Civil and environmental engineering

From left, MIT freshman Daniel Sauza, sophomore Stephanie Brown and seniors Ceryen Tan and Joyce Chen (in mask) work with materials science and nuclear engineering professor Linn Hobbs to cover limestone blocks with mortar as they build up their pyramid on the sixth floor of Building 16.

Gathering 'concrete' evidence

MIT class explores controversial pyramid theory with scale model

April 2, 2008

Gene's 'selective signature' helps scientists identify instances of natural selection in microbial evolution

April 2, 2008

Two MIT student projects win peace grants

April 1, 2008

This figure shows the structure of a beta-sheet protein, Z1-Z2 telethonin complex, in the giant muscle protein titin. The inset shows the orientation of the protein backbone of three beta strands (in purple) with hydrogen bonds (yellow) holding the assembly together. Buehler and Keten found that hydrogen bonds in beta-sheet structures break in clusters of three or four, even in the presence of man...

A tangled web: CEE researchers unravel the secrets of spider silk's strength

March 19, 2008

Roman Stocker, the Doherty Assistant Professor of Ocean Utilization, holds microfluidics devices.

Marine bacteria's mealtime dash is a swimming success

March 12, 2008

Team probes mysteries of oceanic bacteria

Wee creatures are key to Earth's environment

March 3, 2008

Villagers in Ha Teboho, in the southern African nation of Lesotho, gather to learn about a new concentrating solar generator and hot water system installed by MIT students.

Shedding a bright light on village needs

February 27, 2008

New MIT program aims to monitor air, water quality around the globe

February 5, 2008

The scene following the April, 2004 collapse of a section of tunnel being built for the Circle Line in Singapore. MIT professor Andrew Whittle was part of a team charged with investigating the accident and determining its causes.

IAP class probes Singapore highway collapse

February 1, 2008

MIT Professor Heidi Nepf of civil and environmental engineering is working with scaled physical models of river plants, at right, to understand more precisely how water moves through such plants and their effect on aquatic ecology.

River plants may play major role in health of ocean coastal waters

January 31, 2008

A Sudanese farmer operates a treadle-powered foot pump. Two MIT students have set up a company to sell the pumps to help subsistence farmers in the region.

Pumping up desert agriculture

January 23, 2008

For seawalls, beauty is in the eye of the holder

January 11, 2008

MIT student Julia Kiberd '08 pedals the specially adapted exercise bike, generating power for the laptop she's using to check her e-mail. Helping to host the Student Center display of the bike are (from left) technical instructor Stephen Rudolph, Kendra Johnson '09, IT energy coordinator Laxmi Rao and civil and environmental engineering senior research associate John Germaine.

Students get charge out of pedal power

November 8, 2007

This figure from an atomistic model shows a protein in the process of unwinding in response to pressure.

Speed plays crucial role in breaking protein's H-bonds

November 7, 2007

Rafael Bras to receive AGU's Horton Medal

October 17, 2007

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