Undergraduate Archives

Ava Gillikin: Undergraduate Spotlight

July 8, 2021 | Undergraduate Spotlight | CEE Chief Editor

Core program: 23′ Environmental Engineering Science Track How did you first become interested in pursuing a degree in CEE? Growing up in a very rural part of New Jersey, I always had a passion for nature […]

Natalie Northrup: Undergraduate Spotlight

June 16, 2021 | Undergraduate Spotlight | CEE Chief Editor

Core program: 22′ Systems Engineering Track How did you first become interested in CEE? I was always latched to the idea of looking for environmental issues from a broad systems perspective and after hearing about the […]

Undergraduates get hands-on research experience during TREX

February 17, 2017 | 2017 News in Brief | ceemit

[fusion_text]A group of undergraduates conducted field research for two projects during this year’s Traveling Research Environmental eXperiences (TREX) in Hawaii. The students presented their research to MIT alumni and gave a final presentation to local community […]

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: 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 […]

Innovation@ONE highlights the entrepreneurial creativity of CEE students and researchers

December 29, 2016 | 2017 News in Brief | ceemit

[fusion_text]CEE students and researchers often use their studies to make a large impact around the country and around the globe. Innovation@ONE brought together a panel of entrepreneurial alumni and faculty to judge the business pitch competition. […]

The 6th Annual CEE Research Speed Dating Day

January 11, 2016 | 2016 News in Brief | ceemit

You are cordially invited to the 6th CEE Research Speed Dating Day on Thursday, Feb. 18 from 1-7 pm in the MIT New Media Lab (E14, 6th Floor). The event promises to be another exciting showcase […]