Civil and environmental engineering

Researchers discovered that thin layers of phytoplankton form where strong variations in flow velocity cause the cells to overturn. These flow conditions form a watery trap: phytoplankton can swim in but not out.

Stuck in the middle

MIT research explains how thin layers of tiny organisms form at sea; work could help predict harmful algal blooms like red tide

February 19, 2009

Jacobs to give inaugural School of Engineering lecture

Alumnus, digital wireless pioneer to speak Feb. 19 in 10-250.

February 13, 2009

A better way to pinpoint underground oil reserves

CEE mapping technology could make extraction more efficient

January 16, 2009

MIT civil and environmental engineering student Mustafa Dafalla '09 gathers water samples at a pond in Niger to check for malaria larvae.

How to fight malaria by changing the environment

Leveling land can help control disease's spread, computer modeling finds

December 19, 2008

Water supplies could be strongly affected by climate change

Changes in rainfall can be amplified, up or down, in changes to aquifers

December 18, 2008

Schematic of an oscillating water column. Waves enter through a subsurface opening into the chamber with air trapped above. The wave action causes the captured water column to move up and down, pushing the trapped air into an electricity-generating turbine. The turbine turns continuously, despite the changing direction of the air stream as the waves come in and out.

Catch the wave

Researchers eye clean energy possibilities along Portuguese coast

December 17, 2008

Roman Stocker holds the small microbial ecosystem he developed.

A plankton-eat-plankton world

Tiny ecosystem may shed light on key ocean microbes and their role in influencing climate

December 15, 2008

Saturation maps from a numerical simulation of the proposed model show that the flow dynamics and the distinctive saturation overshoot at the tip of the fingers agree with experimental observations.

Researchers finger the cause of 'gravity fingers'

December 12, 2008

Burying the greenhouse gas

New tool could aid safe underground storage of CO2

November 17, 2008

Awards and honors: Oct. 22, 2008

October 22, 2008

Architectural drawing of proposed landfill development in South Korea. An MIT team is among the winners of a contest to design the 401 square kilometer project.

Designing a landfill of epic proportions

MIT-led team among winners for Korean project

September 26, 2008

A sign indicating a hurricane evacuation route near Boca Raton, Florida.

Saving lives through smarter hurricane evacuations

MIT student's software seen aiding emergency officials' decision-making

August 28, 2008

Flexible design in airports essential for courting low-cost airlines

June 18, 2008

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering head Professor Patrick Jaillet congratulates Jose Alberto Ortega on winning the Maseeh Award for excellence as a teaching assistant. The graduate student from Cuenca, Ecuador, was nominated by the faculty and students he assisted in 1.050 Engineering Mechanics I.

Civil & Environmental Engineering awards

June 4, 2008

Lerman to become MIT's vice chancellor

May 28, 2008

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