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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. […]

TREX 2017: Monitoring sulfur dioxide at a local Hawaii school

January 22, 2017 | TREX | ceemit

[fusion_text]Installing SO2 sensors | January 22, 2017 | Daniel Richman Our sulfur dioxide monitoring project is moving forward! On Thursday, we mounted a sensor to our drone and flew it up above the Ka’u Coffee Mill […]

TREX 2017: When in Hawaii, check out the lava

January 20, 2017 | TREX | ceemit

[fusion_text]Field Trip: Lava is worth it | January 19, 2017 | Alexa Jaeger When Ben Kocar mentioned that we could potentially hike to see a current active lava flow pouring into the ocean, I was beyond […]

TREX 2017: Collecting soil samples on a sweet potato farm

January 18, 2017 | TREX | ceemit

[fusion_text]Sweet Potatoes and Sweet People | January 18, 2017 | Lily Dove Not much has changed between my six-year-old self and my 20-year-old self. I’m still stubborn, my favorite color is still pink, and I still […]

TREX 2017: The fieldwork learning curve

January 17, 2017 | TREX | ceemit

[fusion_text]Learning from the successes and failures of fieldwork | Tuesday January 17, 2017 | Lily Dove When most people think of science, they think of sterile labs, faceless people in white lab coats and gloves, and […]

TREX 2017: First day of fieldwork

January 15, 2017 | TREX | ceemit

[fusion_text]Sensor Squad | Sunday January 15, 2017 | Alexa Jaeger Today was the first real day of field work. We split into two teams for the two different projects: sensor squad and the UAV team. I […]

TREX 2017: Students test equipment and explore local Hawaii farm

January 14, 2017 | TREX | ceemit

[fusion_text]Adjusting to Hawaii and getting started | Saturday January 14, 2017 | Alexa Jaeger A rooster calls loudly. That is how the morning started for the TREX students. A handful of roosters ran around behind our […]

TREX 2017: From MIT to Hawaii (Eventually)

January 13, 2017 | TREX | ceemit

[fusion_text]Every year, a group of MIT students and professors travel to the Big Island of Hawaii to gain fieldwork experience through TREX (Traveling Research Environmental EXperiences). The first TREX trip was held in 2000, and since […]

TREX Featured in Spring Issue of MIT Spectrum

June 20, 2016 | 2016 News in Brief | ceemit

CEE’s Traveling Research Environmental Experiences program (TREX) is featured in the spring 2016 edition of MIT Spectrum, highlighting MIT’s continuous dedication towards education for a better world, a core component of the recently-launched MIT Campaign, Building […]

Winners of the #CEE_IAP competition

February 18, 2016 | 2016 News in Brief | ceemit

Two winners were selected for the #CEE_IAP Instagram competition: graduate student Scott Middleton for the best photo, and junior Kali Rosendo for most submissions. During IAP, Middleton participated in a bamboo bicycle frame-building workshop. Over the course of […]

TREX presents findings at the Boston Museum of Science

May 26, 2015 | 2015 News in Brief | ceemit

On May 11, the CEE undergraduates who participated in the TREX spring continuation course presented their research to a group of grades K-8 curriculum and educational researchers at the Boston Museum of Science (MoS). The event, […]

CAFÉ@ONE Hosting Coffee Cart for Students

May 8, 2015 | 2015 News in Brief | ceemit

In celebration of the end of term, the Course 1 team will host its very own CAFÉ@ONE on Tuesday, May 12 for undergraduates and Wednesday, May 13 for graduate students. Join us in 1-050 from 10am-1pm […]

CEE to Host Flash Coffee Cart

April 10, 2015 | 2015 News in Brief | ceemit

As part of the upcoming MIT Campus Preview Weekend, the Course 1 team will wheel around a one-time-only CAFÉ@ONE cart on the morning of April 16 for students and parents in need of a caffeine boost. […]

Course 1 Undergraduates Publish Study on the Sulfur Emissions from Hawaiian Volcano Kilauea

April 3, 2015 | 2015 News in Brief | ceemit

A recent study published by 28 Course 1 undergraduates investigates the atmospheric pollutant mix emitted by the active Hawaiian shield volcano Kilauea. In coordination with the 2012 and 2013 expeditions of TREX, the group of students and 11 […]

Chasing the Plume

February 13, 2015 | 2015 News Releases | ceemit

Kelsey Damrad Civil and Environmental Engineering Civil and Environmental Engineering “TREX” course allows students to examine firsthand the effects of volcanic emissions on air and soil quality As the residents of the Big Island of Hawaii […]