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The MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) is dedicated to balancing the built environment with the natural world. In our research, we seek to understand natural systems, to foster the intelligent use of resources and to design sustainable infrastructure systems.

We provide leadership in the field by focusing on technological innovations, seeking advances in basic knowledge and taking a systems perspective. We concentrate our efforts on quantitative and analytical approaches, novel experiment-based modeling, and the development and/or use of appropriate tools and technology.

CEE is an innovative and vibrant place of learning, where undergraduates, graduate students and postdoctoral researchers pursue their educational and research interests in order to lead the next generation in transforming the disciplines of civil and environmental engineering.

Our research and graduate education programs coalesce around three fields of inquiry: environmental science and engineering; mechanics, materials and structures; and transportation. We offer ABET-accredited undergraduate degree programs in civil engineering and environmental engineering science.

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Buehler: Why Industry Comes to MIT

Buehler: Why Industry Comes to MIT

Markus J. BuehlerEsther and Harold E. Edgerton Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental EngineeringCenter for Materials Science and Engineering, Center for Computational EngineeringGroup Leader, Mechanics and Materials in CEEDirector, MIT-Germany ProgramCo-Director, MIT Computation for ...

Buehler: Using Computation to Validate Predictability of ...

Buehler: Using Computation to Validate Predictability of Materials Models

Markus J. BuehlerEsther and Harold E. Edgerton Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental EngineeringCenter for Materials Science and Engineering, Center for Computational EngineeringGroup Leader, Mechanics and Materials in CEEDirector, MIT-Germany ...

Buehler: Materials Simulation Through Computation and ...

Buehler: Materials Simulation Through Computation and Predictive Models

Markus J. BuehlerEsther and Harold E. Edgerton Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental EngineeringCenter for Materials Science and Engineering, Center for Computational EngineeringGroup Leader, Mechanics and Materials in CEEDirector, MIT-Germany ...

Buehler: Examining Failure to Test Limits of Materials ...

Buehler: Examining Failure to Test Limits of Materials Function

Markus J. BuehlerEsther and Harold E. Edgerton Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental EngineeringCenter for Materials Science and Engineering, Center for Computational EngineeringGroup Leader, Mechanics and Materials in CEEDirector, MIT-Germany ...

Buehler: Engineered Spider Silk - Taking Cues from ...

Buehler: Engineered Spider Silk - Taking Cues from Biological Materials

Markus J. BuehlerEsther and Harold E. Edgerton Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental EngineeringCenter for Materials Science and Engineering, Center for Computational EngineeringGroup Leader, Mechanics and Materials in CEEDirector, MIT-Germany ...

Bacteria and Turbulence

Bacteria and Turbulence

2012 Freeman Lecture: "Climate Change and Water Resources: ...

2012 Freeman Lecture: "Climate Change and Water Resources: Characterizing ...

Richard N. Palmer, Ph.D.Department Head and Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Massachusetts, AmherstRecorded 4/23/12Scientific evidence tells us that global climate is changing. However, precise impacts on natural and man-made systems ...

2010 Freeman Lecture: "Rubbish, Stink & Death"

2010 Freeman Lecture: "Rubbish, Stink & Death"

The Historical Evolution, Present State and Future Direction of Water-Quality Management and ModelingSteve Chapra, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tufts University

2008 Freeman Lecture: "Singapore's Marina Barrage"

2008 Freeman Lecture: "Singapore's Marina Barrage"

Brendan M. Harley, Senior Vice President, Camp Dresser & McKee Inc. "Singapore's Marina Barrage: Design, Evolution and Construction of a Multi-Purpose Urban Reservoir"

2007 Freeman Lecture: "Cape Cod's Billion Dollar ...

2007 Freeman Lecture: "Cape Cod's Billion Dollar Ground-Water Cleanup: The ...

Denis R. LeBlanc, U.S. Geological Survey: "Cape Cod's Billion Dollar Ground-Water Cleanup: The Hydrologic Story"

2006 Freeman Lecture: "Integrated Water Resources ...

2006 Freeman Lecture: "Integrated Water Resources Management in the Midst ...

Eugene Z. Stakhiv, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, "Integrated Water Resources Management in the Midst of Chaos and Caducity: Lessons from Hurricane Katrina"

2005 Freeman Lecture: "Global Water Crises: Myth or ...

2005 Freeman Lecture: "Global Water Crises: Myth or Reality?"

Peter Rogers of Harvard University

1.961 - Lecture 9 – Poisson processes and bacterial ...

1.961 - Lecture 9 – Poisson processes and bacterial diffusion

1.961 Life at low Reynolds numbersTumbling intervals: a Poisson processDiffusion of a bacterial populationMotility mutants

1.961 - Lecture 8 – What’s diffusion got to do ...

1.961 - Lecture 8 – What’s diffusion got to do with swimming ...

1.961 Life at low Reynolds numbersBrownian rotational diffusion A bacterial random walk: E. coli's run-and-tumble swimming Other bacterial swimming modes Brownian constraints on swimming The distribution of tumbling angles

1.961 - Lecture 7 – Taylor dispersion

1.961 - Lecture 7 – Taylor dispersion

1.961 Life at low Reynolds numbersPoiseuille flow The advection-diffusion equation Stretching the mixing zone: enhancing diffusion via shear

1.961 - Lecture 6 – Receptors

1.961 - Lecture 6 – Receptors

1.961 Life at low Reynolds numbers Receptors on cell surfaces: how many do you need? Other forms of diffusion Diffusion with drift

1.961 - Lecture 5 – Examples and applications of ...

1.961 - Lecture 5 – Examples and applications of diffusion

1.961 Life at low Reynolds numbersThe capillary assay: testing what microorganisms like Diffusion in a pipe Insect tracheae: limits to respiration Diffusion of momentum: an analogy The porosity of eggs and the gas exchange in leaves (handouts only)

1.961 - Lecture 4 – A smooth world

1.961 - Lecture 4 – A smooth world

1.961 Life at low Reynolds numbersSolving the diffusion equation A fundamental property of diffusion: rapid smearing of fine-scale heterogeneities

1.961 - Lecture 3 – Diffusion around a sphere

1.961 - Lecture 3 – Diffusion around a sphere

1.961 Life at low Reynolds numbersDiffusion-limited uptake: nutrient flux to a sphere When does nutrient uptake occur only by diffusion: The Peclet number Diffusion vs. locomotion: how do you escape from your boundary layer? Diffusion and metabolism: limits to size ...

1.961 - Lecture 24 – Finding each other in the ...

1.961 - Lecture 24 – Finding each other in the turbulent ocean

1.961 Life at low Reynolds numbersDoes turbulence help you encounter your prey or your mate? External fertilization: encounter of sperm and egg