An MIT team, along with researchers from Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research and Kuwait University, was awarded a $4 million grant for a project titled “The Underworlds Project: a Smart Sewage Infrastructure for Kuwait.” The study […]
An MIT team, along with researchers from Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research and Kuwait University, was awarded a $4 million grant for a project titled “The Underworlds Project: a Smart Sewage Infrastructure for Kuwait.” The study […]
The MIT Energy Club will host its MIT Energy Hackathon from Nov. 13-15. Participants will work on real-world energy challenges presented by pioneering organizations including Schlumberger, OPower, McKinsey, First Fuel, and the MIT Office of Sustainability. […]
From Nov. 13-14 in the Wong Auditorium, the MIT Water Club will host its annual Water Summit, “Thriving with Change.” The event is comprised of students and faculty, as well as leaders from industry, finance, government, […]
Focusing this year on environment, infrastructure, and people, the department hosted its third annual CEE New Research Alumni Breakfast on Oct. 21. Department Head Markus Buehler opened the breakfast with a review of the various grand […]
Each year, the Lemelson-MIT Program awards a $500,000 prize to a mid-career inventor whose work has had a positive social, cultural and economic impact. The objectives of the Lemelson-MIT Prize are to: (1) recognize outstanding mid-career […]
Kelsey Damrad Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty discuss interdisciplinary research and educational initiatives in the CEE New Research Alumni Breakfast. On Oct. 21, alumni, students, faculty, and staff from the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering […]
Kuwait-MIT Center for Natural Resources and the Environment MIT and Kuwait researchers have been awarded $4 million to fund Underworlds, a study of real-time epidemiology using biomarkers in urban sewage. A team of MIT researchers, together […]
The 2016 Marseille Winterschool, a one-week training for graduate students and postdocs during IAP and organized by Professors Franz-Josef Ulm and John Williams, and Senior Research Scientist Roland Pellenq, is now accepting nominations for graduate student […]
The larger a company’s operations, the more susceptible it becomes to disruptions like natural disasters, political upheaval, industrial actions, and climate change. In his new book, “The Power of Resilience: How the Best Companies Manage the […]
A new faculty member, a former Bosnian refugee, and a “man of many countries”, Assistant Professor Admir Masic was recently featured in the MIT News. With a research interest in the investigation of the structural and […]
The Shoji Prize for Innovation in IT in Civil Engineering was presented to doctoral student Kai Pan for his accomplishments in the development and application of a Smooth Particle Hydrodynamic code to the area of rogue […]
In a study of high-resolution climate models by Prof. Elfatih Eltahir and alumnus Jeremy Pal ‘97, it has been revealed that parts of the Persian Gulf region could be hit with unprecedented events of deadly heat as a result […]
MIT News Detailed climate simulation shows a threshold of survivability could be crossed without mitigation measures. Within this century, parts of the Persian Gulf region could be hit with unprecedented events of deadly heat as a […]
MIT News Office In new book, MIT professor explains how companies can lessen the shocks of a volatile world. Companies large and small globalize their enterprises in search of advantages, such as lower costs, flexibility, and […]
Marilyn Siderwicz Civil and Environmental Engineering A former Bosnian refugee — and new CEE faculty member — finds parallels in his life, his research, and a current political crisis. In his first week at MIT, Assistant […]