The MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering held its 12th annual Research Day event on Monday, February 26. Hosted by Associate Professor Benedetto Marelli and Assistant Professor Darcy McRose, the event brought members of the […]
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is pleased to announce the following faculty promotions: Josephine Carstensen has been promoted to Associate Professor without Tenure effective July 1, 2024. Professor Carstensen received her B.Sc. and M.Sc. […]
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is pleased to announce the following faculty members have been granted tenure by MIT: Benedetto Marelli was promoted to the rank of Associate Professor with Tenure effective July 1. […]
Member companies of startup incubator Greentown Labs, Nth Cycle and QuantAQ are forging a path in the climatetech space based on research their CEO’s completed in graduate school. Nth Cycle is a metals refining company co-founded […]
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is pleased to announce the following faculty promotions: Saurabh Amin is being promoted to the rank of full Professor, effective July 1, 2023. Amin received his B.Tech degree in […]
As part of the MIT Superfund Research Program, Nicolette Bugher is working to expose the poisons lurking in our environment and discover what they mean for human health. Nicolette Bugher has just given up on a […]
Two CEE labs showcase how nature and natural materials can improve and sustain our planet Students and postdocs in the MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering led hands-on demonstrations for the Climate Day events on […]
A fourth-generation civil engineer, graduate student Katerina Boukin researches the growing yet misunderstood threat of pluvial flooding, including flash floods. “My job is basically flooding Cambridge,” says Katerina “Katya” Boukin, a graduate student in civil and environmental […]
Recognized for the paper, “Interpretable Machine Learning Models for Modal Split Prediction in Transportation Systems” graduate student Aron Brenner, former student Manxi Wu, and their advisor, Prof. Saurabh Amin won the Best Paper Award at the […]
The technology called carbon capture and storage is aptly named. It is supposed to capture carbon dioxide emissions from industrial sources and pump them deep underground. It was a big winner in the climate provisions of […]
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is pleased to announce the following faculty have been granted tenure by MIT: Otto Cordero was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure effective July 1, 2022. Cordero’s research looks […]
Pinpointing risks can also help businesses save money as they become more resilient. In February 2020, MIT professor David Simchi-Levi predicted the future. In an article in Harvard Business Review, he and his colleague warned that […]
MIT commencement celebrations were held on Thursday, May 26 for Advanced Degree candidates and Friday, May 27 for Undergraduate Degree students. The department held a celebratory reception on Thursday, May 27 for all CEE graduates. Meet […]
Frontline PBS three-part documentary investigates the decades-long failure to confront the threat of climate change and the role of the fossil fuel industry In the third episode of the new docuseries “The Power of Big Oil” […]
On April 11, MIT announced five multiyear flagship projects in the first-ever Climate Grand Challenges, a new initiative to tackle complex climate problems and deliver breakthrough solutions to the world as quickly as possible. This article […]