Since Professor Lydia Bourouiba’s research has shown that small droplets produced by sneezing and coughing could spread much farther than had been realized, MIT News asked her how the findings could apply to the Ebola epidemic […]
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Since Professor Lydia Bourouiba’s research has shown that small droplets produced by sneezing and coughing could spread much farther than had been realized, MIT News asked her how the findings could apply to the Ebola epidemic […]
Anchor QEA, an environmental science and engineering consulting firm, selected Meng candidate Sara Greenberg as one of 10 graduate students around the country for the company’s 2015 Scholarship Program. All recipients must be engaged in research […]
Understanding peoples’ travel activity patterns, and ideally understanding the motivations and choices underlying them, are at the heart of what transport planners do, writes World Bank blogger Shomik Mehndiratta. He describes work by Professor Marta Gonzalez […]
Julia Longmate, a junior, has been named one of the 35 new MIT undergraduate Burchard Scholars for 2015. The award honors sophomores and juniors who demonstrate academic excellence in the humanities, arts, and social sciences as […]
Learn about the wide variety of exciting CEE research currently in progress by undergrads to senior faculty at the Fifth Annual CEE Research Speed Dating Day on Friday, Feb. 20. Everyone is welcome to attend the […]
Enjoy a constant flow of photos, updates and news through CEE’s many social media outlets, run by communications assistant, Kelsey Damrad. You can follow in many ways: Facebook, Twitter, Department head Markus Buehler’s Twitter, Instagram, and […]
Fleeing bitter winter weather in Cambridge, 22 undergrads flew to Hawaii on Jan. 13 for two weeks of environmental hands-on research on the Big Island. Professors Jesse Kroll, Colette Heald and Ben Kocar will supervise as […]
Unpleasant as the samples might be, water from sewers provides important information about the people who excrete it. Participating in the first formal effort by scientists and public health officials to take a sewage snapshot of […]
A panel including CEE Department head Markus Buehler, DSME Department Head Christopher Schuh, and other professors with impressive editorial and publication experience, plus a representative from scientific publisher Elsevier, explained details of scientific publication to graduate […]
Hungry students flocked to the grilled cheese and tomato soup study break on December 16, promptly devouring almost everything on hand. Department head Markus Buehler prepared made-to-order sandwiches and Senior Fiscal Officer Mary Ellen Sinkus provided […]
Over 200 students, staff, faculty and families gathered at the MIT Museum on December 6 for the Department’s 2014 Holiday Party. Guests ate, socialized and toured the Museum’s exhibits, while the children built and decorated gingerbread […]
MEng candidate, Juney Lee, has received the Marvin E. Goody Award for his work, Structural Design Explorations Using Grammatical Graphic Statics. “Instead of defining parameters and constraints as one would in the conventional CAD paradigm, this […]
On Tuesday, December 16, CEE undergrads hungry for comfort food – grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup – should head to Room 1-050 from 5 to 7 pm. Beverages along with vegan and gluten-free options will […]
After 38 years of working at MIT, including 16 years as administrative assistant to Professor Nigel Wilson and the Transit Research Group, Ginny Siggia will retire at the end of the year. “I love to travel […]
Organized teams, potential teammates, mentors and MIT Water Club Members attended the . Eight teams pitched ideas that included aspects of water-based energy, pollution, sanitation and conservation, as well as gathering new ideas and attracting potential […]