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Looking beyond luxury: MIT researchers eye silk as a powerful tool in the fight against climate change and global food sustainability

December 2, 2020 | Research | CEE Chief Editor

According to the United Nations, the world has seen a rapid, seven-fold increase to the global population, leading to an important question in our quest to address human impact on climate change: how can we continue […]

Projecting climate change impact on malaria transmission in Africa

November 30, 2020 | CEE Profiles | CEE Chief Editor

For Elfatih Eltahir, malaria symptoms always began the same way: chills that eventually gave way to high fever, a pounding headache, and nausea that persisted until this cycle finally broke days later. First encountered at a […]

The New (Ab)Normal, by Professor Yossi Sheffi, details how businesses and supply chains may be changed forever in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic

October 23, 2020 | News | CEE Chief Editor

When COVID-19 hit, it threatened the way of life much of society had become used to and challenged countries, governments and businesses to respond with ingenuity and technology. In his new book, The New (AB)Normal, MIT […]

Interning in the midst of COVID-19: CEE undergrad shares her experience

August 21, 2020 | Undergraduate Spotlight | Zach Goodale

Rovi Porter is a Junior in MIT’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. With all the craziness of Covid-19, being sent home, and constantly trying to soak in all the new information, my summer internship […]

Engineering for good

July 9, 2020 | CEE Profiles | CEE Chief Editor

Md Sami Hasnine, is in the business of understanding people. From his research developing and building predictive models of human behavior, to his work in MIT’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion community, the CEE postdoc has displayed […]

Hamlin Jennings, Concrete Sustainability Hub principal investigator, dies at 68

July 20, 2015 | 2015 News Releases | ceemit

MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub A leader in the field of cement chemistry, Jennings developed the first fully quantitative model of the nanostructure of CSH, the major component of hydrated cement. Hamlin M. Jennings, adjunct professor in […]