Mechanical engineering

CEE ranks high in 2016 QS World University Rankings

March 29, 2016 | 2016 News in Brief | ceemit

The department ranked first place in the Civil and Structural Engineering subject and third place in the Environmental Sciences subject in the 2016 QS World University Rankings. The rankings are determined based on six key areas: […]

CEE Research Speed Dating: Joining efforts to build a more sustainable future

March 29, 2016 | 2016 News in Brief | ceemit

Approaching a global challenge from the bottom up often results in transformative large-scale impact. The annual CEE Research Speed Dating event, held this year on Feb. 18, brought together 27 CEE faculty, researchers, and students, and […]

Markus J. Buehler awarded 2016 Outstanding Young Scientist Award

March 29, 2016 | 2016 News in Brief | ceemit

Department Head and McAfee Professor of Engineering Markus Buehler was selected as the 2016 recipient of the Outstanding Young Scientist Award (OYSA) of the NANOSMAT Society. The NANOSMAT Society is an international organization focused on materials […]

CEE and MIT Water Club to host Israeli water expert Seth Siegel

March 29, 2016 | 2016 News in Brief | ceemit

On April 15, the department and MIT Water Club will host writer, lawyer, activist, and serial entrepreneur Seth Siegel – author of the New York Times bestselling book Let There Be Water: Israel’s Solution for a Water-Starved World. The […]

Joining efforts to build a more sustainable future

March 17, 2016 | 2016 News Releases | ceemit

Kelsey Damrad Civil and Environmental Engineering Sixth Annual CEE Research Speed Dating showcases research to promote collaboration Approaching a global challenge from the bottom up often results in transformative large-scale impact. Such is the theme that […]

Frank Perkins, professor emeritus, dies at 82

March 15, 2016 | 2016 News in Brief | ceemit

Frank E. Perkins, professor emeritus of CEE, former CEE department head, associate provost and dean for graduate education at MIT, died March 5 at age 82 following a long struggle with Parkinson’s disease. The major portion […]

Winners of the 3rd Annual Course 1 Video Competition

March 15, 2016 | 2016 News in Brief | ceemit

Big Engineering can be defined in many ways; one being small scale change with big impact. How does YOUR Course 1 science and engineering research reflect Big Engineering? This was the theme of the 3rd Annual Course […]

Joanna Moody selected to participate in Eno Future Leaders Development Conference

March 15, 2016 | 2016 News in Brief | ceemit

Graduate student Joanna Moody was selected by the Board of Regents of the Eno Center for Transportation to participate in the 24th annual Eno Future Leaders Development Conference (LDC) in Washington, DC, June 5-9. Each year, […]

Markus Buehler published in Nature Reviews Materials

March 15, 2016 | 2016 News in Brief | ceemit

In the upcoming April publication of Nature Reviews Materials, Department Head Markus Buehler and a team of researchers will be featured for their comparative analysis of the composition, structure and mechanics of a set of representative biological interfaces […]

MIT Water Night winners

March 15, 2016 | 2016 News in Brief | ceemit

On March 11, the fourth annual MIT Water Night on Friday took place in MIT’s Walker Memorial with over 200 attendees. The night featured a keynote from Dr. Matt Silver (MIT ’01, CEO Cambrian Innovation), prize awards […]

Philippine USTDA delegates visit MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub

March 9, 2016 | 2016 News Releases | ceemit

Concrete Sustainability Hub Delegates from the U.S. Trade and Development Agency’s Global Procurement Initiative visited MIT to learn about innovative life cycle cost analysis models. The U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) welcomed a delegation of […]

Admir Masic wins WITec’s 2016 Paper Award

March 8, 2016 | 2016 News in Brief | ceemit

Professor Admir Masic was selected to receive the WITec 2016 Gold Paper Award for his microscopic analysis of the teeth of the red sea urchin. Masic, a Raman microscopy specialist who joined the CEE faculty in […]

Otto X. Cordero awarded Doherty Professorship

March 8, 2016 | 2016 News in Brief | ceemit

Professor Otto X. Cordero was selected to receive the 2016-2018 Doherty Professorship in Ocean Utilization for his work on Systems Ecology of Particle Attached Microbial Communities. The two-year chair paves the way for promising, non-tenured professors to […]

Carolina Osorio invited to speak at National Academy of Engineering symposium

March 8, 2016 | 2016 News in Brief | ceemit

Professor Carolina Osorio was invited as a speaker to the upcoming National Academy of Engineering’s (NAE) EU-US Frontiers of Engineering (EU-US FOE) symposium, to be held Oct. 17-19 in Aalto University, Finland. She is one of two […]

Markus Buehler’s work highlighted in the New York Times

March 8, 2016 | 2016 News in Brief | ceemit

On March 4, Department Head Markus Buehler’s work was reviewed in a piece by the New York Times titled, “At MIT, Science Embraces a New Chaos Theory: Art”. The article covers several artistic collaborations within the […]