[fusion_text]Professor Lydia Bourouiba was featured in the Fall 2016 edition of MIT Spectrum, Data and Health. Along with appearing on Spotlight and the inside-cover of the publication, Professor Bourouiba was featured in the article “Leading with Data” for her […]
[fusion_text]Postdoctoral fellow Gabriel Isaacman-VanWertz is the recipient of the 2016 Sheldon K. Friedlander Award from the American Association of Aerosol Research (AAAR). The award honors an individual who has earned a doctoral degree for an outstanding […]
[fusion_text]Ali Jadbabaie and Tal Cohen join CEE as new faculty members for the 2016-2017 academic year. Professor Jadbabaie joined CEE as the JR East Professor of Engineering in July, and is also serving as the associate […]
[fusion_text]Professor Oral Buyukozturk and postdoc Hao Sun teamed up with professor Nafi Toksöz and postdoc Aurélien Mordret, both of the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences (EAPS), to create a computational model that utilizes ambient […]
[fusion_text]When I was a refugee, education gave me hope. As a professor, I want to return the favor. When I was a teenager in 1992 in Bosnia and Herzegovina, war broke out and changed everything. Our […]
Billy Ndengeyingoma’s time at MIT has been marked by transitions. He has moved from one continent to another, from an undergraduate program to a master’s, and from a civil engineering specialty to urban planning. Yet no […]
[fusion_text]MIT, AMS Institute will collaborate to solve complex urban problems for Amsterdam with the development of autonomous “roboats.” MIT has signed an agreement to engage in research collaborations with the Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions […]
[fusion_text]Innovators from many sectors to tackle issues involving the digital economy, education, and more. How can the benefits of the digital economy be shared more broadly? How can recent technological advances — from algorithms to apps, […]
[fusion_text]MultiScale Material Science for Energy and Environment research partnership could reduce the carbon footprint of materials such as concrete. MIT President L. Rafael Reif joined a high-level delegation of French officials at MIT on Friday to […]
[fusion_text]When the Chinese first discovered silk, its superior quality and properties were thought so special, it was reserved exclusively for clothing the emperor, his relatives, and dignitaries. And for more than two millennia, the mechanisms of […]
[fusion_text]Juan Jose Hermosilla ’57 has spent his professional career working to keep his native Guatemala safe. Shortly after earning his degree in civil engineering, Hermosilla founded an engineering firm that designed buildings able to withstand earthquakes. […]
MIT researchers are developing a decision-support tool to help cities in India sustainably manage the societal and environmental impacts of their waste. The massive Deonar dumping ground in Mumbai has become the most visible emblem of […]
At the 2016 Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS) international gala this spring, senior lecturer Fred Salvucci was recognized for his significant contributions to the transportation industry and his support of women and minorities in the field with […]
Professor Franz J. Ulm, Senior Research Scientist Roland Pellenq and MIT Energy Initiative Postdoctoral Fellow Katerina Ioannidou aim to make concrete more sustainable, stronger, durable, and climate-friendly. Recently, the research team identified the nanoscale forces that […]
In Mumbai, the Deonar dumping ground has piles of garbage so tall that they can affect airplane flight patterns. Unfortunately, many cities in India suffer waste management issues. Research Scientist Jeremy Gregory and Randolph Kirchain, principal […]
