Innovation in transportation
U.S. transportation secretary discusses “infrastructure deficit,” need for long-term innovation and planning.
Concrete Sustainability Hub names Randolph Kirchain as co-director
Engineer studies materials' role in manufacturing and infrastructure.
Soft design for a sustainable world
Sheila Kennedy pioneers soft design techniques and materials to meet pressing global challenges in housing and energy.
Protecting infrastructure with smarter CPS
Saurabh Amin builds resiliency in essential infrastructure networks for transportation, energy, and water distribution.
A new way to detect leaks in pipes
Self-propelled robotic device can speed through pipes, pinpointing leaks more accurately than existing methods.
Beneath the skyline
At MIT, politicians, planners, and designers debate the future of infrastructure.
Conference to explore new approaches to urban infrastructure
Keynote Rahm Emanuel to report on Chicago Infrastructure Trust
What lies beneath: Sensor analytics in the water system
Andrew Whittle engineers smart underground infrastructure for a safer and more efficient future.
MIT research in concrete gets funding boost
The MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub seeks to advance the scientific basis for evaluating the environmental impact of concrete.
Symposium takes on urban infrastructure challenges
Inaugural symposium of the Center for Advanced Urbanism is part of a series devoted to design issues facing cities worldwide
Saurabh Amin to be chief scientist on multi-institutional NSF grant
Project aims to improve security and operations of civil and environmental engineering structures and systems
New method could help communities plan for climate risk
MIT researchers develop tool to assess regional risks of climate change, potential impacts on local infrastructure and planning.
Climate change: a developing challenge for poor nations
MIT and U.N. researchers team up to tackle some of the heftiest climate change challenges developing countries will face as they confront an uncertain future.