Professor Colette Heald has been promoted to associate professor with tenure, effective July 1, 2015. “This promotion is a recognition of Colette’s very significant scholarly accomplishments and impacts, her service to MIT and the broader scientific […]
On April 29, 2015 MIT unveiled a permanent memorial in honor of Police Officer Sean Collier, who was killed in the line of duty on April 18, 2013. The Collier Memorial, located between the Stata Center […]
In celebration of the Intelligent Transportation Society of America’s (ITS America) 25th anniversary, CEE Professor Joseph Sussman has been selected as a member of the 2015 Class of ITS America’s ITS Hall of Fame. Sussman’s involvement […]
On April 24, 2015 CEE Department Head Markus Buehler and Professor Pedro Reis presented in the two-day Active Matter Summit (AMS) – a conference led by researchers as well as government, public institution and industry leaders. “Combining small […]
On April 29, 2015 the CEE Postdoctoral Committee hosted the second in a series of networking dinners for CEE postdoctoral scholars and faculty, aimed at expanding professional networks, helping career development and exchanging ideas and experiences. […]
MIT’s Abdul Latif Jameel Community Initiatives (ALJCI) and Abdul Latif Jameel World Water and Food Security Lab (J-WAFS) launched a new program today entitled, “J-WAFS Solutions,” which will provide start-up funding for projects that identify technological advances […]
On April 27, 2015 the MIT Forum for Supply Chain Innovation announced the launch of a Global Risk Advisory Group with Infosys – initiated with the mission to assist select businesses across multiple sectors identify, quantify and mitigate operational […]
From Friday, April 17 to Sunday, April 19, more than 70 members of the MIT and non-MIT communities converged to devise solutions for real-world environmental challenges in the inaugural MIT Clean Earth Hackathon. Sponsored by CEE […]
To most, buildings and bridges appear stationary, fixed in place. However, a recent study indicates that a team of MIT researchers perceives infrastructural movements a little differently. CEE Professor Oral Buyukozturk, CEE graduate student Justin Chen […]
Boston officials declared the 2015 Boston Marathon, held on Mon. April 20, a “no drone zone” the week before the event, employing an anti-drone technology developed by MIT CEE alumnus Brian Hearing ’97 to ensure the […]
Boston officials declared the 2015 Boston Marathon, held on Mon. April 20, a “no drone zone” the week before the event, employing an anti-drone technology developed by MIT CEE alumnus Brian Hearing ’97 to ensure the […]
This May, an advisory board for the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) will meet with meet with house and senate representatives in Washington DC, in a consultation to focus on the promotion of increased funding in the […]
In a new All Ears MIT podcast, four MIT faculty members, including CEE professors Andrew Whittle and Dan Cziczo, discussed the historical and scientific significance behind the earth’s warming climate, as well as deliberated mitigation methods […]
Marilyn Siderwicz Civil and Environmental Engineering Winning Teams Combined Talents to Solve Real Sustainability Challenges New ideas often are born out of frustration or need to shake-up the status quo. Collaboration further enhances idea generation through […]
On Wednesday, May 6 at the CUNY Graduate School and University Center in New York, a team of CEE faculty will present to an audience of MIT alumni in a community reception entitled, “Building a More Resilient NYC […]
