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MIT Open House activities from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering were designed for visitors of all ages.

Coming together across expanses

Civil and environmental engineering activities at MIT 2016 Open House spark connections.

May 3, 2016

“When you look at coal as a material, and not just as something to burn, the chemistry is extremely rich,” says Jeffrey Grossman. In this photo, a sample of pulverized coal (right) is shown with several test devices made from coal by the MIT researchers.

Making electronics out of coal

Instead of burning up this complex hydrocarbon, let’s make devices from it, says Jeffrey Grossman.

April 19, 2016

MIT Vice President for Open Learning Sanjay Sarma (left) leads a panel on "The Virtual Campus" during the symposium, with (from left) Susan Singer, Pul LeBlanc, and Anant Agarwal.

MIT’s past and future

Symposium celebrates MIT’s history in Cambridge and looks at what comes next.

April 1, 2016

“Most people in my family who go abroad just go for graduate school; no one goes as a 17-year-old,” Amna Magzoub says. “I had to convince a lot of people that it was really worth it.”

In search of a major she loves

Senior Amna Magzoub finds her niche in mechanical engineering, plans to bring skills home to Sudan.

March 30, 2016

(Left to right): Daryl Morey SM '00, general manager of the Houston Rockets, speaks with statistician Nate Silver.

The games within the games

The world’s biggest sports analytics conference shows how theorists have changed sports.

March 15, 2016

“Data has traditionally been used by anyone from corporations to the government,” Mor Naaman says. “But the goal of this system is to make the data more useful for the individuals themselves, to give them more control, and to make it more useful to communities.”

Browsing in public

System lets Web users share aspects of their browsing history with friends, researchers.

March 7, 2016

D-Lab's Off-Grid Energy Group launches an online Solar Lighting Product Comparison resource making it possible to compare some 50 products.

D-Lab Off-Grid Energy Group launches Solar Lighting Product Comparison Resource

Comparative charts enhance solar lantern purchasing decisions in the developing world.

December 11, 2015

New PBS KIDS ScratchJr app launches

Developed in collaboration with the MIT Media Lab and Tufts University, the PBS KIDS ScratchJr app helps children ages 5-8 learn coding concepts.

December 3, 2015

When zebra finches first begin to sing, they produce only nonsense syllables similar to the babble of human babies. Now researchers at MIT have uncovered the brain activity that supports the birds’ song-learning process.

Singing in the brain

Neuroscientists identify neural patterns birds use to learn their songs.

November 30, 2015

Why MIT.nano?

Doug Spreng ’65 believes nanotechnology could hold the biggest payoffs — for everyone.

November 13, 2015

Mars habitat designed by MIT faculty and students

Interplanetary architecture

Faculty and students grapple with 3-D printing a habitable structure on Mars.

October 15, 2015

MIT professor of biological engineering Christopher Voigt

Engineering biology

With a new DARPA contract, biological engineer Christopher Voigt aims to harness the power of living cells.

September 24, 2015

Silicon photonics meets the foundry

Lionel Kimerling, Rajeev Ram, and other MIT researchers explore practical ways to bring optical interconnection toward and directly onto chips.

September 8, 2015

A man delivers pails of fresh milk to customers in rural India.

Saving rural India’s “liquid cash”

MIT spinout’s milk-chillers reduce spoilage and boost yields in villages.

September 7, 2015

Attendees learn about various projects, including the AR Sandbox, a real-time topographical map made of moveable sand.

MIT hosts discussion on scaling STEM education

President Reif and Congressman Joe Kennedy III lead an afternoon of discussions on how to bring quality STEM education to all.

September 4, 2015

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