By Denise Brehm Civil & Environmental Engineering Two new faculty members — Lydia Bourouiba and Benjamin Kocar — joined the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) in January, expanding the department’s strengths in the mechanistic […]
The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced this month that Assistant Professor Carolina Osorio of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering will receive a 2014 Early Career Award for her project, “Simulation-Based Optimization Techniques for Urban […]
An exhibition about the work of Rafael Guastavino, who is known for the vaulted ceilings he created in landmark buildings like the Boston Public Library, Ellis Island’s Registry Hall and the Grand Central Terminal in New […]
Friday, March 14 at 5 p.m. in Room 32-155 the department will host a video screening of entries in the CEE video competition inspired by the National Academy of Engineering’s E4U video contest. Refreshments, including freshly […]
In a surprising new finding, researchers in CEE have discovered that bacterial movement is impeded in flowing water, enhancing the likelihood that the microbes will attach to surfaces. The new work could have implications for the […]
PBS NewsHour reporter Rebecca Jacobson spent an afternoon in Professor Sallie (Penny) Chisholm’s laboratory documenting Chisholm’s work with the photosynthetic bacteria Prochloroccocus. The phytoplankton, discovered by Chisholm and colleagues in 1985, provides an estimated 5-10 percent […]
Yingxiang Yang and Jameson Toole, graduate students in Professor Marta González Human Mobility and Networks Laboratory (HuMNet), won first and second place, respectively, in the two categories of the MIT Big Data Challenge hosted by CSAIL […]
Today, computer algorithms control every major city infrastructure. Computer models that simulate present and future cyber and physical systems are critical in enabling research breakthroughs. They provide tools to design and test future human-made infrastructure and […]
Computational thinking and problem solving form the basis for new educational initiatives By Denise Brehm Civil & Environmental Engineering Today, computer algorithms control every major city infrastructure, from transportation systems such as the Massachusetts Bay Transportation […]
MIT is the top-rated civil and structural engineering program in the world according to the QS World Rankings by Subject released Feb. 26. QS named MIT No. 6 in environmental sciences. The rankings are published by […]
Professor Philip Gschwend describes the “legacy of problems buried in our environment” that often arise as side effects of products — such as PCBs and catalytic converters — designed to solve already existing problems. His research […]
The American Society of Civil Engineers has announced that a paper by senior lecturer Eric Adams and James Gensheimer S.M. ’10 is winner of the Karl Emil Hilgard Hydraulic Prize. “Dynamics of Particle Clouds in Ambient […]
Over the past three years, MIT spinout Sanergy, which was co-founded by CEE alumnus Joel Veenstra ’11, has developed a model that impacts the entire sanitation value chain — from clean toilets to waste management and […]
The annual CEE Research Speed Dating event, held Feb. 7 this year, is designed to expedite the process of creating research “matches” among scientists and engineers from multiple disciplines by offering four-minute sound-bite talks followed by […]
By Denise Brehm Civil & Environmental Engineering Access to energy, clean water, air and food, building sustainable cities, and understanding the Earth’s oceans and climate are priority research and educational activities in the Department of Civil […]
