http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/topic/civil-engineering.html Civil engineering headlines from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology News Office. en-us http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/www/mitlogo-rss.jpg http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/topic/civil-engineering.html 88 31 Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/airports-0618.html The leading low-cost airlines with a preference for small, inexpensive airports are now the largest airlines in the United States and Europe, according to an MIT expert on airport design and operations. Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/airports-0618.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/awards-cee-tt0604.html Awards given in MIT Civil & Environmental Engineering for the academic year 2007-2008. Wed, 4 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/awards-cee-tt0604.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/lerman-0528.html Dean for Graduate Education Steven R. Lerman '72, S.M. '73, Ph.D. '75 will become MIT's vice chancellor, effective July 1, Chancellor Phillip L. Clay announced this week. Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/lerman-0528.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/killian-bras-0527.html Rafael Bras, a professor of civil and environmental engineering who pioneered the field of hydrologic science, is MIT's James R. Killian Jr. Faculty Achievement Award winner for 2008-2009. Tue, 27 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/killian-bras-0527.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/lifestyle-0522.html Marine bacteria in the wild organize into professions or lifestyle groups that partition many resources, rather than competing for them, according to MIT research that could change the way scientists approach the classification of microbes. Thu, 22 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/lifestyle-0522.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/microbe-fest-tt0521.html An ocean-dwelling microbe of global importance discovered only 20 years ago by researchers, including one at MIT, is the focus of the May 30-31 ProchlorococcusFest, featuring the smallest and most abundant photosynthetic organism in the sea. Wed, 21 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/microbe-fest-tt0521.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/itw-ecuador-tt0514.html MIT student Kendra Johnson found that to improve water quality in a rural Ecuadorian village, she needed to consider economic issues in addition to technology, and so ended up devising an innovative way of using local arts to pay for the project. Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/itw-ecuador-tt0514.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/steel-bridge-0506.html An MIT team from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering prepares for the American Society of Civil Engineers National Steel Bridge Competition. Tue, 6 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/steel-bridge-0506.html