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12 in civil and environmental engineering receive awards

June 5, 2002

MIT student Hannah Sullivan takes a water sample from a well in the village of Mahilwari, Nepal, assisted by a villager. Hannah and seven colleagues visited villages in Nepal to test inexpensive ways to make drinking water safe.

MIT team tests inexpensive ways to bring clean water to villages in Nepal

May 22, 2002

John Coyne mounts sensor boxes atop the flagpole in Dupont Court to monitor the motion of the flagpole in the wind for the iCampus Flagpole Instrumentation project in civil and environmental engineering.

Sensors atop flagpole measure movement

April 3, 2002

This map shows three of the railroads being tunneled through the Alpsï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½#1 is the 57km Gotthard Tunnel, #2 is the 36km Loetschberg Tunnel and #3 is the 53km Maurienne-Ambin Tunnel.

Civil engineer discusses railroad tunneling through the Alps

February 27, 2002

Site to help building designers save energy

February 6, 2002

A closeup of the brass benchmark (in alumnus Philip Simmons' hands) that he placed on a bridge road in Maine in 1948.

Alum reunited with MIT memento

January 30, 2002

Trying out the new ENVIT system on the Massachusetts Avenue bridge are (left to right) graduate students Richard Camilli, Enrique Vivoni (lowering a line into the river to retrieve a water sample) and Ching-Huei Tsou; senior Amy Watson; and graduate student Russ Spieler.

Environmental field work gets high-tech boost

January 9, 2002

Lecturer Susan Murcott and graduate student Jason Low of civil and environmental engineering survey microbial colonies in a dish from one of the water filtration techniques they are examining for potential use in Nepal.

Project strives for clean drinking water in Nepal

December 5, 2001

Barnhart

Barnhart named to co-direct CTS

November 14, 2001

Team leaders Janice Klein and Feniosky Peï¿½a-Mora demonstrate use of personal digital assistants that will be key to a system for streamlining communications for virtual business meetings.

MIT team reports tips for successful virtual collaborations

November 5, 2001

Mobility study warns of chronic gridlock, pollution; outlines 'grand challenges'

October 31, 2001

MIT worldwide mobility study warns of chronic gridlock, pollution; outlines 'grand challenges'

October 30, 2001

Panama Canal modernization taps civil engineering technologies

October 24, 2001

MIT prof: Oceans at risk if policy tool not restricted

October 18, 2001

Mei

Mei is acting head of civil and environmental engineering

October 3, 2001