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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 […]

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 […]

Research on the camouflaging characteristics of squid featured in New York Times

March 8, 2019 | News | ceemit

McAfee Professor of Engineering and Department Head Markus Buehler and the Laboratory for Atomistic and Molecular Mechanics (LAMM) was featured in the New York Times for their research about the camouflaging characteristics of squid. Due to tiny […]

Professor Colette Heald participates in Global Food+ symposium

February 17, 2018 | 2018 News in Brief | ceemit

Associate Professor and Associate Department Head of CEE Colette Heald participated in the Global Food+ symposium on February 16. Heald spoke about the impact of particulate matter on crops, particularly maize, wheat and rice. The symposium […]

Professor Desiree Plata and the Nepf Environmental Fluid Mechanics Lab featured in Environmental Solutions Initiative video

February 8, 2018 | 2018 News in Brief | ceemit

Assistant Professor Desiree Plata and the Nepf Environmental Fluid Mechanics Lab were featured in a video from the Environmental Solutions Initiative (ESI). The video gives an overview of ESI at MIT and announces the environmental sustainability […]

CEE welcomes three new faculty during 2017-18 and 2018-19 academic years

December 8, 2017 | 2017 News in Brief | ceemit

The School of Engineering recently announced the addition of sixteen new professors to departments across the School, including three new faculty in CEE. Assistant professor David Des Marais joined the department in October; Tami Lieberman will […]

CEE New Research Reception provides update on department initiatives and research

November 7, 2017 | 2017 News in Brief | ceemit

[fusion_text]The CEE New Research Reception, held on October 26, brought together CEE alumni, friends and community members to hear about updates on the department and new research initiatives. The event featured research presentations from Professor Oral […]

Professor Dave Des Marais joins Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

October 10, 2017 | 2017 News in Brief | ceemit

[fusion_text]Assistant Professor Dave Des Marais was profiled on MIT News for his research into plant physiology and how plants naturally respond to environmental stresses. Des Marais officially joined the department on October 1, and works in […]

MISTI video highlights students’ research on Venice’s rising sea levels

July 31, 2017 | 2017 News in Brief | ceemit

[fusion_text]Edmund K. Turner Professor in Civil Engineering Andrew Whittle and Professor of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences Paola Rizzoli led a research camp for MIT students, including CEE graduate student Paige Midstokke, rising senior Clio Macrakis […]

Research by Dara Entekhabi sheds light on likely increase of precipitation in California

January 3, 2017 | 2017 News in Brief | ceemit

[fusion_text]New research by Bacardi Stockholm Water Foundations Professor Dara Entekhabi and a team of researchers found that extreme precipitation is expected to increase in California due to Earth’s warming climate. The researchers studied large-scale atmospheric features […]

Finding a new formula for concrete

June 8, 2016 | 2016 News Releases | ceemit

Researchers at MIT are seeking to redesign concrete — the most widely used human-made material in the world — by following nature’s blueprints. In a paper published online in the journal Construction and Building Materials, the team contrasts […]

Agriculture, Innovation, and the Environment Short Course

June 8, 2016 | 2016 News in Brief | ceemit

From June 13 to 17, 2016, the CEE department and the MIT Professional Education program will be offering a new short course, Agriculture, Innovation, and the Environment. The instructors include Professors Robert S. Langer, Martin Polz, […]

3Q: Elfatih Eltahir on what malaria and Dengue can tell us about Zika

February 23, 2016 | 2016 News Releases | ceemit

School of Engineering Environmental management approaches may be key in combating mosquito-borne infectious diseases. Like many engineers at MIT, Elfatih A. B. Eltahir builds models. But his models, numerically heavy and integrating satellite, atmospheric, and field […]

Water management in a changing environment

December 4, 2015 | 2015 News Releases | ceemit

Kelsey Damrad Civil and Environmental Engineering MIT Water Summit presents insights, innovations, and solutions to protect our world’s most abundant natural resource. Amid a changing climate, population growth, rapid development, and pervasive urbanization, an unprecedented threat […]