition each year in order to solve pressing challenges within environmental sustainability. […]

Professor Eric J. Alm, Professor Tami Lieberman and graduate student Shijie Zhao publish research in Cell Host & Microbe

April 29, 2019 | 2019 News in Brief | ceemit

Professor Eric J. Alm, Herman L.F. Von Helmholtz Career Development Assistant Professor Tami Lieberman, and graduate student Shijie Zhao published research in Cell Host & Microbe titled “Adaptive Evolution within Gut Microbiomes of Healthy People.” The researchers combined culture-based population […]

Professor Otto X. Cordero, postdoctoral associates Julia Schwartzman and Manoshi Datta, and research affiliate Tim Enke discover simple assembly rules for polysaccharide-degrading marine microbiomes

April 29, 2019 | 2018 News in Brief | ceemit

Associate Professor Otto X. Cordero, postdoctoral associates Julia Schwartzman and Manoshi Datta, together with research affiliate Tim Enke discover simple assembly rules for polysaccharide-degrading marine microbiomes. The researchers showed that these microbiomes can be decomposed into functional modules, with […]

Professor Admir Masic and graduate student Hyun-Chae Chad Loh publish research in ACS Central Science as part of a collaboration with Cornell University

April 29, 2019 | 2019 News in Brief | ceemit

Esther and Harold E. Edgerton Career Development Assistant Professor Admir Masic and graduate student Hyun-Chae Chad Loh, published research in ACS Central Science titled “Mapping and Profiling Lipid Distribution in a 3D Model of Breast Cancer Progression,” as […]

Professor Markus Buehler named a 2018 Materials Horizons Outstanding Paper Prize winner

April 22, 2019 | 2019 News in Brief | ceemit

McAfee Professor of Engineering and Department Head Markus Buehler was named a 2018 Materials Horizons Outstanding Paper Prize winner, awarded by the Royal Society of Chemistry. The award was given for his paper titled “Bioinspired hierarchical […]

Postdoctoral associate Sarah Fletcher publishes research in Nature Communications

April 22, 2019 | 2019 News in Brief | ceemit

Sarah Fletcher, a postdoctoral associate in Bacardi Stockholm Water Foundations Professor Dara Entekhabi’s lab, published research in Nature Communications called “Learning about climate change uncertainty enables flexible water infrastructure planning.” The researchers designed a new planning […]

Professor Ali Jadbabaie wins Multiuniversity Research Initiative (MURI) award from US Department of Defense

April 16, 2019 | 2019 News in Brief | ceemit

JR East Professor Ali Jadbabaie won the Multiuniversity Research Initiative (MURI) award from the US Department of Defense for a 5-year basic research program. The award aims to support research efforts that contain more than one […]

Jeremy Gregory and researchers outline new pavement maintenance model

April 16, 2019 | 2019 News in Brief | ceemit

Executive director of the Concrete Sustainability Hub Jeremy Gregory outlines a new pavement maintenance model accounting for future uncertainties in cost and deterioration. Gregory and researchers proposed a new approach to long-term infrastructure preservation, called simulation […]