[fusion_text]New research from Breene M. Kerr Professor Elfatih Eltahir shows that deadly heat waves could harm South Asia, the home to one-fifth of the world’s population. The research suggests that climate change may cause summer heat […]
[fusion_text]Esther and Harold E. Edgerton Career Development Professor Admir Masic, and teaching assistants Linda Seymour and Chad Loh, led a group of ten students around Italy for the second annual summer fieldwork program on Materials in […]
[fusion_text]Bacardi and Stockholm Water Foundations Professor Dara Entekhabi was recently awarded the Dave and Lucille Atlas Remote Sensing Prize from the American Meteorological Society for his scientific and technical leadership in providing remote sensing data and […]
[fusion_text]Edmund K. Turner Professor in Civil Engineering Andrew Whittle and Professor of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences Paola Rizzoli led a research camp for MIT students, including CEE graduate student Paige Midstokke, rising senior Clio Macrakis […]
[fusion_text]By Milani Chatterji-Len As a rising third-year on the systems track, I am thrilled to be working in London on hydraulic modeling. My project is geared toward improving flood prediction in less developed countries in the […]
[fusion_text]By Eric Wong The Japanese aesthetic is unmistakable: minimalistic, functional, and balanced. And the ambience it creates equally distinct: calm, peaceful, and soothing. The parts of Kyoto built in the new millennium represent a nod to […]
[fusion_text]CEE Professors Lydia Bourouiba, Markus Buehler, Daniel Cziczo, Benjamin Kocar, Chandra Madramootoo, Benedetto Marelli and Dennis McLaughlin each presented on their research and fielded questions from industry practitioners as part of an MIT Professional Education short […]
[fusion_text]Concrete Sustainability Hub (CSHub) Executive Director Jeremy Gregory and Co-Director Randy Kirchain were recently announced among the first-ever recipients of funding from the Campus Sustainability Incubator Fund through the MIT Office of Sustainability. The researchers will […]
[fusion_text]Robert N. Noyce Career Development Associate Professor Xuanhe Zhao recently designed a new soft and slippery yet tough coating that can be applied to plastic and rubber materials such as surgical tubing. The coating makes medical […]
[fusion_text]By Milani Chatterji-Len This summer I am working in a research lab at Imperial College of London through the MIT-Imperial Exchange. The program, which strengthens the relationship between Imperial and MIT, sends students from across many […]
[fusion_text]By Eric Wong In my two months in Japan, the one aspect of Japanese culture that seems to permeate into everything is the pursuit of perfection. Life in Japan, as seen in transportation, is inseparable from […]
[fusion_text]By Eric Wong Kyoto is known for its seemingly endless number of shrines and tranquil natural sights. While this is undoubtedly true, it is also very much a city and that’s where the charm of the […]
By Christine Langston I’m spending the summer (or rather winter in the southern hemisphere) in Santiago, the capital city of Chile through a MIT program called MISTI (MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives). I’m interning with […]
[fusion_text]Assistant Professor of CEE and Architecture Caitlin Muller, rising sophomore Zoe Lallas and postdoc Valentina Sumini participated in the winning project of the NASA Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts-Academic Linkage Design Competition Forum. The project, called Managed, […]
[fusion_text]By René Andrés García Franceschini Night fell two days prior to our departure as my teammates and I made the trek to our makeshift classroom, on the opposite side of the construction site. The mammoth MOSE […]
