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Professor Elfatih Eltahir’s article in Top 50 (#10) most read Earth and planetary sciences Nature Communications articles published in 2018

July 22, 2019 | News | ceemit

Breene M. Kerr Professor Elfatih Eltahir’s article titled “North China Plain threatened by deadly heatwaves due to climate change and irrigation,” is one of the Top 50 (#10) most read Earth and planetary sciences Nature Communications […]

Professor Yossi Sheffi publishes book on Environmental Sustainability in Business

April 17, 2018 | 2018 News in Brief | ceemit

Yossi Sheffi, Elisha Gray II Professor of Engineering Systems and CEE, and Director of the Center for Transportation and Logistics, recently published a new book entitled “Balancing Green: When to Embrace Sustainability in Business and When […]

Mars City Design project from Professor Caitlin Mueller, Postdoc Valentina Sumini and undergraduate Zoe Lallas featured on MIT News

October 31, 2017 | 2017 News in Brief | ceemit

[fusion_text]A Mars City Design project from Assistant Professor of CEE and Architecture Caitlin Mueller, postdoctoral fellow Valentina Sumini, and undergraduate student Zoe Lallas, was recently featured on MIT News. The urban design project, called Redwood Forest, […]

Professor Dave Des Marais joins Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

October 10, 2017 | 2017 News in Brief | ceemit

[fusion_text]Assistant Professor Dave Des Marais was profiled on MIT News for his research into plant physiology and how plants naturally respond to environmental stresses. Des Marais officially joined the department on October 1, and works in […]

New Research from Professor Elfatih Eltahir shows intense heat waves could harm South Asia

August 2, 2017 | 2017 News in Brief | ceemit

[fusion_text]New research from Breene M. Kerr Professor Elfatih Eltahir shows that deadly heat waves could harm South Asia, the home to one-fifth of the world’s population. The research suggests that climate change may cause summer heat […]

New research from Professor Elfatih Eltahir shows Nile River to experience greater variability

May 1, 2017 | 2017 News in Brief | ceemit

A new study from Breene M. Kerr Professor of Hydrology and Climate Elfatih Eltahir and postdoc Mohamed Siam shows that the flow of the Nile River will experience greater variability, including more droughts and floods, as […]