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TREX 2018 Day 3: In the Crater

January 20, 2018 | TREX 2018 | ceemit

By Joey Noszek ‘20 Before this trip, I was horribly afraid of the inevitable jetlag that would result from flying from Boston to Hawaii. I anticipated a state of utter confusion in which my body and […]

TREX 2018 Day 3: Biodiversity in the Kilauea Iki Crater

January 20, 2018 | TREX 2018 | ceemit

By Ju Chulakadabba ’19 While the world has roughly 13 climate zones, Hawaii has more than ten of these climate zones in its small islands. As an environmental engineering student, I am interested in various things […]

TREX 2018 Day 3: Flying Drones and Tasting Coffee

January 20, 2018 | TREX 2018 | ceemit

By David Wu ‘19 This afternoon we visited to Ka’u Coffee Mill to collect image data of their crops and more importantly to sample their coffee and macadamia nut selection. Agriculture is an important part of […]

TREX 2018 Day 2: Weather Weirdness

January 19, 2018 | TREX 2018 | ceemit

By Joey Noszek ‘20 Since this is my first blog, I should probably start by introducing myself. My name is Joey Noszek. I am a Course 1 sophomore in the Systems core. Outside of classes, I […]

TREX 2018 Day 2: When in Hawaii, Try Blogging for the First Time

January 19, 2018 | TREX 2018 | ceemit

By Josh Wilson ‘19 “Vog” is the dense smoke-like air volcanoes blasts out during an eruption. However, volcanoes also emit “vog” when they are active in lesser concentrations. Why is this important? The particulate matter in […]

TREX 2018 Day 2: Volcanoes, Rainbows, and Plywood

January 19, 2018 | TREX 2018 | ceemit

By Meghan Reisenauer ‘19 It was our first full day in Hawaii! We started off with a trip to Kilauea volcano, in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. We were treated to a gorgeous, vibrant rainbow as the […]

TREX 2018 Day 2: Building and Naming Sensors

January 19, 2018 | TREX 2018 | ceemit

By David Wu ‘19 Day two began with a rainbow and ended with a sunset and 12 completed particle sensors ready for action. Early showers at Volcano National Park gave way to a beautiful Hawaiian display […]

TREX 2018: Packing and Arriving in Hawaii

January 18, 2018 | TREX 2018 | ceemit

By Meghan Reisenauer ‘19 Our TREX journey has officially begun! After a refreshing long weekend, our class met up for a few hours on Tuesday to pack up all the equipment. We have lots of testing […]

Research from Professor Martin Polz shows short-lived microbial communities are able to form despite rapidly varying conditions

January 18, 2018 | 2018 News in Brief | ceemit

Research from Professor Martin Polz, in collaboration with Professor Eric Alm, shows that microbial communities in the ocean are able to form despite rapidly varying conditions in a coastal environment, but that these communities demonstrate high […]

Research from Professor Colette Heald shows Clean Air Act saved more lives than initially estimated

January 12, 2018 | 2018 News in Brief | ceemit

Research from Colette Heald, Associate Professor and Associate Department Head of CEE, research scientist David Ridley and Professor Jesse Kroll, shows that the Clean Air Act saved more lives than initially estimated by the U.S. Environmental […]

Research from Professor Markus Buehler and Laboratory for Atomistic and Molecular Mechanics shows spider silk can help understand how bones regenerate

December 22, 2017 | 2017 News in Brief | ceemit

New research from Professor Markus Buehler and Laboratory for Atomistic and Molecular Mechanics (LAMM) shows spider silk can help understand how bones regenerate. The MIT researchers modeled how a cell membrane protein receptor, integrin, folds and […]

Professor Elfatih Eltahir writes about the Nile water conflict for Nature Middle East

December 22, 2017 | 2017 News in Brief | ceemit

Breene M. Kerr Professor Elfatih Eltahir wrote about the Nile water conflict for Nature Middle East. Eltahir discusses how population growth and the increased demand on water resources, in addition to the low agricultural productivity, are […]

Professor Xuanhe Zhao creates “living tattoo” that responds to the environment

December 5, 2017 | 2017 News in Brief | ceemit

Professor of CEE and Mechanical Engineering Xuanhe Zhao, in collaboration with Professor of EECS and Biological Engineering Timothy Lu, created a “living tattoo” made of genetically programmed living cells that can respond to environmental chemicals and […]

Professor Saurabh Amin delivers two keynote lectures on cyber-security of transportation systems

November 19, 2017 | 2017 News in Brief | ceemit

Robert N. Noyce Career Development Associate Professor Saurabh Amin delivered two keynote lectures on cyber-security of transportation systems, one at the New York University Abu Dhabi’s Transportation Symposium on November 19, and the other at the […]

CEE subject 1.079 (Rock-on-a-Chip) featured on MIT News

November 17, 2017 | 2017 News in Brief | ceemit

The CEE subject 1.079 (Rock-on-a-Chip), created by associate professor Ruben Juanes, was recently featured on MIT News. The class focuses on multiphase flow in porous media and uses a novel laboratory technique to visualize media properties. […]