Underground methane

This video shows underground methane gas invading fine-grain sediment (shown in yellow) by creating a fracture, as predicted by Jain and Juanes' grain scale model. Blue circles represent pore spaces where the gas has invaded. The maroon lines indicate compressive forces between sediment ...

The role of U.S. airports in disease epidemics

Researchers at MIT are using a new mathematical model to better understand how contagious diseases are spread by air travel.

The Buckliball

Inspired by a toy, the ‘buckliball’ — a collapsible structure fabricated from a single piece of material — represents a new class of 3-D, origami-like structures.

Simulating Bus Rapid Transit Scenarios in Chicago, IL

Simulating Bus Rapid Transit Scenarios on Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL. Modeled by Shan Jiang and recorded by Shan Jiang and Mikel Murga in 2007.

Sallie "Penny" Chisholm: National Medal of Science profile

Learn more about the civil and environmental engineer who has contributed to the discovery and understanding of the dominant photosynthetic organisms in the ocean.

Putting it all together: Steel Bridge Competition

Go behind the scenes as MIT sends a team to compete in a steel bridge building contest.

Modeling and Simulation for Future Urban Mobility

Seminar led by Moshe Ben-Akiva, the Edmund K. Turner Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Recorded March 1, 2013

MIT Environmental Research Forum - MIT Creates: A New Approach to ...

MIT Environmental Research Forum - Dara Entekhabi, Ernest Moniz, and James Yoder

How nutrients spread in a turbulent sea

A computer simulation shows the way a patch of nutrient material is pulled apart into swirling filaments by turbulence in the water, eventually dissolving away completely.

Groundwater Hydrology: Sampling and Monitoring Devices

Multi-level sampler, Henry sampler, plume discharge, solute movement in the pond, neutralization of contaminants, sampling and monitoring devices.

Groundwater Hydrology: Manual Well Drilling

Groundwater Hydrology: Animations: Diffusive Mass Transfer

Groundwater Hydrology - Seepage Meter 1

Measuring flux, seepage meters.

Groundwater Hydrology - Sampling and Monitoring Devices

Differential head monometer test.

Groundwater Hydrology - Large-scale Aquifer Sampling

Multi-level samplers (15,000 sampling points), bromide tracer injection.Multi-level samplers (15,000 sampling points), bromide tracer injection.