In the Media
Apr 01, 2024
Jerome Hajjar on the Future of Sustainable, Resilient Structures: ‘Let’s Lead a Culture Shift’
CEE Professor and Chair Jerome Hajjar was featured in the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) article “Jerome Hajjar on the Future of Sustainable, Resilient Structures: ‘Let’s Lead a Culture Shift’.“
Feb 02, 2024
How Sunlight Degrades Marine Plastics
MES/COS/CEE Professor Aron Stubbins was featured in the PBS Instagram post “How Sunlight Degrades Marine Plastics.” This research was published as “Molecular Signatures of Dissolved Organic Matter Generated from the Photodissolution of Microplastics in Sunlit Seawater” in Environmental Science & Technology and “Photochemical dissolution of buoyant microplastics to dissolved organic carbon: Rates and microbial impacts” […]
Nov 20, 2023
New Tool for Building and Fixing Roads and Bridges: Artificial Intelligence
CEE/Khoury Assistant Professor Fatemeh Ghoreishi was featured in the New York Times article “New Tool for Building and Fixing Roads and Bridges: Artificial Intelligence.”
Oct 18, 2023
Here’s Why Salt Water Is Invading the Mississippi and Whether It Will Happen More Often
MES/CEE Associate Professor Samuel Munoz was featured in the Scientific American article “Here’s Why Salt Water Is Invading the Mississippi and Whether It Will Happen More Often.”
Oct 18, 2023
WBUR: To Slow Climate Change, Some Want to ‘Engineer the Ocean’
University Distinguished and Snell Professor of Engineering Akram Alshawabkeh’s lab is working with Sr. Scientist Ken Buesseler of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution to see if a simple, solar-powered battery attached to a small float might be able to deliver a constant, low-dose of iron in the ocean to address climate change. View the WBUR […]
Sep 13, 2023
How can residents in Morocco guard against the next deadly earthquake?
CEE Professor Mehrdad Sasani was interviewed by NPR in the article “How can residents in Morocco guard against the next deadly earthquake?” He was also featured in articles by News9Live, Axios, DW and Fast Company. Related article: Morocco earthquake devastation worsened by age-old construction methods, expert says
Sep 01, 2023
Summer 2023 marks second rainiest in Boston, forecasters say
CEE Professor Auroop Ganguly was featured in the Boston Globe article “Summer 2023 marks second rainiest in Boston, forecasters say.”
Jul 10, 2023
A New Law Is Supposed to Protect Pregnant Workers — But What If We Don’t Know How?
Bouve/CEE Assistant Professor Julia Varshavsky was featured in the KFF Health News article “A New Law Is Supposed to Protect Pregnant Workers — But What If We Don’t Know How?“