[fusion_text]Robert N. Noyce Career Development Associate Professor Xuanhe Zhao recently designed a new soft and slippery yet tough coating that can be applied to plastic and rubber materials such as surgical tubing. The coating makes medical […]
[fusion_text]By Milani Chatterji-Len This summer I am working in a research lab at Imperial College of London through the MIT-Imperial Exchange. The program, which strengthens the relationship between Imperial and MIT, sends students from across many […]
[fusion_text]By Eric Wong In my two months in Japan, the one aspect of Japanese culture that seems to permeate into everything is the pursuit of perfection. Life in Japan, as seen in transportation, is inseparable from […]
[fusion_text]By Eric Wong Kyoto is known for its seemingly endless number of shrines and tranquil natural sights. While this is undoubtedly true, it is also very much a city and that’s where the charm of the […]
By Christine Langston I’m spending the summer (or rather winter in the southern hemisphere) in Santiago, the capital city of Chile through a MIT program called MISTI (MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives). I’m interning with […]
[fusion_text]Assistant Professor of CEE and Architecture Caitlin Muller, rising sophomore Zoe Lallas and postdoc Valentina Sumini participated in the winning project of the NASA Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts-Academic Linkage Design Competition Forum. The project, called Managed, […]
[fusion_text]By René Andrés García Franceschini Night fell two days prior to our departure as my teammates and I made the trek to our makeshift classroom, on the opposite side of the construction site. The mammoth MOSE […]
[fusion_text]Esther and Harold E. Edgerton Career Development Professor Admir Masic was featured in The Guardian for his work aiming to solve the issue of refugee education. Masic recently announced the launch of the MIT Refugee ACTion […]
[fusion_text]Class of 1942 Professor of Architecture and Professor of CEE John Ochsendorf received the creative advising activity award at the Freshman Faculty Advising Awards in May for his freshman seminar on Art, Engineering, and Architecture. The […]
[fusion_text]Research from department head and McAfee Professor of Engineering Markus Buehler into the strength and structure of conch shells was featured in Smithsonian Magazine. Buehler, graduate student Grace Gu, and postdoc Mahdi Takaffoli recreated the structure […]
[fusion_text]Researchers in the Concrete Sustainability Hub have created an online tool that predicts hazard mitigation breakeven costs for counties along the Atlantic coast that are susceptible to damage during hurricane season. The tool, called the Break-Even […]
[fusion_text]Associate Professor Ruben Juanes, researcher Fran Martinez and postdoc Diego Lopez participated in the meeting of Spanish Scientists in the United States (Españoles Científicos en USA), held at MIT this past weekend. On Saturday, Juanes contributed […]
[fusion_text]Professor Oral Buyukozturk and six members of his group recently attended the Engineering Mechanics International (EMI) conference. There were five student research competitions at the conference, and graduate students Reza Mohammadi Ghazi and Murat Uzun participated […]
[fusion_text]Research from Professor Charles Harvey into one of the last undisturbed tropical peat forests gives insight into how peatlands form and function, which could be important for evaluating future effects of climate change. The findings were […]
[fusion_text]Three CEE alumni were recently elected to the MIT Corporation, the Institute’s board of trustees. Arunas A. Chesonis ’84, Fariborz Maseeh ’90 and Nicolas E. Chammas ’87 will all serve as full-term members. This will be […]
