[fusion_text]Graduate student Tiziana Smith was one of 24 MIT students to travel to Washington, DC in April to advocate for science funding to members of Congress. Smith blogged about the experience for the American Geophysical Union. […]
[fusion_text]William E. Leonhard (1940) Professor Harry Hemond wrote a poem reflecting on his tenure and how MIT has evolved over the past 40 years. The poem was published in the latest edition of the MIT Faculty […]
[fusion_text]JR East Professor Joseph Sussman was profiled on MIT News about his tenure at MIT and his interdisciplinary research approach. Sussman has been an active faculty member over the past 50 years, including serving as department […]
[fusion_text]On May 18, members of the CEE community gathered together to celebrate the class of 2017 and to recognize the outstanding accomplishments of the past year. Department Head Markus Buehler announced the winners of the CEE […]
[fusion_text]Assistant Professor Otto Cordero is leading a new Simons Foundation collaboration with Professor Roman Stocker of ETH Zurich and a multidisciplinary team of researchers from across the United States and Europe. The collaboration, called Theory of […]
[fusion_text]Research into the structure, strength and toughness of conch shells from graduate student Grace Gu, postdoc Mahdi Takaffoli, and McAfee Professor of Engineering Markus Buehler, was recently published in Advanced Materials. The researchers showed how the […]
[fusion_text]Associate Professor of CEE and MechE Xuanhe Zhao and a team of researchers recently developed a workout suit that responds to heat and sweat. The suit is made of live microbial cells that open and close […]
[fusion_text]Esther and Harold E. Edgerton Career Development Professor Admir Masic announced the new MIT Refugee ACTion Hub (MIT ReACT), an institute-wide initiative aimed at increasing access to education for refugees, during SOLVE at MIT last week. […]
[fusion_text]Xuanhe Zhao, Associate Professor of CEE and MechE, was recently granted tenure. Zhao’s research involves solid mechanics, soft materials and bioinspired design. He is one of 12 newly tenured professors in the School of Engineering. More […]
[fusion_text]A group of 10 middle school students visited MIT last week to present their research on spider silk to members of Laboratory for Atomistic and Molecular Mechanics (LAMM). The visit was coordinated by middle school teacher […]
[fusion_text]Cambridge Crops, a company inspired by research from Paul M. Cook Career Development Assistant Professor Benedetto Marelli, won first place at the second annual Rabobank-MIT Food and Agribusiness Innovation Prize competition for their edible, tasteless coating […]
[fusion_text]Associate Professor and Director of the Henry L. Pierce Laboratory for Infrastructure Science and Engineering Ruben Juanes, along with researchers from Harvard University, recently delivered a report to the Minister of Energy of Spain that confirmed […]
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 […]
[fusion_text]Class of 1942 Professor of Architecture and Professor of CEE John Ochsendorf recently provided insight into the tilework and architecture of the Grand Central Oyster Bar, a 104-year-old restaurant below New York City’s Grand Central station. […]
[fusion_text]“How can we reduce the environmental damage that agriculture so often causes and support the livelihood of farmers, all while continuing to feed the growing world population?” This question was central to the winning entry at […]
