Rayna Higuchi Archives

Mechanics of Materials: Testing Compressive Strength of Concrete

April 3, 2019 | Undergraduate Student Life | ceemit

By Rayna Higuchi ’20 Hi CEE! I’m Rayna, a student in the Mechanics and Materials track, blogging about my experiences in Course 1. Today I’ll be talking about the class Mechanics of Materials (1.035), taught by […]

TREX 2019: The Mission to Ascend Mauna Kea

January 22, 2019 | TREX | ceemit

By Peter Duff ’20 On our sixth day on the island, we had a singular mission; ascend Mauna Kea, and do so in one piece. Mauna Kea is a dormant volcano, stretching ear-popping 13800 feet into […]

TREX – Day 5: Mauna Kea!

January 22, 2019 | TREX | ceemit

By Rayna Higuchi ’20 REX Day 5: Mauna Kea! Today, we drove up Mauna Kea, the second-highest mountain on the island. At the top, there was none of the heat nor humidity we have come to […]

TREX Day 8: Leilani and the Super Blood Moon

January 20, 2019 | TREX | ceemit

By Rayna Higuchi ’20 Leilani Estates was right by the Fissure 8, the most destructive fissure during this past summer’s lava flows. The surrounding area has been transformed into volcanic glass; it is dangerous, unstable, and […]

TREX – Day 4

January 17, 2019 | TREX | ceemit

By Rayna Higuchi ’20 Today was an exciting disappointment. We were originally supposed to head over to Leilani to see newly formed lava fields, but never got a call back on whether today was okay for […]

TREX Off the Clock: Coffee, Beaches, and Early Morning Runs

January 16, 2019 | TREX | ceemit

By Rayna Higuchi ’20 TREX is an incredible opportunity to learn about the environment, climate, and how human interactions affect each, but we would be remiss if we came to Hawaii for two weeks and never […]

TREX Day 3 – Plant Life

January 15, 2019 | TREX | ceemit

By Rayna Higuchi ’20 Today was a pants kind of day. Our group started off adventuring into the woods behind the house to take something called a transect. Professor Dave Des Marais walked 50 feet straight […]

TREX 2019 Day 1: Setup and Exploration

January 14, 2019 | TREX | ceemit

By Rayna Higuchi ’20 Today was the first full day that the TREX group spent in Hawaii. The morning was used for setup, with different groups going to stores, setting up drones and sensors, and buying […]

Rayna Higuchi ’20 and research scientist Kunal Kupwade-Patil publish research on the use of biomass ash in engineered cementitious binders

September 7, 2018 | 2018 News in Brief | ceemit

Rayna Higuchi ’20 and CEE research scientist Dr. Kunal Kupwade-Patil recently had research published in the ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering journal that shows when combined, waste products from food production and power production waste can replace high-energy-input, hazardous cement. Higuchi […]