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Putting a flame to music and matter

March 7, 2022 | Research | Stephanie Martinovich

Scientists fabricate new materials and sound from flame Anyone who has gazed at a candle flame feels the calming visual sensation it brings to a room. Fires physical behavior and mesmerizing flickering flame has fascinated humankind […]

Scientists turn words into matter

March 7, 2022 | Research | Stephanie Martinovich

Machine learning translates human language into materials Is our consciousness, thoughts, and words a state of matter or the result of our neurons creating a material reality? It’s a phenomenon of discovery that MIT scientists explored […]

Graduate student Samuel Raymond receives Shoji Award

October 22, 2018 | 2018 News in Brief | ceemit

Graduate student Samuel Raymond received the Shoji award on October 17, for Innovation in Information Technology. Raymond’s cutting-edge work includes modeling complex subsurface physics and developing advanced software systems to simulate complex problems. He has shown […]

ESIP student fellows announced for 2016

November 30, 2015 | 2015 News in Brief | ceemit

On Nov. 16, Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP) announced its 2016 class of student fellows. Among the four new selected fellows is Sam Silva, a graduate student in Professor Colette Heald’s group focusing on atmospheric chemistry […]

Why do puddles stop spreading? Phenomenon revealed.

July 13, 2015 | 2015 News in Brief | ceemit

The formulas scientists use to describe traditional fluid flow indicate that puddle water should spread endlessly. However, as most know, this is not the case. Now a team of CEE researchers has solved the mystery of […]

Oceanographer Mick Follows on how ocean physics and chemistry affect microbial diversity

June 1, 2015 | 2015 News in Brief | ceemit

Plankton, one of the ocean’s smallest inhabitants and a creature vital to life on Earth, are routinely swept away by ocean currents in the form of large swirls (or rings) – as revealed in studies by international consortium […]

CEE Announces Faculty Promotions

May 18, 2015 | 2015 News Releases | ceemit

Kelsey Damrad Civil and Environmental Engineering The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) head Markus Buehler announced the promotions of two faculty members in the department: Marta Gonzálaz, promoted to associate professor without tenure, and […]