Drive-by monitoring for urban streetlights
System developed at MIT could automate inspection for efficiency and maintenance issues.
Pushing engineering boundaries to spur infrastructure innovation
MIT hosts Infrastructure Innovation in a Changing Environment Conference.
Dirty physics
Franz-Josef Ulm explores the physics of dirty materials and messy systems to advance sustainable infrastructure and clean energy technology.
Designing for flexibility
Richard de Neufville teaches and practices flexible engineering design for infrastructure projects that meet the challenges of the future.
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.