In two papers appearing in March issues of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Professor Roman Stocker and co-authors explore how the environment influences the movements of marine plankton. In “Low-Reynolds-Number Swimming at Pycnoclines” […]
As MIT began the selection process for its 17th president, CEE senior Kimberly Sparling — former Panhel president and a veteran of several campus committees — was one of three undergraduates chosen by the Undergraduate Association […]
On April 13, CEE junior Jonté Craighead was elected president of the MIT Undergraduate Association (UA) for the 2012-13 academic year. He and vice president Michael Walsh (Course 8) will be the first officers in the […]
In recognition of their outstanding academic achievement, CEE seniors Michael Chen and Tzipora Wagner have been elected to Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s oldest honor society. Students are selected by a faculty committee that reviews the […]
At the School of Engineering’s 12th annual Infinite Mile Awards ceremony on April 11, CEE administrative officer Patricia Dixon received the Infinite Mile Award for Diversity and Community and research engineer John MacFarlane received an Infinite […]
Doctoral student Amer Deirieh was selected by the MIT Global Fellows Program to attend a workshop about research collaborations held March 26-30 at the Imperial College London. Deirieh works with Professor Franz Ulm. […]
The MIT chapter of the civil engineering honor society, Chi Epsilon, welcomed nine new initiates at its banquet held April 23 at the MIT Faculty Club. The CEE students joining the honor society are juniors Talal […]
U.S. News & World Report recently placed Civil Engineer at No. 6 in its Best Technology Jobs rankings and No. 26 in all Best Jobs of 2012, based on the industry employment rate and expected job […]
Professor Oral Buyukozturk and graduate student Justin Chen received an ASNT (American Society For Nondestructive Testing) Fellowship Award for their research on “Remote Detection of Damage in FRP-Retrofitted Concrete Structures Using Acoustic-Laser Vibrometry.” The cash award […]
Professor Markus Buehler was recently honored by three national societies. Last fall, the Applied Mechanics Division of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers awarded him the Thomas J.R. Hughes Young Investigator Award. In January, the Society […]
Professor Joseph Sussman gave the DaVinci lecture on “Vertical vs. Horizontal Thinking in Engineering: Engineering Science and Engineering Systems” Thursday, April 12, at the MIT Tau Beta Pi faculty dinner. At the March 12 dinner of […]
Chemical & Engineering News magazine ran an article about Professor Sallie (Penny) Chisholm in the Feb. 27 issue. In the article, Chisholm talks about the importance of public outreach as a means of improving scientific literacy […]
An interview with Professor Herbert Einstein ran in the January/February 2012 issue of World Tunneling magazine. In the article, titled “A Rock-Solid Career,” Einstein comments on tunneling research and education and on recent important advances in […]
The Engineering Mechanics Division of the American Society of Civil Engineers has selected Professor Franz-Josef Ulm to receive the 2012 Theodore von Karman Medal, which recognizes distinguished achievements in engineering mechanics. The selection committee chose Ulm […]
Bacteria adapt to habitats through random genetic mutations and gene exchange. But how does an advantageous mutation spread from a bacterium to a population? Does the gene sweep through a population or does an individual bacterium […]
