sustainability Archives

Looking beyond luxury: MIT researchers eye silk as a powerful tool in the fight against climate change and global food sustainability

December 2, 2020 | Research | CEE Chief Editor

According to the United Nations, the world has seen a rapid, seven-fold increase to the global population, leading to an important question in our quest to address human impact on climate change: how can we continue […]

Graduate student Audrey Bazerghi and PhD student Cherry Gao win first place in Patagonia Case Competition

May 3, 2019 | 2018 News in Brief | ceemit

Graduate student Audrey Bazerghi and PhD student Cherry Gao won first place in the Patagonia Case Competition. Patagonia, the sustainable apparel company, organizes an international case competition each year in order to solve pressing challenges within environmental sustainability. […]

Professor Oral Buyukozturk receives George W. Housner Medal for Structural Control and Monitoring

June 22, 2018 | 2018 News in Brief | ceemit

Professor Oral Buyukozturk received the 2018 George W. Housner Medal for Structural Control and Monitoring from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). The medal was awarded for his “pioneering and transformative developments in video-based structural […]

Professor Yossi Sheffi publishes book on Environmental Sustainability in Business

April 17, 2018 | 2018 News in Brief | ceemit

Yossi Sheffi, Elisha Gray II Professor of Engineering Systems and CEE, and Director of the Center for Transportation and Logistics, recently published a new book entitled “Balancing Green: When to Embrace Sustainability in Business and When […]

Research from Concrete Sustainability Hub (CSHub) shows life-cycle perspective has environmental and financial benefits

March 30, 2018 | 2018 News in Brief | ceemit

Research from the Concrete Sustainability Hub (CSHub) shows that using life-cycle methodologies before beginning infrastructure projects has both environmental and financial benefits in the long term. The researchers suggest that engineers and policy makers should complete […]

Research from Professor Oral Buyukozturk and junior Stephanie Chin shows the use of volcanic ash reduces embodied energy

February 6, 2018 | 2018 News in Brief | ceemit

Research from Professor Oral Buyukozturk, research scientist Kunal Kupwade-Patil and junior Stephanie Chin shows that using volcanic ash in place of traditional cement can reduce the embodied energy that goes into manufacturing concrete. Chin has been […]

CEE New Research Reception provides update on department initiatives and research

November 7, 2017 | 2017 News in Brief | ceemit

[fusion_text]The CEE New Research Reception, held on October 26, brought together CEE alumni, friends and community members to hear about updates on the department and new research initiatives. The event featured research presentations from Professor Oral […]

Research from Professor Oral Buyukozturk uses discarded plastic water bottles to make stronger concrete

October 25, 2017 | 2017 News in Brief | ceemit

[fusion_text]New research from Professor Oral Buyukozturk and research scientist Kunal Kupwade-Patil shows that mixing discarded plastic bottles, in the form of flakes exposed to harmless irradiation, with cement paste can make stronger concrete. The project began […]

Research from Professor Oral Buyukozturk finds microscopic properties critical to stronger concrete

September 29, 2017 | 2017 News in Brief | ceemit

[fusion_text]New research from Professor Oral Buyukozturk shows that the microscopic properties of cement are key to stronger, more sustainable concrete. Buyukozturk, graduate student Steven Palkovic and Sidney Yip, professor emeritus in Department of Nuclear Engineering, created […]

New Perspectives for Computation, Transformation and Material Applications in the 2015 Active Matter Summit

May 4, 2015 | 2015 News in Brief | ceemit

On April 24, 2015 CEE Department Head Markus Buehler and Professor Pedro Reis presented in the two-day Active Matter Summit (AMS) – a conference led by researchers as well as government, public institution and industry leaders. “Combining small […]

MIT Clean Earth Hackathon Breaks Convention to Foster Innovative Ideas for Industry

April 23, 2015 | 2015 News Releases | ceemit

Marilyn Siderwicz Civil and Environmental Engineering Winning Teams Combined Talents to Solve Real Sustainability Challenges New ideas often are born out of frustration or need to shake-up the status quo. Collaboration further enhances idea generation through […]

Inaugural Clean Earth Hackathon

April 3, 2015 | 2015 News in Brief | ceemit

On April 17-19, CEE and Sustainability at MIT will team up to host the debut of the Clean Earth Hackathon – a new student-run initiative that provides a unique opportunity for students or young professionals to devise […]

Study Environment & Sustainability in Brazil and then in Germany

February 21, 2015 | 2015 News in Brief | ceemit

Advanced undergraduate and Master’s students interested in a summer abroad this year, studying the key factors required for sustainable cities, should apply for the Environment & Sustainability Fellowship by March 1, 2015. From June to July, […]

Get Involved – CleanEarthHack

October 14, 2014 | 2014 News in Brief | ceemit

At MIT, hackathons – the idea of bringing people in with a myriad of backgrounds and expertise together to creatively solve problems and innovate – is implicit in our culture as an institution. Sustainability and environmental […]