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Getting Published panel shares insights

December 23, 2015 | 2015 News in Brief | ceemit

With significant changes in the publishing landscape, an open discussion on finding the right outlet to publish scientific work is critical to better connect students, postdocs and faculty with scientists and publishers. On Nov. 30, the […]

Buehler and Reis elected to Society of Engineering Science Board of Directors

December 23, 2015 | 2015 News in Brief | ceemit

The Society of Engineering Science (SES) announced on Dec. 7 that Professor Pedro Reis and Department Head Markus Buehler will join as two of its four new Board of Directors’ members, effective January 2016. The organization’s […]

Students enjoy grilled cheese study break

December 23, 2015 | 2015 News in Brief | ceemit

On Dec. 15, students took a well-deserved grilled cheese and tomato soup study break, during which Department Head Markus Buehler, Professor Admir Masic and the CEE headquarters team prepared sandwiches hot off the griddle and tomato […]

MIT’s Buehler and Reis elected to Society of Engineering Science Board of Directors

December 21, 2015 | 2015 News Releases | ceemit

The Society of Engineering Science (SES) announced on Dec. 7 that Pedro Reis, the Gilbert W. Winslow Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) and Mechanical Engineering, and CEE department head and McAfee Professor of Engineering Markus […]

Sharing best practices for getting published in science

December 18, 2015 | 2015 News Releases | ceemit

Marilyn Siderwicz Civil and Environmental Engineering Panel at MIT brings together editors, students, and faculty to discuss diverse aspects of publishing research. Finding the right outlet to publish scientific work is crucial for students, postdocs, and […]

Inaugural MIT Energy Hackathon fuels teams’ competitive spirit and impressive results

December 16, 2015 | 2015 News in Brief | ceemit

While the world discusses climate and energy issues on a global scale, the MIT community and others collaborated for a weekend in the exploration of current industry energy challenges. The inaugural MIT Energy Hackathon, co-led by CEE […]

MIT Transit Leaders Roundtable opens a discussion on transportation challenges

December 16, 2015 | 2015 News in Brief | ceemit

On Oct. 29-30, the MIT Transit Group hosted its sixth Transit Leaders Roundtable – a two-day event that brought together transportation experts and managers from major urban transit agencies to discuss contemporary transportation challenges in five themed […]

Professors assert climate change knowledge in Boston Globe letter

December 16, 2015 | 2015 News in Brief | ceemit

On Dec. 13, a group of MIT professors – including Associate Department Head Elfatih Eltahir and the Director of Environmental Solutions Initiative John Fernandez – penned an opinion letter to the Boston Globe asserting that climate scientists […]

Apply to the MIT Water Innovation Prize

December 16, 2015 | 2015 News in Brief | ceemit

Develop and pitch your technology, product, or service aimed at solving a water-related problem to the 2016 MIT Water Innovation Prize for the chance to win $30,000 worth of innovation grants. The short statement of intent […]

MIT Transit Leaders Roundtable opens a discussion on transportation challenges

December 14, 2015 | 2015 News Releases | ceemit

MIT Transit Lab On October 29-30 the MIT Transit Group hosted its sixth Transit Leaders Roundtable. The two-day event — co-sponsored by Transport for London, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) in Boston, and the Mass Transit Railway […]

MIT community and others recently joined together for a weekend to solve current industry energy challenges

December 14, 2015 | 2015 News Releases | ceemit

Marilyn Siderwicz Civil and Environmental Engineering Eight real-world industry challenges fuel teams’ competitive spirit and impressive results. While government leaders tackle long-term climate and energy issues on a global scale, the MIT community and others recently […]

Graduate students win Council of University Transportation Centers awards

December 7, 2015 | 2015 News in Brief | ceemit

One former and one current graduate student were selected to receive the 2015 Charley V. Wootan Memorial Award for best theses in Policy and Planning, given annually by the Council of University Transportation Centers (CUTC). The […]

MIT Water Summit discusses water management in a changing environment

December 7, 2015 | 2015 News in Brief | ceemit

From Nov. 13-14, an MIT Water Club team hosted their annual Water Summit, which resulted in a vibrant discussion of how realities like a changing climate, population growth, rapid development, and pervasive urbanization provide an unprecedented […]

Xuanhe Zhao receives 2015 Extreme Mechanics Letters (EML) Young Investigator Award

December 7, 2015 | 2015 News in Brief | ceemit

On Dec. 2 at the 2015 Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Professor Xuanhe Zhao was named the recipient of the 2015 Extreme Mechanics Letters (EML) Young Investigator Award for a paper entitled, “Predicting fracture energies and […]

Xuanhe Zhao receives 2015 Extreme Mechanics Letters (EML) Young Investigator Award

December 7, 2015 | 2015 News in Brief | ceemit