Civil and environmental engineering

$Atomistic simulation provides unparalleled insight into fracture processes. Under the weight of an applied load, a crack in a silicon crystal (above, left) propagates until the crystal is cleaved.$

Think small! Think quickly! Atomistic model helps students visualize nanoscale problems

Software designed for genetics shows how materials behave under extreme loading

April 2, 2007

MIT researchers David Simchi-Levi, left, and Olivier L. de Weck released version 1.3 of their SpaceNet software this month.

Engineers create SpaceNet--the supply chain

Network of nodes could ensure delivery to moon

March 19, 2007

MIT students traveled to Lesotho in January 2006 to work on developing a solar micro-generator that would provide affordable energy.

PSC grants expand MIT's global reach

March 7, 2007

A team of eight MIT students and their advisor, Susan Murcott, brought their ingenuity and technical skills to villages in Nepal in 2002 to try to solve a very basic practical problem--the need for clean drinking water at very low cost. Here, a young girl pumps water from a well outside Lumbini, Nepal.
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Co-engineers share designs on clean water

March 5, 2007

Carbon dioxide could be injected underground into the briny porous rock below. Most of the CO2 gas would be immobilized (light blue), trapped as small bubbles (white) in the pore space of the rock (gray). Only a small portion of the CO2 (dark blue) will continue to flow up towards the impermeable layer of caprock (yellow).

Storing carbon dioxide below ground may prevent polluting above

February 7, 2007

MIT Professor Franz-Josef Ulm and post-doc Georgios Constantinides have shown that the strength of concrete lies in the way its nanoparticles are organized -- like oranges stacked in a supermarket. Their findings could lead to a reduction in carbon dioxide emissions during concrete manufacturing.

Nanoengineered concrete could cut carbon dioxide emissions

January 30, 2007

MIT students help design new exhibit at the Aquarium of the Pacific

January 26, 2007

Flu vaccine shortages can be avoided, MIT engineers say

December 27, 2006

AgeLab grant studies impact of boomers' transportation needs

August 22, 2006

Transportation expert weighs in on Big Dig woes

July 12, 2006

This sketch of a concept solar car was created for the MIT Vehicle Design Summit, a gathering of students who will work on alternative transportation ideas this summer.

Student summit set on vehicle design

June 14, 2006

Fair-weather work

June 14, 2006

Civil and environmental engineering awards

June 7, 2006

Interns at Appropriate Technology Services in Lesotho work with graduate student Amy Mueller, second from right, and sophomore Perry Hung, right, on the MIT solar micro-generator in January.

Students win grant for Lesotho solar generator

June 5, 2006

Bridge work

May 24, 2006

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