The Spring 2014 issue of Spectrum explains how basic research led MIT faculty, including Professor Sallie “Penny” Chisholm, to profound unanticipated consequences. In 1988 Chisholm “revolutionized our understanding of life in the world’s oceans…when she and […]
Eumelanin, a form of the pigment melanin, not only determines our skin and eye coloring but also protects us from ultraviolet and other damaging radiation. Now researchers at MIT and other institutions, including Professor Markus Buehler, […]
Professor Pedro Reis transforms today’s annoyances, such as cables kinking and columns buckling, into tomorrow’s technology, according to the Spring 2014 issue of Spectrum. By exploring the mechanics and physics underlying natural and manufactured structures, he […]
Professor Andrew Whittle has been appointed to a review panel by the Hong Kong government looking into delays associated with the $6 billion construction of the new high-speed rail line, the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link […]
In honor of her wide-reaching professional accomplishments, Professor Sallie “Penny” Chisholm received the 2014 James R. Killian Jr. Faculty Achievement Award on May 21. In an email to the CEE community, Department head Markus Buehler wrote, […]
Congratulations to all our new graduates! Combining the June 6 Commencement figures with the graduates of September 2013 and February 2014, Course 1 granted 110 degrees: 19 Bachelor of Science, 9 Master of Science, 23 Master […]
Izunna Okonkwo, a sophomore in the 1.00 Introduction to Computation and Engineering Problem Solving class, received the $5000 Creative Breakthrough prize in the Data Science Challenge on May 30. Sponsored by Accenture and the MIT Alliance […]
For the third consecutive year, the MIT Steel Bridge team placed second in the national competition held on May 24 -25 at the University of Akron in Akron, Ohio. Technical instructor Steve Rudolph said, “This was […]
S. Joel Carlson SM ’14 (Transportation and Engineering Systems) and Professor Joseph Sussman received the Ron Rice Award for Best Paper at the Canadian Transportation Research Forum’s annual meeting in June. “Understanding Crude Oil Transport Strategies […]
Professor Michael Follows of the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences Department has recently received a Joint Appointment with Civil and Environmental Engineering. “I feel a strong scientific connection with several members of the Parsons […]
On-demand transport systems research by Professor Moshe Ben-Akiva and postdoctoral associate Bilge Atasoy, in collaboration with Fujitsu Laboratories, was presented on May 15-16 at the Fujitsu Forum 2014 in the Tokyo International Forum. Flexible Mobility on […]
Every year freshmen in Terrascope study a global problem related to sustainability, and then travel during spring break to learn about the problem in a particular location. For this year’s topic of water availability, about 50 […]
CLAIRITY, the senior capstone air quality network, was selected by the MIT Museum for its summer exhibition, Inventions: 2014 Student Showcase. The show features a number of different student projects that exemplify creativity and practical problem-solving. […]
Lorna Ogolla Omondi ’12 won a Gates Cambridge Scholarship to pursue an MPhil in management science and operations at the University of Cambridge. After completing this program, she will go to Stanford University for a master’s […]
Professor Marta C. González and graduate student Carlos Herrera-Yague are organizers of a satellite symposium of NetSci2014. The symposium, titled Urban Systems and Networks, fosters network science as an effective method to analyze cities in quantitative […]
