Sustainability of the built environment
Professor Oral Buyukozturk has catalyzed multidisciplinary ventures to advance sustainable designs for infrastructure in Kuwait and elsewhere.
Advancing "lean research" for improved international development
To help alleviate poverty, representatives from MIT D-Lab and Tufts Fletcher School focus on respectful, human-centered research practices in global development.
Real estate and reality
MIT economist Albert Saiz studies real estate and its many links to urban life.
Magnifying vibrations in bridges and buildings
Researchers apply computer vision technique to see tiny vibrations in large structures.
Environmental Solutions Initiative awards seed grants to advance collaborative progress on environmental challenges
Grants of up to $200,000 will fund environmental partnerships over the next two years.
Preparing Boston for the "big one"
MIT-SUTD postdoctoral fellow Ornella Iuorio explores structural retrofits to improve earthquake preparedness in Boston’s Back Bay.
Lessons from the MIT Water Club
Urban planning student Isadora Araujo Cruxen is a leader in MIT's Water Club, a forum for discussion and teaching about water technology, policy, and science.
Preemptive design saving cities
Miho Mazereeuw, founder of the Urban Risk Lab, has roots in two countries that have dealt with floods, earthquakes, and typhoons.
Vargas honored in Dubai ceremony
MIT Tata Center alumna's innovative work with public space empowers residents of informal settlements.
The poetics and pragmatics of participatory art
Urban planning, architecture, and art students and practitioners join in a conversation about participatory art led by visiting MIT fellow Mel Chin.
Telling stories using computer science
Senior Shannon Kao’s knack for storytelling informs her research in computer graphics.