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Graduate student Tiziana Smith blogs about advocating for science funding to members of Congress

June 8, 2017 | 2017 News in Brief | ceemit

[fusion_text]Graduate student Tiziana Smith was one of 24 MIT students to travel to Washington, DC in April to advocate for science funding to members of Congress. Smith blogged about the experience for the American Geophysical Union. […]

Members of the CEE community recognized at CEE Senior Celebration and Awards Banquet

June 2, 2017 | 2017 News in Brief | ceemit

[fusion_text]On May 18, members of the CEE community gathered together to celebrate the class of 2017 and to recognize the outstanding accomplishments of the past year. Department Head Markus Buehler announced the winners of the CEE […]

Institute Professor Penny Chisholm profiled by Science Magazine

March 9, 2017 | 2017 News in Brief | ceemit

Institute Professor Penny Chisholm was recently profiled by Science Magazine for her long and esteemed career researching Prochlorococcus and for her significant contribution towards women’s equality in higher education. Read the full profile here. […]

Senior Julia Heyman wins 2017 Carroll L. Wilson Award, will conduct research in Indonesia

March 7, 2017 | 2017 News in Brief | ceemit

Senior Julia Heyman was recently awarded the 2017 Caroll L. Wilson Award, a prize that funds a year of research. She will travel to Indonesia after graduation and will be pursuing a project on the implementation […]

Advice for #WomenInSTEM, from CEE Professors

February 10, 2017 | Women In STEM | ceemit

[fusion_text] [/fusion_text][fusion_text]In MIT Civil and Environmental Engineering, 70% of civil and environmental engineering undergraduate students are female, but around the world the numbers of women pursuing degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) are less […]

Dara Entekhabi elected to the National Academy of Engineering

February 10, 2017 | 2017 News in Brief | ceemit

[fusion_text]Bacardi and Stockholm Water Foundations Professor of CEE and Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences Dara Entekhabi was recently elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) for his leadership in the hydrologic sciences. More information about […]

IAP 2017: Adventures of CEE Students

February 8, 2017 | IAP 2017 | ceemit

[fusion_text]What’s it like to be a student in Course 1 at MIT? Two CEE third years, Alexa Jaeger and Rachel Galowich, took over the MIT Students Instagram account from January 29 to February 4, the last […]

IAP 2017: Four Weeks for America

February 3, 2017 | IAP 2017 | ceemit

[fusion_text]By David Wu ’19 My sister always jokes that I peaked in high school, so I guess I’m spending my IAP trying to re-live the glory days. This IAP, I have been working as an assistant […]

Professor Xuanhe Zhao creates hydrogel robots

February 1, 2017 | 2017 News in Brief | ceemit

[fusion_text]Associate Professor of CEE and Mechanical Engineering Xuanhe Zhao and Mechanical Engineering graduate student Hyunwoo Yuk have created gel-based robots that move when water is pumped in and out of them. The robots are almost invisible […]

Professor Jesse Kroll profiled on MIT News

February 1, 2017 | 2017 News in Brief | ceemit

[fusion_text]Jesse Kroll, Associate Professor of CEE and Chemistry, was profiled on MIT News for his work on the role of organic compounds in the air. Learn about how Kroll came to MIT and how his research […]

Professor Penny Chisholm couples research with writing environmental children’s books

January 31, 2017 | 2017 News in Brief | ceemit

[fusion_text]Institute Professor Penny Chisholm is featured on MIT News for her environmental children’s book series. Chisholm partnered with award-winning children’s book author and illustrator Molly Bang to create the “Sunlight Series,” a collection of four books […]

Day in the life of a mini-UROP mentor and mentee: Josh and Stephen

January 30, 2017 | mini-UROP 2017 | ceemit

[fusion_text] Hi I’m Josh Moss and I’m a graduate student who works in Professor Jesse Kroll’s lab studying atmospheric chemistry, that’s me on the left. Hi! I’m Stephen Duncan and I am a first year student interested […]

TREX 2017: Sharing the Results and Saying Aloha to Hawaii

January 29, 2017 | TREX | ceemit

[fusion_text]Preparing to Communicate with the Public | January 24, 2017 | Daniel Richman For scientists, conducting research is only half the job. We also need to communicate our findings to our sponsors and to the public. […]

Professor Heidi Nepf to collaborate with Conservation International

January 27, 2017 | 2017 News in Brief | ceemit

[fusion_text]Donald and Martha Harleman Professor Heidi Nepf will work with scientists from Conservation International (CI), a nonprofit environmental organization, to further develop a model describing the effectiveness of mangrove forest in damping waves and storm surge. […]

Freshman seminar explores artwork at MIT and beyond

January 23, 2017 | 2017 News in Brief | ceemit

Class of 1942 Professor of Architecture and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering John Ochsendorf led a new freshman seminar this fall on Art, Engineering, and Architecture. The class explored artwork around MIT and in the […]