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Junior faculty organize CEE research speed-dating event

March 17, 2011 | 2011 News Release | ceemit

The nine junior faculty members in CEE organized the first CEE Research Speed Dating Day, which was held Friday, Feb. 11, from 1 to 6 p.m. The event consisted of 22 five-minute sound bite presentations each […]

Denvid Lau named a Harvey Fellow

March 16, 2011 | 2011 News in Brief | ceemit

Doctoral student Denvid Lau was selected as a 2011 Harvey Fellow by the Mustard Seed Foundation. The Harvey Fellows Program awards scholarships to “Christian students who are pursuing graduate studies at premier universities in fields considered […]

Ochsendorf and his new book on Guastavino vaulting featured in Boston Globe

March 7, 2011 | 2011 News in Brief | ceemit

An article in the Feb. 26 Boston Globe focuses on Professor John Ochsendorf and his new book,”Guastavino Vaulting: The Art of Structural Tile” (Princeton Architectural Press, 2010). Architect Rafael Guastavino (1842–1908) and son are famous for […]

Committee says DOD should pay some of the costs of transportation infrastructure near U.S. military bases

March 7, 2011 | 2011 News in Brief | ceemit

CEE Professor Joseph Sussman recently chaired a congressionally mandated committee that released a report calling for the Pentagon to pay some of the cost of new transportation infrastructure needed to mitigate the relocation of tens of […]

Committee says DOD should pay some of the costs of transportation infrastructure near U.S. military bases

March 7, 2011 | 2011 News Release | ceemit

By Denise Brehm Civil & Environmental Engineering CEE Professor Joseph Sussman recently chaired a congressionally mandated committee that released a report calling for the Pentagon to pay some of the cost of new transportation infrastructure needed […]

Scientists say ocean currents cause microbes to filter light

February 24, 2011 | 2011 News in Brief | ceemit

Adding particles to liquids to make currents visible is a common practice in the study of fluid mechanics, one that was adopted and perfected by artist Paul Matisse in sculptures he calls Kalliroscopes. Matisse’s glass-enclosed liquid […]

Scientists say ocean currents cause microbes to filter light

February 24, 2011 | 2011 News Release | ceemit

By Denise Brehm Civil & Environmental Engineering Adding particles to liquids to make currents visible is a common practice in the study of fluid mechanics, one that was adopted and perfected by artist Paul Matisse in […]

CEE students give invited talks at MIT’s 37th Martin Luther King Jr. celebration

February 10, 2011 | 2011 News in Brief | ceemit

Doctoral student Pierre Fuller, whose research applies computing techniques to solve problems in civil engineering, and civil engineering senior Khalea Robinson were selected as the two students to make presentations at MIT’s 37th annual Martin Luther […]

Junior Tiffany Cheng selected as a Burchard Scholar

February 9, 2011 | 2011 News in Brief | ceemit

Tiffany Cheng, a junior majoring in environmental engineering science and minoring in applied international studies, has been named a 2011 Burchard Scholar. The award, given by the School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, recognizes students […]

Grad student Marne Zahner wins Goody Award

February 9, 2011 | 2011 News in Brief | ceemit

M.Eng. student Marne Zahner was selected as the spring 2010 Marvin E. Goody Award winner for his thesis proposal, “Energy Dissipation Behavior of the Modified Friction Device.” The $5,000 Goody Award is given to an MIT […]

Senior Joel Veenstra and Sanergy plan modular ‘sanitation centers’

January 31, 2011 | 2011 News in Brief | ceemit

A team of MIT students including CEE senior Joel Veenstra formed Sanergy, a company that plans to build thousands of modular “sanitation centers” in developing countries to provide an alternative to defecating in the open, which […]

New book by Chiang Mei describes range of applications of homogenization theory

January 28, 2011 | 2011 News in Brief | ceemit

A new book by Professor Chiang C. Mei and co-author Bogdan Vernescu of Worcester Polytechnic Institute, “Homogenization Methods for Multiscale Mechanics” (World Scientific, 2010), provides researchers with a concrete treatment of the theory of homogenization — […]

Ed DeLong named a AAAS Fellow

January 27, 2011 | 2011 News in Brief | ceemit

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has selected Professor Ed DeLong as a AAAS Fellow, a distinction that recognizes his important contributions to microbial systems science. Long is a pioneer in the field […]

Naomi Stein Reporting From Washington

January 24, 2011 | 2011 News in Brief | ceemit

The Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting (known as TRB) in Washington, D.C. is attended by about 10,000 people from around the globe. M.S.T. student Naomi Stein is blogging. Read Naomi Stein’s TRB blog. […]

Kroll offers novel approach to characterizing organic compounds in the atmosphere

January 19, 2011 | 2011 News in Brief | ceemit

Professor Jesse Kroll and graduate student Sean Kessler have found a new approach to characterizing atmospheric aerosols using the carbon oxidation state, which up to now has been used primarily as a teaching tool. Theirs is […]