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Voting is open for Community Choice Awards in the MIT Global Challenge

April 7, 2011 | 2011 News in Brief | ceemit

At least eight teams in the MIT Global Challenge have CEE students or alumni as members. Course 1 senior Tiffany Cheng and Course 7 grad student Alison Takemura of the Martin Polz lab are working on […]

CEE undergraduates co-author paper in peer-reviewed journal

April 4, 2011 | 2011 News in Brief | ceemit

Course 1 senior Kallie Hedberg and junior Julia Hopkins are co-authors of a paper that appeared in a March issue of the American Journal of Disaster Medicine. “Vaccine Availability in the United States during the 2009 […]

Carl Martland’s book draws on CEE subject he developed

April 4, 2011 | 2011 News in Brief | ceemit

Senior Research Associate (retired) Carl Martland, has a new book out titled, “Toward More Sustainable Infrastructure: Project Evaluation for Planners and Engineers” (Wiley 2011). Based on a subject he developed and taught at MIT (1.011 Project […]

Study shows nitrate plays counterintuitive role in lake eutrophication

March 30, 2011 | 2011 News in Brief | ceemit

Efforts to prevent or reverse eutrophication in freshwater typically aim to decrease the amount of phosphate entering the lake or river in runoff from the watershed. But a new study by Professor Harry Hemond and Katherine […]

Study shows nitrate plays counterintuitive role in lake eutrophication

March 30, 2011 | 2011 News Release | ceemit

By Cathryn Delude Civil & Environmental Engineering Correspondent Natural ecosystems need nutrients, such as phosphorus and nitrogen, to sustain plant life. But too many nutrients running into water bodies from fertilized farms and lawns or from […]

Barnhart and Chisholm to chair sessions in MIT 150th Symposium

March 17, 2011 | 2011 News in Brief | ceemit

Two CEE faculty members will chair sessions in the MIT 150th Symposium on “Leaders in Science and Engineering: The Women of MIT,” scheduled for March 28- 29 in Kresge Auditorium. Professor Cynthia Barnhart will chair the […]

Opinion Piece: Disaster Befalls Japan

March 17, 2011 | 2011 News in Brief | ceemit

In an opinion piece in Technology Review, Professor Eduardo Kausel writes about the engineering and planning aspects of rebuilding that will be required in the wake of the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan March 11. […]

Junior faculty organize CEE research speed dating

March 17, 2011 | 2011 News in Brief | 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 five-minute sound bite presentations each on […]

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 […]