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New AI model could streamline operations in a robotic warehouse

February 27, 2024 | MIT News | CEE Chief Editor

By breaking an intractable problem into smaller chunks, a deep-learning technique identifies the optimal areas for thinning out traffic in a warehouse. […]

2023-25 MIT Postdoctoral Fellowship Program for Engineering Excellence cohort announced

February 23, 2024 | MIT News | CEE Chief Editor

Thirteen postdocs join program that emphasizes community and prioritizes professional development. […]

Turning history of science into a comic adventure

January 11, 2024 | MIT News | CEE Chief Editor

Associate Professor Lydia Bourouiba and artist Argha Manna take readers through a series of discoveries in infectious disease. […]

Zane Schemmer: Graduate Spotlight

December 14, 2023 | Graduate Spotlight | CEE Chief Editor

Hometown: Park City, Utah Who is your advisor/PI?: Josephine Carstensen Degree Program: SM/PhD Anticipated Graduation Year: 2027 How did you first become interested in Civil and Environmental Engineering?I’ve been passionate about civil and environmental engineering for […]

Satellite-based method measures carbon in peat bogs

December 13, 2023 | MIT News | CEE Chief Editor

The technique could enable restoration efforts and doesn’t require labor-intensive onsite sampling. […]

AI accelerates problem-solving in complex scenarios

December 5, 2023 | MIT News | CEE Chief Editor

A new, data-driven approach could lead to better solutions for tricky optimization problems like global package routing or power grid operation. […]

Unlocking the secrets of natural materials

December 3, 2023 | MIT News | CEE Chief Editor

Professor Benedetto Marelli develops silk-based technologies with uses “from lab to fork,” including helping crops grow and preserving perishable foods. […]

Undergraduate Spotlight: Derek Allmond

November 28, 2023 | Undergraduate Spotlight | CEE Chief Editor

Derek Allmond, a senior in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, spent a semester studying abroad at the University of Auckland in New Zealand. While there, Allmond primarily studied Māori language, which he says gave […]

Staff Spotlight: Kelli Augustine

November 20, 2023 | Staff Spotlight | CEE Chief Editor

Hometown: St. Pete, Florida Role: Leadership Giving Officer How long have your worked in CEE?For exactly 1 year! Why did you want to work at MIT?MIT is the best educational and research institution in the world. […]

Rewarding excellence in open data

November 16, 2023 | MIT News | CEE Chief Editor

MIT researchers who share their data recognized at second annual awards celebration. […]

2023-24 Takeda Fellows: Advancing research at the intersection of AI and health

November 2, 2023 | MIT News | CEE Chief Editor

Thirteen new graduate student fellows will pursue exciting new paths of knowledge and discovery. […]

Forging climate connections across the Institute

November 1, 2023 | MIT News | CEE Chief Editor

Inaugural Fast Forward Faculty Fund grants aim to spur new work on climate change and deepen collaboration at MIT. […]

Bringing the environment to the forefront of engineering

October 24, 2023 | MIT News | CEE Chief Editor

Desirée Plata is on a lifelong mission to make sustainability a bigger factor in design decisions. […]

3 Questions: What should scientists and the public know about nuclear waste?

October 19, 2023 | MIT News | CEE Chief Editor

Professor Haruko Wainwright describes a new effort to communicate information about managing and disposing of spent fuel from nuclear reactors. […]

Germicidal UV lights could be producing indoor air pollutants, study finds

October 17, 2023 | MIT News | CEE Chief Editor

While useful for killing pathogens including SARS-CoV-2, the lights may cause unwanted chemical reactions and should be used with ventilation, researchers say. […]