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DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL The depth and breadth of coursework and research required dier for ENGINEERING each degree program. The department’s graduate degrees are as follows: Master of The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) Engineering (MEng), Master of Science in Transportation (MST), seeks to understand the world, invent, and innovate with creative Master of Science (SM), Civil Engineer, Environmental Engineer, design. To address some of the greatest challenges of our time, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), and Doctor of Science (ScD). the department uses approaches that range from basic scientic principles to complex engineering design, at scales from the nano to the global. Emphasizing the use of quantitative approaches, CEE Undergraduate Study features two vibrant centers of gravity: environment (what exists The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering oers an as natural systems) and infrastructure (what is created by human undergraduate program, Course 1-ENG, leading to the Bachelor of activity). The department is organized into two laboratories around Science in General Engineering. these focus areas: the Parsons Laboratory for Environmental Science and Engineering (https://cee.mit.edu/research/#Parsons) and the Undergraduates are encouraged to participate in the research Pierce Laboratory for Infrastructure Science and Engineering (https:// activities of the department and in many cases obtain degree credit cee.mit.edu/research/#Pierce), which emphasizes materials and for such work. In general, students are encouraged to plan their systems. CEE consists of people from a broad range of academic programs for the third and fourth years so they dovetail with possible disciplines who work together to contribute to exciting intellectual graduate study, including the department’s Master of Engineering networks across the department and MIT, solving tomorrow’s degree. This is readily accomplished by those students who embark problems to build a better future through discovery and innovation. on the departmental program in their second year. Under certain circumstances, students are permitted to work toward receiving An education in civil and environmental engineering provides an simultaneous undergraduate and graduate degrees. excellent foundation to solve the world’s greatest challenges in areas such as sustainability, environment, or energy. It prepares students Bachelor of Science in Engineering (Course 1-ENG) for careers in elds as diverse as engineering design, education, The degree is designed to prepare students to make an impact law, medicine, and public health, as well as for graduate study in in solving the world’s greatest challenges. The Bachelor of engineering and science. Graduates teach and carry out research Science in Engineering program (http://catalog.mit.edu/degree- in universities, work for large rms, start their own businesses, charts/engineering-civil-environmental-engineering-course-1- and hold leadership positions in government and nonprot eng) oers the option to select a core and pursue tracks of organizations. The department’s undergraduate program provides study for in-depth exploration of particular areas, or to focus a solid background in science and engineering fundamentals on cross-cutting, multidisciplinary studies within and outside while emphasizing hands-on design and research projects that the department in emerging areas of civil and environmental provide real-world context. Students focus on the use of large engineering, broadly dened. Refer to the website for further details data, computation, probability, and data analysis, and learn how to on sample educational tracks and educational opportunities (http:// combine theory, experiments, and modeling to understand and solve cee.mit.edu/undergraduate). complex science and engineering problems. The undergraduate program provides signicant flexibility through Course 1-ENG is the undergraduate degree program oered by a track structure that is consistent with the diverse nature of The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. 1-ENG our disciplinary groups and responsive to students' interests in leads to a Bachelor of Science in General Engineering, and has new educational oerings. The program is built around a solid a flexible curriculum that supplements a civil and environmental foundation in mathematics, big data, sensing, and computing, and engineering foundation with an area of core coursework in a eld is complemented by laboratory subjects on data analysis. It includes of specialization, introducing exciting opportunities for disciplinary a capstone subject that provides ample opportunities for students or multidisciplinary focus. This program is accredited by the to solve complex problems. The program enables students to design Engineering Accreditation Commission of Accreditation Board for individualized programs to meet particular educational objectives. Engineering and Technology (ABET) (http://www.abet.org) as a For example, students interested in careers in elds such as general engineering degree. sustainability, environmental science and engineering, microbiology, The department also oers graduate degrees within the broadly sustainable materials, geochemistry, energy resources, structural/ dened areas of environmental science and engineering (which architectural engineering, oceanography, or environmental law can includes environmental chemistry, environmental fluid mechanics, design programs that provide both depth and breadth. ecology, and hydrology and hydroclimatology), mechanics of The main component of the program is a small set of General materials and structures, transportation and systems engineering. Department Requirements (GDRs) consisting of subjects that focus on mathematics, computation, probability and statistics, and
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data analysis, plus a capstone. Students select one of three core options, each consisting of subjects that build a solid background Minor in Environmental Engineering Science in one of three areas: environment, mechanics and materials, or The Minor in Environmental Engineering Science consists of the systems. Their selections of a core and a consistent set of four or following subjects: ve restricted elective subjects, in consultation with a CEE faculty advisor, dene their track of undergraduate study. Restricted 1.018[J] Fundamentals of Ecology 12 electives may be selected from subjects within or outside the 1.060 Fluid Mechanics 12 Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. 1.061A Transport Processes in the 6 Environment I To satisfy the CI-M component of the Communication Requirement, 1.070A[J] Introduction to Hydrology and Water 6 students must take two of the department’s CI-M subjects (1.013 and Resources either 1.101/1.102 or 1.106/1.107) or take one Course 1 CI-M subject and petition the Subcommittee on the Communication Requirement 1.080 Environmental Chemistry 12 to substitute one CI-M from another science or engineering eld. 1.091 Traveling Research Environmental 3 Any outside CI-M must t into the coherent program of electives eXperience (TREX): Fieldwork approved by the student’s academic advisor and must be approved 1.106 Environmental Fluid Transport 6 by the undergraduate ocer. The remaining part of the program Processes and Hydrology Laboratory consists of unrestricted electives, bringing the total number of 1.107 Environmental Chemistry Laboratory 6 required units beyond the General Institute Requirements to 180. Total Units 63
Minor in Civil and Environmental Systems Substitution of equivalent subjects oered by other departments The Minor in Civil and Environmental Systems consists of the is allowed, with permission of the minor advisor. However, at least following subjects: three full 12-unit subjects must be Course 1 subjects.
1.020 Engineering Sustainability: Analysis 12 For a general description of the minor program (http:// and Design catalog.mit.edu/mit/undergraduate-education/academic-programs/ 1.022 Introduction to Network Models 12 minors), see Undergraduate Education. 1.041 Transportation: Foundations and 12 Methods Other Undergraduate Opportunities Research Opportunities 1.075 Water Resource Systems 12 Students wishing to work closely with a member of the faculty on research may obtain permission to enroll in 1.UR Research 1.101 Introduction to Civil and 6 in Civil and Environmental Engineering or 1.URG Research Environmental Engineering Design I in Civil and Environmental Engineering. The Undergraduate 1.102 Introduction to Civil and 6 Research Opportunities Program (UROP) (http://catalog.mit.edu/ Environmental Engineering Design II mit/undergraduate-education/academic-research-options/ Total Units 60 undergraduate-research-opportunities-program) oers numerous possibilities, and the department awards several UROP traineeships Minor in Civil Engineering to undergraduates each term. The Minor in Civil Engineering consists of the following subjects:
1.035 Mechanics of Materials 12 Graduate Study 1.036 Structural Mechanics and Design 12 Graduate students in the Department of Civil and Environmental 1.050 Solid Mechanics 12 Engineering (CEE) participate in research with renowned faculty 1.101 Introduction to Civil and 6 and get hands-on experience solving some of the world’s largest Environmental Engineering Design I problems in the domains of infrastructure and environment, 1.060 Fluid Mechanics 12 and related areas of interest. Education takes place inside and 1.102 Introduction to Civil and 6 outside the classroom, and there are numerous opportunities Environmental Engineering Design II to learn not only about civil and environmental engineering in Total Units 60 an interdisciplinary research environment but also to network with peers. CEE grants the following advanced degrees: Master of Engineering in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Master of Science in Transportation, Master of Science, Civil Engineer, Environmental Engineer, Doctor of Science, and Doctor of Philosophy. The Institute's general requirements for these degrees
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(http://catalog.mit.edu/mit/graduate-education) are described advanced position in the eld, and provides a foundation for doctoral under Graduate Education. Detailed information on the departmental studies. The degree requirements include 66 units of subject units, requirements for each degree (http://cee.mit.edu) may be obtained 34 of which must be departmental subjects. The student is also on the CEE website. required to complete a research thesis comprised of original work.
Admission Requirements Doctoral Degrees CEE seeks a diverse group of applicants from a range of academic The Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) or Doctor of Science (ScD) in Civil disciplines who will work together to contribute to exciting and Environmental Engineering oers in-depth study in all areas intellectual networks across the department and Institute. All represented by the department’s faculty. The Civil and Environmental applicants are required to submit scores from the GRE General Test. Engineering doctoral program educates students to nd solutions Applicants whose rst language is not English are required to submit based on scientic research and implement them to make real-world scores from either the International English Language Testing System contributions. The curriculum and doctoral degree program applies (IELTS), the preferred exam, or the Test of English as a Foreign basic scientic principles to complex engineering design at scales Language (TOEFL). Email the department ([email protected]) from the nano to the global. or visit the CEE website (http://cee.mit.edu) to learn more about individual graduate programs. Student research is characterized by the following traits: • Applies theoretical, numerical, experimental, and eld work to Master of Engineering cutting-edge research projects The Master of Engineering (MEng) (http://cee.mit.edu/master-of- • Considers a range of scientic and engineering issues and engineering) degree program is a professional-oriented graduate investigates solutions program that consists of high-level, fast-paced coursework and signicant engagement with applied engineering projects that • Emphasizes fundamental understanding of, and innovative prepare graduates for a professional career path or further graduate approaches to, engineering problems by considering a vast studies at MIT or elsewhere. This nine-month program, with range of scales from the nano to the macro opportunities for individualized tracks of study in CEE, prepares The doctoral program includes a three-subject core area of study students to address signicant challenges in the domains of civil that reflects key knowledge in the student’s chosen eld. The three and environmental engineering. The degree requirements include subjects are selected from an approved list of four to ve subjects 66 units of graduate-level subjects, 48 units of which must be within a specic subdiscipline of CEE. The remainder of the doctoral departmental subjects. program consists of ve graduate subjects that complement the Within the Structural Mechanics and Design track, students must core, including one “breadth” class. (Subjects taken in pursuit complete 1.562 Structural Design Project I in the fall and 1.563 of the CEE SM can be counted towards these requirements.) The Structural Design Project II in the spring, plus 24 additional units doctoral degree is granted upon completion of the required subjects, of CEE subjects. Students are also required to complete an original submission and defense of a thesis proposal, and submission and thesis. defense of a thesis embodying an original research contribution. A detailed description of the doctoral program requirements can be Students in the Environmental Engineering Science track pursue found on the department website (https://cee.mit.edu/resources). classes and research in their areas of interest, including hydrology, environmental chemistry, ecology, and environmental fluid Financial Assistance mechanics. The research of the department is an integral part of the graduate program. All doctoral students receive appointments as research or Students in the Structural Mechanics and Design track pursue teaching assistants, as do the majority of our SM and MST students. classes and research in areas including structural engineering Most of these appointments fully cover tuition, individual health mechanics, computational design and optimization, and insurance, and reasonable living expenses in the Cambridge area. collaborative workflows at the interface of engineering and architecture. Applicants are encouraged to apply for traineeships and fellowships (http://odge.mit.edu/nances/fellowships) oered nationally by the For current MIT students, the program is a natural extension of the National Science Foundation, NASA, DOE, and other governmental Institute’s four-year Bachelor of Science degree, providing them agencies that traditionally support students in the department. For an opportunity to gain practical experience and preparing them for an extensive list of such opportunities, visit the Oce of Graduate emerging elds in today’s job market. Education website.
Master of Science in Civil and Environmental Engineering Interdisciplinary Programs The Master of Science is a two-year research-focused degree that Through its interdisciplinary programs, the Department of Civil culminates with a thesis. This degree prepares graduates for an and Environmental Engineering brings together the science,
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technology, systems, and management skills necessary to deal with or required LGO tracks. Aer graduation, alumni lead strategic the important engineering problems of the future. initiatives in high-tech, operations, and manufacturing companies.
Joint Program with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Computational Science and Engineering The Joint Program with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution The Master of Science in Computational Science and Engineering (WHOI) (http://mit.whoi.edu) is intended for students whose primary (CSE SM) (https://cse.mit.edu/programs/sm) is an interdisciplinary career objective is oceanography or oceanographic engineering. program for students interested in the development, analysis, Students divide their academic and research eorts between the and application of computational approaches to science and campuses of MIT and WHOI. Joint Program students are assigned engineering. The curriculum is designed with a common core serving an MIT faculty member as academic advisor; thesis research may all science and engineering disciplines and an elective component be supervised by MIT or WHOI faculty. While in residence at MIT, focusing on specic disciplinary topics. Current MIT graduate students follow a program similar to that of other students in students may pursue the CSE SM as a standalone degree or as their home department. The program is described in more detail leading to the CSE PhD program described below. (http://catalog.mit.edu/interdisciplinary/graduate-programs/ joint-program-woods-hole-oceanographic-institution) under The Doctoral program in Computational Science and Engineering Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs. (CSE PhD) (https://cse.mit.edu/programs/phd) allows students to specialize at the doctoral level in a computation-related eld of Inquiries their choice through focused coursework and a thesis through a Email for detailed information ([email protected]) about academic number of participating host departments. The CSE PhD program policies and programs, visit the website (http://cee.mit.edu), or visit is administered jointly by the Center for Computational Science the Academic Programs Oce, Room 1-290, 617-253-9723. and Engineering (CCSE) and the host departments; the emphasis of thesis research activities is the development of new computational methods and/or the innovative application of computational Faculty and Teaching Sta techniques to important problems in engineering and science. Ali Jadbabaie, PhD For more information, see the program descriptions under JR East Professor of Engineering Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs. Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Head, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Graduate Programs in Transportation Member, Institute for Data, Systems, and Society MIT provides a broad range of opportunities for transportation- related education. Courses and classes span the School of Professors Engineering, the Sloan School of Management, and the School Eric J. Alm, PhD of Architecture and Planning, with many activities covering Professor of Biological Engineering interdisciplinary topics that prepare students for future industry, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering government, or academic careers. Cynthia Barnhart, PhD A variety of graduate degrees are available to students interested Ford Professor of Engineering in transportation studies and research (http://catalog.mit.edu/ Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering interdisciplinary/graduate-programs/transportation), including Professor of Operations Research and Statistics a Master of Science in Transportation and PhD in Transportation, (On leave) described under Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs. Moshe E. Ben-Akiva, PhD Leaders for Global Operations Edmund K. Turner Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering The 24-month Leaders for Global Operations (LGO) (http:// Markus J. Buehler, PhD lgo.mit.edu) program combines graduate degrees in engineering and Jerry McAfee (1940) Professor in Engineering management for those with previous postgraduate work experience Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and strong undergraduate degrees in a technical eld. During the two-year program, students complete a six-month internship at one Oral Buyukozturk, PhD of LGO's partner companies, where they conduct research that forms George Macomber Professor in Construction Management the basis of a dual-degree thesis. Students nish the program with Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering two MIT degrees: an MBA (or SM in management) and an SM from one of eight engineering programs, some of which have optional
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Sallie W. Chisholm, PhD Yossi She, PhD Institute Professor Elisha Gray II Professor Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor of Biology Member, Institute for Data, Systems, and Society
Herbert H. Einstein, ScD David Simchi-Levi, PhD Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Member, Institute for Data, Systems, and Society Elfatih A. B. Eltahir, ScD Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Franz-Josef Ulm, PhD Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Dara Entekhabi, PhD Bacardi and Stockholm Water Foundation Professor Andrew Whittle, PhD Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Edmund K. Turner Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences John R. Williams, PhD Michael J. Follows, PhD Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor of Oceanography Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Xuanhe Zhao, PhD Professor of Mechanical Engineering Philip M. Gschwend, PhD Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Ford Foundation Professor of Engineering Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Associate Professors Saurabh Amin, PhD Charles F. Harvey, PhD Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Member, Institute for Data, Systems, and Society
Colette L. Heald, PhD Lydia Bourouiba, PhD Germeshausen Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences Aliate Faculty, Institute for Medical Engineering and Science
Patrick Jaillet, PhD Tal Cohen, PhD Dugald C. Jackson Professor Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Member, Institute for Data, Systems, and Society Otto Xavier Cordero Sánchez, PhD Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Rubén Juanes, PhD Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Benedetto Marelli, PhD Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Jesse Kroll, PhD Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Admir Masic, PhD Professor of Chemical Engineering Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Dennis McLaughlin, PhD Caitlin T. Mueller, PhD Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Ford International Career Development Professor Associate Professor of Architecture Heidi Nepf, PhD Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Donald and Martha Harleman Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Desiree Plata, PhD Gilbert W. Winslow Career Development Professor John A. Ochsendorf, PhD Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Class of 1942 Professor Professor of Architecture Serguei Sanchez Saavedra, PhD Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Jinhua Zhao, PhD Jerome J. Connor Jr, ScD Associate Professor of Urban Planning and Transportation Professor Emeritus of Civil and Environmental Engineering Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Member, Institute for Data, Systems, and Society Lynn Walter Gelhar, PhD Professor Emeritus of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Assistant Professors Harold F. Hemond, PhD Josephine V. Carstensen, PhD William E. Leonhard (1940) Professor Emeritus Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Emeritus of Civil and Environmental Engineering
David Des Marais, PhD Eduardo A. Kausel, PhD Gale Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Emeritus of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Michael F. Howland, PhD Ole S. Madsen, ScD Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Donald and Martha Harleman Professor Emeritus Tami Lieberman, PhD Professor Emeritus of Civil and Environmental Engineering Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering David H. Marks, PhD Core Faculty, Institute for Medical Engineering and Science Morton and Claire Goulder Family Professor Emeritus César Terrer, PhD Professor Emeritus of Civil and Environmental Engineering Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Chiang C. Mei, PhD Cathy Wu, PhD Ford Professor Emeritus of Engineering Gilbert W. Winslow Career Development Professor Professor Emeritus of Civil and Environmental Engineering Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering Member, Institute for Data, Systems, and Society Fred Moavenzadeh, PhD James Mason Cras Professor Emeritus Research Sta Professor Emeritus of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Research Engineers Amedeo R. Odoni, PhD John K. MacFarlane, MS T. Wilson (1953) Professor Emeritus Research Engineer of Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Emeritus of Aeronautics and Astronautics Professor Emeritus of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Research Scientists Daniel Roos, PhD Ruzbeh Akbar, PhD Professor Emeritus of Data, Systems, and Society Research Scientist of Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Emeritus of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Paul Berube, PhD Daniele Veneziano, PhD Research Scientist of Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Emeritus of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Abel Sánchez, PhD Nigel H. M. Wilson, PhD Research Scientist of Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Emeritus of Civil and Environmental Engineering Ali Shamshiripour, PhD Research Scientist of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Kurt Sternlof, PhD Research Scientist of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Earle Williams, PhD Research Scientist of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Professors Emeriti
Rafael Luis Bras, ScD Professor Emeritus of Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Fundamentals 1.004 Startup Sustainable Tech Subject meets with 1.147 1.00 Engineering Computation and Data Science Prereq: None Subject meets with 1.001 U (Spring) Prereq: Calculus I (GIR) 3-0-9 units U (Spring) Provides a practical introduction to key innovations in the elds 3-2-7 units. REST of civil and environmental engineering that are currently having Presents engineering problems in a computational setting with an impact. Structured around the dierent aspects of starting and emphasis on data science and problem abstraction. Covers maintaining a company in the rst years aer incorporation. Key exploratory data analysis and visualization, ltering, regression. topics include idea protection, team formation, and seed funds. Building basic machine learning models (classiers, decision trees, Guest speakers who are involved in the startup process or are clustering) for smart city applications. Labs and programming successful entrepreneurs present. Under faculty supervision, projects focused on analytics problems faced by cities, students work on case studies in areas such as renewable infrastructure, and environment. Students taking graduate version energy, sustainable design, food security, climate change, new complete additional assignments and project work. infrastructures, and transportation. Concludes with the writing of a J. Williams SBIR/STTR-type grant or business model. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. 1.000 Introduction to Computer Programming and Numerical B. Marelli Methods for Engineering Applications Prereq: None. Coreq: 18.03 1.005 Experiential Sustainability (New) U (Fall) Prereq: None 3-2-7 units. REST U (Fall) 1-0-2 units Presents the fundamentals of computing and computer programming (procedural and object-oriented programming) in an engineering Examines the frameworks, governance, science, and social science context. Introduces logical operations, floating-point arithmetic, of sustainability around students' summer internships, research, and data structures, induction, iteration, and recursion. Computational other experiential learning activities. During the summer (virtually) methods for interpolation, regression, root nding, sorting, and through the rst four weeks of the fall term, students engage searching, and the solution of linear systems of equations and in small group discussions on diverse topics in sustainability, from ordinary dierential equations. Control of sensors and visualization environmental justice to corporate social responsibility. Includes of scientic data. Draws examples from engineering and scientic global climate action negotiation simulation activities, roundtables applications. Students use the MATLAB programming environment to with experts in sustainability, and/or similar opportunities for complete weekly assignments. interaction with broad topics in sustainability. In the fall, students R. Juanes reflect on their engagement with sustainability during their summer experience, culminating in a showcase of nal presentations. 1.001 Engineering Computation and Data Science Students planning to take this subject must apply in the spring; Subject meets with 1.00 consult the program website for details. Prereq: Calculus I (GIR) D. Plata G (Spring) 3-2-7 units
Presents engineering problems in a computational setting with emphasis on data science and problem abstraction. Covers exploratory data analysis and visualization, ltering, regression. Building basic machine learning models (classiers, decision trees, clustering) for smart city applications. Labs and programming projects focused on analytics problems faced by cities, infrastructure and environment. Students taking graduate version will complete additional assignments and project work. J. Williams
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1.006 Tools for Sustainable Design 1.010 Probability and Causal Inference Prereq: None Prereq: Calculus II (GIR) U (Spring) U (Fall) 3-0-9 units 5-0-7 units
Conveys the principles, tools, and practice of environmentally Introduces probability and causal inference with an emphasis on sustainable design. Augments understanding of societal limitations understanding, quantifying, and modeling uncertainty and cause- to implementation of sustainable solutions, such that they may eect relationships in an engineering context. Topics in the rst be strategically navigated. Presents the arguments and historical half include events and their probability, the total probability and motivation for early evaluation of environmental impact metrics; Bayes' theorems, discrete and continuous random variables and illustrates and utilizes modern, rigorous tools for environmental vectors, and conditional analysis. Topics in the second half include optimization; and highlights national and global experts drawn from covariance, correlation, regression analysis, causality analysis, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), government, industry, and structural causal models, interventions, and hypothesis testing. academia. Provides an overview of the principles of Green Chemistry Concepts illustrated through data and applications. and Engineering, Life Cycle Analysis, toxicity prediction, and basic S. Saavedra chemical and materials flows knowledge. D. Plata 1.013 Senior Civil and Environmental Engineering Design Prereq: Permission of instructor 1.008 Engineering Solutions to Societal Challenges U (Fall, Spring) Prereq: None 1-3-2 units U (Fall) Can be repeated for credit. 2-1-0 units Students engage with faculty around a topic of mutual interest, Introduces societal-scale problems that span our built infrastructure building on the knowledge/skills gained throughout their program. and natural environment. Faculty members discuss case studies that Synthesizes prior coursework and experiences through a semester- highlight challenges and opportunities in the areas of smart cities, long design project and related assignments. Students form teams cyber-physical systems (transportation, electricity, and societal and work on projects advised by faculty representatives from networks), sustainable resource management (land, water, and each core in the 1-ENG curriculum. Teams demonstrate creativity energy), and resilient design under the changing environment. in applying theories and methodologies while considering their Students study the use of computation and data analytics in project's technical, environmental and social feasibility. Includes generating insights, and engage in laboratory exercises designed to lectures on a variety of related engineering concepts, as well promote systems thinking and problem-solving skills. Subject can as scholarship and engineering practice and ethics. Provides count toward the 6-unit discovery-focused credit limit for rst-year instruction and practice in oral and written communication. students. J. Carstensen S. Amin 1.015[J] Design of Electromechanical Robotic Systems 1.009 Climate Change Same subject as 2.017[J] Prereq: None Prereq: 2.003[J], 2.016, and 2.678; Coreq: 2.671 U (Fall) U (Spring) 1-0-2 units 3-3-6 units. Partial Lab
Provides an introduction to global climate change processes, drivers, See description under subject 2.017[J]. Enrollment may be limited and impacts. Oers exposure to exciting MIT research on climate due to laboratory capacity. change. Students explore why and how the world should solve M. Triantafyllou, M. Sacarny this global problem and how they can contribute to the solutions. Students produce a mini-project on the topic. Subject can count toward the 6-unit discovery-focused credit limit for rst year students. E. Eltahir
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1.016[J] Design for Complex Environmental Issues: Building 1.022 Introduction to Network Models Solutions and Communicating Ideas Prereq: (1.010, 18.03, and (1.00 or 1.000)) or permission of instructor Same subject as 2.00C[J], EC.746[J] U (Fall) Prereq: None 4-0-8 units U (Spring) 3-1-5 units Provides an introduction to complex networks, their structure, and function, with examples from engineering, applied mathematics See description under subject 2.00C[J]. Limited to rst-year and social sciences. Topics include spectral graph theory, notions of students. centrality, random graph models, contagion phenomena, cascades A. W. Epstein, J. Grimm, S. L. Hsu and diusion, and opinion dynamics. A. Jadbabaie 1.018[J] Fundamentals of Ecology Same subject as 7.30[J], 12.031[J] 1.024 Machine Learning for Sustainable Systems Prereq: None Subject meets with 1.224 U (Fall) Prereq: (1.000 and 1.010) or permission of instructor; Coreq: 6.402 4-0-8 units. REST U (Spring) 1-1-4 units Fundamentals of ecology, considering Earth as an integrated Credit cannot also be received for 1.224, 2.161, 2.169, 3.100[J], dynamic living system. Coevolution of the biosphere and geosphere, 3.322[J], 10.402[J], 10.602[J], 20.301[J], 20.401[J], 22.042, 22.42 biogeochemical cycles, metabolic diversity, primary productivity, competition and the niche, trophic dynamics and food webs, Building on core material in 6.402, emphasizes the design and population growth and limiting factors. Population modeling, global operation of sustainable systems. Illustrates how to leverage carbon cycle, climate change, geoengineering, theories of resource heterogeneous data from urban services, cities, and the competition and mutualism, allometric scaling, ecological genomics, environment, and apply machine learning methods to evaluate and/ niche theory, human population growth. Applied ecology. or improve sustainability solutions. Provides case studies from M. Follows, D. Des Marais various domains, such as transportation and urban mobility, energy and water resources, environmental monitoring, infrastructure 1.020 Engineering Sustainability: Analysis and Design sensing and control, climate adaptation, and disaster resilience. Prereq: Physics I (GIR), 18.03, and (1.00 or 1.000) Projects focus on using machine learning to identify new insights U (Spring) or decisions that can help engineer sustainability in societal-scale 3-2-7 units systems. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Students cannot receive credit without simultaneous Introduces a systems approach to modeling, analysis, and design completion of the core subject 6.402. of sustainable systems. Covers principles of dynamical systems, S. Amin network models, optimization, and control, with applications in ecosystems, infrastructure networks, and energy systems. Includes 1.032 Advanced Soil Mechanics a signicant programming component. Students implement and Subject meets with 1.361 analyze numerical models of systems, and make design decisions Prereq: 1.037 to balance physical, environmental, and economic considerations U (Fall; rst half of term) based on real and simulated data. 3-0-6 units S. Amin Covers topics in the characterization and nature of soils as multi- 1.021 Introduction to Modeling and Simulation phase materials; the principle of eective stress; hydraulic Engineering School-Wide Elective Subject. conductivity and groundwater seepage; shear strength and stability Oered under: 1.021, 3.021, 10.333, 22.00 analyses; stress-deformation properties, consolidation theory and Prereq: 18.03, 3.016B, or permission of instructor calculation of settlements for clays and sands. Students taking U (Spring) graduate version complete additional assignments. 4-0-8 units. REST A. Whittle
See description under subject 3.021. M. Buehler, R. Freitas
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1.035 Mechanics of Materials 1.037 Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Design Subject meets with 1.535 Prereq: None Prereq: 1.050 or permission of instructor U (Spring) U (Spring) 3-2-7 units 3-2-7 units Provides an introduction to soils as engineering materials, including Introduces the structure and properties of natural and manufactured classication and characterization, pore pressures and seepage, building materials, including rheology elasticity, fracture mechanics, principles of eective stress and consolidation, deformation, and viscoelasticity and plasticity. Emphasizes eects of molecular and shear strength properties. Surveys analysis methods, with a focus nanoscopic structure and interactions on macroscopic material on slope stability, limiting earth pressures and bearing capacity, and behavior. Focuses on design of natural and structural materials. settlements of foundations. Examines applications in the design Discusses material aspects of sustainable development. Presents of earth dams, earth retaining systems, foundations, and staged principles of experimental characterization techniques. Explores construction processes. microscopic and macroscopic mechanical approaches to characterize A. Whittle structure and properties of materials. In laboratory and in-eld sessions, students design and implement experimental approaches 1.041 Transportation: Foundations and Methods to characterize natural and building materials and study their Subject meets with 1.200[J], 11.544[J] interaction with the environment. Students taking graduate version Prereq: (1.010 and (1.00 or 1.000)) or permission of instructor complete additional assignments. U (Fall) F. J. Ulm 3-1-8 units
1.036 Structural Mechanics and Design Covers core analytical and numerical methods for modeling, Prereq: 1.035 and 1.050 planning, operations, and control of transportation systems. Trac U (Spring) flow theory, vehicle dynamics and behavior, numerical integration 3-1-8 units and simulation, graphical analysis. Properties of delays, queueing theory. Resource allocation, optimization models, linear and integer Familiarizes students with structural systems, loads, and basis programming. Autonomy in transport, Markov Decision Processes, for structural design, including analysis of determinate and reinforcement learning, deep learning. Applications drawn broadly indeterminate structures (trusses, beams, frames, cables, and from land, air, and sea transport; private and public sector; transport arches). Covers mechanical properties of construction materials, of passengers and goods; futuristic, modern, and historical. Hands- including concrete, steel, and composites. Studies concrete and on computational labs. Linear algebra background is encouraged but steel structures through application of principles of structural not required. Students taking graduate version complete additional mechanics. Evaluates behavior and design of reinforced concrete assignments. structural elements using limit strength design and serviceability C. Wu principles. Introduces plastic analysis and design, and load factor design of structural steel members and connections. Team project 1.050 Solid Mechanics emphasizes material covered through behavior and problem-based Prereq: Physics I (GIR); Coreq: Calculus II (GIR) learning. U (Fall) O. Buyukozturk 3-2-7 units. REST
Basic principles of mechanics to describe the behavior of materials, structures and fluids. Dimensional analysis, conservation of momentum, static equilibrium, stress and stress states, hydrostatics, moments and forces. Material and structural strength criteria. Deformation and strain. Conservation of energy in solid mechanics, elasticity and elasticity bounds. Energy dissipation, plasticity and fracture. Open-ended geotechnical and structural engineering studio exercises and experiments with natural and man- made physical systems. F. J. Ulm
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1.053[J] Dynamics and Control I 1.058 Structural Dynamics Same subject as 2.003[J] Subject meets with 1.581[J], 2.060[J], 16.221[J] Prereq: Physics II (GIR); Coreq: 2.087 or 18.03 Prereq: 18.03 or permission of instructor U (Fall, Spring) Acad Year 2021-2022: U (Fall) 4-1-7 units. REST Acad Year 2022-2023: Not oered 3-0-9 units See description under subject 2.003[J]. J. K. Vandiver, N. C. Makris, N. M. Patrikalakis, T. Peacock, D. Examines response of structures to dynamic excitation: free Gossard, K. Turitsyn vibration, harmonic loads, pulses and earthquakes. Covers systems of single- and multiple-degree-of-freedom, up to the continuum 1.054 Mechanics and Design of Concrete Structures limit, by exact and approximate methods. Includes applications to Subject meets with 1.541 buildings, ships, aircra and oshore structures. Students taking Prereq: 1.035 graduate version complete additional assignments. U (Fall) T. Cohen 3-0-9 units 1.060 Fluid Mechanics Studies strength and deformation of concrete under various states Prereq: None of stress; failure criteria; concrete plasticity; and fracture mechanics U (Spring) concepts. Topics include fundamental behavior of reinforced 4-2-6 units concrete structural systems and their members; basis for design and Credit cannot also be received for 1.060A code constraints; high-performance concrete materials and their use in innovative design solutions; and yield line theory for slabs. Uses Mechanics principles for incompressible fluids. Review of behavior models and nonlinear analysis. Covers complex systems, hydrostatics. Conservation of mass, momentum and energy in fluid including bridge structures, concrete shells, and containments. mechanics. Flow nets, velocity distributions in laminar and turbulent Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. flows, groundwater flows. Momentum and energy principles in O. Buyukozturk hydraulics, with emphasis on open channel flow and hydraulic structures. Drag and li forces. Analysis of pipe systems, pumps and 1.056[J] Introduction to Structural Design turbines. Gradually varied flow in open channels, signicance of the Same subject as 4.440[J] Froude number, backwater curves and kinematic waves. Application Subject meets with 4.462 of principles through open-ended studio exercises. Meets with Prereq: Calculus II (GIR) 1.060A rst half of term. U (Spring) B. Marelli 3-3-6 units. REST 1.060A Fluid Mechanics I See description under subject 4.440[J]. Prereq: None. Coreq: 18.03; or permission of instructor Consult J. Carstensen U (Spring; rst half of term) 2-1-3 units 1.057 Heritage Science and Technology Credit cannot also be received for 1.060 Prereq: Permission of instructor U (Fall) Mechanics principles for incompressible fluids. Review of 2-3-4 units hydrostatics. Conservation of mass, momentum and energy in fluid mechanics. Flow nets, velocity distributions in laminar and turbulent Interdisciplinary, applied introduction to ancient materials and flows, groundwater flows. Momentum and energy principles in technology. Students explore materials sustainability and durability hydraulics, with emphasis on open channel flow and hydraulic from multiple perspectives, using ancient societies, architecture structures. Meets with 1.060 in rst half of term. and building materials as time-proven examples of innovation in B. Marelli construction. Involves discussions of peer-reviewed literature and cultural heritage, project formulation, data collection, and data analysis. Culminates in presentation of research project(s), and write-ups of the research in manuscript form. A. Masic
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1.061 Transport Processes in the Environment 1.063 Fluids and Diseases Subject meets with 1.61 Subject meets with 1.631[J], 2.250[J], HST.537[J] Prereq: 1.060 Prereq: 18.03 or permission of instructor U (Fall) U (Spring) 3-1-8 units 3-3-6 units Credit cannot also be received for 1.061A Designed for students in engineering and the quantitative sciences Introduction to mass transport in environmental flows, with who want to explore applications of mathematics, physics and emphasis on river and lake systems. Covers derivation and solutions fluid dynamics to infectious diseases and health; and for students to the dierential form of mass conservation equations, hydraulic in epidemiology, environmental health, ecology, medicine, and models for environmental systems, residence time distribution, systems modeling seeking to understand physical and spatial molecular and turbulent diusion for continuous and point sources, modeling, and the role of fluid dynamics and physical constraints boundary layers, dissolution, bed-water exchange, air-water on infectious diseases and pathologies. The rst part of the exchange, and particle transport. Meets with 1.061A rst half of term. class reviews modeling in epidemiology and data collection, and Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. highlights concepts of spatial modeling and heterogeneity. The H. M. Nepf remainder highlights multi-scale dynamics, the role of fluids and fluid dynamics in physiology, and pathology in a range of 1.061A Transport Processes in the Environment I infectious diseases. The laboratory portion entails activities aimed Prereq: 1.060A at integrating applied learning with theoretical concepts discussed U (Fall; rst half of term) in lectures and covered in problem sets. Students taking graduate 2-1-3 units version complete additional assignments. Credit cannot also be received for 1.061, 1.61 L. Bourouiba
Introduction to mass transport in environmental flows. Covers 1.068 Nonlinear Dynamics and Turbulence derivation and solution to the dierential form of mass conservation, Subject meets with 1.686[J], 2.033[J], 18.358[J] hydraulic models for environmental systems, residence time Prereq: 1.060A distribution, and molecular and turbulent diusion for continuous Acad Year 2021-2022: U (Spring) and point sources. Meets with 1.061 rst half of term. Acad Year 2022-2023: Not oered H. Nepf 3-2-7 units
1.062[J] Nonlinear Dynamics: Continuum Systems Reviews theoretical notions of nonlinear dynamics, instabilities, and Same subject as 12.207[J], 18.354[J] waves with applications in fluid dynamics. Discusses hydrodynamic Subject meets with 18.3541 instabilities leading to flow destabilization and transition to Prereq: Physics II (GIR) and (18.03 or 18.032) turbulence. Focuses on physical turbulence and mixing from U (Spring) homogeneous isotropic turbulence. Also covers topics such as 3-0-9 units rotating and stratied flows as they arise in the environment, wave- turbulence, and point source turbulent flows. Laboratory activities See description under subject 18.354[J]. integrate theoretical concepts covered in lectures and problem sets. O. Kodio Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. L. Bourouiba
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1.070A[J] Introduction to Hydrology and Water Resources 1.072 Groundwater Hydrology Same subject as 12.320A[J] Subject meets with 1.72 Prereq: 1.060A; Coreq: 1.061A and 1.106 Prereq: 1.061 U (Fall; rst half of term) U (Fall) 2-0-4 units 3-1-8 units
Water in the environment; Water resource systems; The hydrologic Presents the fundamentals of subsurface flow and transport, cycle at its role in the climate system; Surface water and energy emphasizing the role of groundwater in the hydrologic cycle, balance; evaporation and transpiration through vegetation; the relation of groundwater flow to geologic structure, and the Precipitation formation, inltration, storm runo, and flood management of contaminated groundwater. Topics include processes; Groundwater aquifers, subsurface flow and the Darcy equation, flow nets, mass conservation, the aquifer flow hydraulics of wells. equation, heterogeneity and anisotropy, storage properties, D. Entekhabi regional circulation, unsaturated flow, recharge, stream-aquifer interaction, well hydraulics, flow through fractured rock, numerical 1.070B[J] Introduction to Hydrology Modeling models, groundwater quality, contaminant transport processes, Same subject as 12.320B[J] dispersion, decay, and adsorption. Includes laboratory and computer Prereq: 1.070A[J] demonstrations. Students taking graduate version complete U (Fall; second half of term) additional assignments. 2-0-4 units C. Harvey
Develops understanding of numerical modeling of aquifers, 1.073 Introduction to Environmental Data Analysis groundwater flow and contaminant transport, as well as uncertainty Prereq: 1.010 and risk analysis for water resources. U (Fall) D. Entekhabi 2-0-4 units
1.071[J] Global Change Science Covers theory and practical methods for the analysis of univariate Same subject as 12.300[J] data sets. Topics include basics of statistical inference, analysis of Prereq: 18.03 trends and stationarity; Gaussian stochastic processes, covariance Acad Year 2021-2022: Not oered and correlation analysis, and introduction to spectral analysis. Acad Year 2022-2023: U (Spring) Students analyze data collected from the civil, environment, and 3-0-9 units systems domains. E. Eltahir Introduces the basic relevant principles and concepts in atmospheric physics, climate dynamics, biogeochemistry, and water and energy 1.074 Multivariate Data Analysis balance at the land-atmosphere boundary, through an examination Prereq: 1.010 of two current problems in the global environment: carbon dioxide U (Fall) and global warming; and tropical deforestation and regional climate. 2-0-4 units An introduction to global environmental problems for students in basic sciences and engineering. Introduction to statistical multivariate analysis methods and their E. A. B. Eltahir applications to analyze data and mathematical models. Topics include sampling, experimental design, regression analysis, specication testing, dimension reduction, categorical data analysis, classication and clustering. Sta
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1.075 Water Resource Systems 1.079 Rock-on-a-Chip: Microfluidic Technology for Visualization Subject meets with 1.731 of Flow in Porous Media Prereq: 1.070B[J] or permission of instructor Subject meets with 1.79 U (Spring) Prereq: (Physics II (GIR), 1.050, 1.060, and (1.00, 1.000, or 6.0002)) 3-0-9 units or permission of instructor U (Fall) Surveys optimization and simulation methods for management of Not oered regularly; consult department water resources. Case studies illustrate linear, quadratic, nonlinear 2-2-8 units programming and real-time control. Applications include river basin planning, irrigation and agriculture, reservoir operations, capacity Introduces an innovative approach that uses 3D printing and expansion, assimilation of remote sensing data, and sustainable microfluidic technology to characterize and visualize flow in porous resource development. Students taking graduate version complete media like soils and rocks. Covers single-phase flow and transport additional assignments. (laser fluorescence, particle image velocimetry), capillarity and D. McLaughlin wettability, multiphase flow, fracturing of granular media. In lab, students work in groups to unravel the physics and chemistry of flow 1.077 Land, Water, Food, and Climate (New) in porous media, with applications to energy and environmental Subject meets with 1.74 processes, such as groundwater resources, energy recovery, and Prereq: None carbon sequestration. Students taking graduate version complete U (Fall) additional assignments. Enrollment limited; preference to Course 1 Not oered regularly; consult department majors and Energy Studies minors. 3-0-6 units R. Juanes
Examines land, water, food, and climate in a changing world, with an 1.080 Environmental Chemistry emphasis on key scientic questions about the connections between Prereq: Chemistry (GIR) natural resources and food production. Students read and discuss U (Spring) papers on a range of topics, including water and land resources, 4-0-8 units climate change, demography, agroecology, biotechnology, trade, and food security. Supporting information used for background and Introduces environmental chemistry with a focus on using context includes data and analysis based on government reports, thermodynamics to understand processes governing chemical textbooks, and longer peer-reviewed documents not included in behaviors in natural and engineered systems. Topics include the readings. Provides a broad perspective on one of the dening vaporization, gas-solution partitioning, salt and mineral dissolution/ global issues of this century. Students carry out exercises with precipitation, acid-base chemistry, metal complexation, adsorption relevant data sets, write critiques of key issues, and complete a via ion exchange, and absorption within natural organic matter focused term project. Completion of MIT Science Core or equivalent and organism tissues. Process formulations are combined in box recommended but not required. Students taking graduate version models to compare with observations. Covers intermediate topics in complete additional assignments. environmental chemistry requiring kinetics to understand processes D. McLaughlin governing biogeochemical behaviors in natural and engineered systems. Topics include atmospheric oxidations, radiochemistry, mass transfers, and catalysis. Combines an introduction to geochemical modeling, using transport and transformation process formulations in chemical fate models, to compare with observations of concentrations as a function of space and time. P. Gschwend
1.081[J] Environmental Cancer Risks, Prevention, and Therapy Same subject as 20.104[J] Prereq: Biology (GIR), Calculus II (GIR), and Chemistry (GIR) U (Spring) 3-0-9 units
See description under subject 20.104[J]. W. Thilly, R. McCunney
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1.082 Ethics for Engineers 1.088 Genomics and Evolution of Infectious Disease Engineering School-Wide Elective Subject. Subject meets with 1.881[J], HST.538[J] Oered under: 1.082, 2.900, 6.904, 10.01, 16.676, 22.014 Prereq: Biology (GIR) and (1.000 or 6.0002) Subject meets with 6.9041, 20.005 U (Spring) Prereq: None 3-0-9 units U (Fall, Spring) 2-0-4 units Provides a thorough introduction to the forces driving infectious disease evolution, practical experience with bioinformatics and See description under subject 10.01. computational tools, and discussions of current topics relevant to D. A. Lauenberger, B. L. Trout public health. Topics include mechanisms of genome variation in bacteria and viruses, population genetics, outbreak detection and 1.084[J] Applied Microbiology tracking, strategies to impede the evolution of drug resistance, Same subject as 20.106[J] emergence of new disease, and microbiomes and metagenomics. Prereq: Biology (GIR) and Chemistry (GIR) Discusses primary literature and computational assignments. Acad Year 2021-2022: Not oered Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Acad Year 2022-2023: U (Fall) T. Lieberman 3-0-9 units 1.089 Earth's Microbiomes See description under subject 20.106[J]. Subject meets with 1.89 J. C. Niles, K. Ribbeck Prereq: Biology (GIR) U (Spring) 1.085[J] Air Pollution and Atmospheric Chemistry 3-0-9 units Same subject as 12.336[J] Prereq: 18.03 Provides a general introduction to the diverse roles of U (Fall) microorganisms in natural and articial environments. Topics include 3-0-9 units energetics and growth, evolution and gene flow, population and community dynamics, water and soil microbiology, biogeochemical Provides a working knowledge of basic air quality issues, with cycling, and microorganisms in biodeterioration and bioremediation. emphasis on a multidisciplinary approach to investigating the 7.014 recommended as prerequisite; students taking graduate sources and eects of pollution. Topics include emission sources; version complete additional assignments. atmospheric chemistry and removal processes; meteorological M. Polz, O. Cordero phenomena and their impact on pollution transport at local to global scales; air pollution control technologies; health eects; and 1.091 Traveling Research Environmental eXperience (TREX): regulatory standards. Discusses regional and global issues, such Fieldwork as acid rain, ozone depletion and air quality connections to climate Prereq: Permission of instructor change. U (IAP) C. Heald 1-2-0 units
Introduction to environmental eldwork and research, with a focus on data collection and analysis. Subject spans three weeks, including two weeks of eldwork, and involves one or more projects central to environmental science and engineering. Location varies year-to-year, though recent projects have focused on the island of Hawaii. Limited to Course 1 students. B. Kocar
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1.092 Traveling Research Environmental eXperience (TREX): Undergraduate Laboratory Subjects Fieldwork Analysis and Communication Prereq: 1.091 1.101 Introduction to Civil and Environmental Engineering Design U (Spring) I Not oered regularly; consult department Prereq: None 1-3-5 units U (Fall) Building on eldwork and research conducted in 1.091 over IAP, 0-4-2 units. Partial Lab students focus on interpretation of results and research in support Introduces the creative design process in the context of civil and of the eldwork, with instruction and practice in oral and written environmental engineering. Emphasizes the idea-to-product communication. Includes a survey of the relevant peer-reviewed trajectory: identication of a design question/problem, evaluation of literature; laboratory measurements of eld samples and/or requirements/constraints set by the application and/or client, and instrumental response; data analysis and interpretation; and implementation into a concrete product deliverable. Fosters active dissemination of results. Culminates in presentation of research learning through open-ended, student-driven projects in which project(s), and write-ups of the research in manuscript form. teams apply the design process to a design/planning problem. In Sequence of 1.091 and 1.092 must be completed in consecutive labs, students design and build a working model or an experiment terms. Limited to Course 1 majors and minors. that addresses a specic engineering aspect of their project. In B. Kocar addition to written and oral presentations, students start a web- based portfolio. Satises 6 units of Institute Laboratory credit. 1.096[J] Design of Sustainable Polymer Systems (New) Enrollment limited; preference to Course 1 majors and minors. Same subject as 10.496[J] T. Cohen Prereq: (10.213 and 10.301) or permission of instructor U (Fall) 1.102 Introduction to Civil and Environmental Engineering Design 3-0-9 units II See description under subject 10.496[J]. Preference to juniors and Prereq: 1.101 and (Physics II (GIR) or Coreq: 1.060) seniors in Courses 10, 1, and 2. U (Spring) B. D. Olsen, D. Plata 1-3-2 units. Partial Lab Project-oriented subject focused on the principles and practice of 1.097 Introduction to Civil and Environmental Engineering engineering design. Emphasis on construction and deployment of Research designs, plus performance testing used to determine if designs Prereq: None behave as expected. Includes a major team project involving use U (IAP) and application of sensors, as well as environmentally-friendly, and 1-5-0 units energy-eective or energy-producing designs. Develops practical, Students work one-on-one with a CEE graduate student or postdoc teamwork and communication skills. Satises 6 units of Institute mentor on a project that aligns with their research interests. Previous Laboratory credit. Enrollment limited; preference to Course 1 majors project topics include transportation networks, structural mechanics, and minors. sediment transport, climate science, and microbial ecology. Includes A. Masic weekly seminar-style talks. Intended for rst-year students. Sta
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1.103[J] Infrastructure Design for Climate Change (New) 1.107 Environmental Chemistry Laboratory Same subject as 11.173[J] Prereq: None. Coreq: 1.080 Subject meets with 1.303[J], 11.273[J] U (Spring) Prereq: Permission of instructor 0-4-2 units. Partial Lab U (Fall) 0-2-4 units Laboratory and eld techniques in environmental engineering and its application to the understanding of natural and engineered In this team-oriented, project-based subject, students work to nd ecosystems. Exercises involve data collection and analysis covering technical solutions that could be implemented to mitigate the eects a range of topics, spanning all major domains of the environment of natural hazards related to climate change, bearing in mind that (air, water, soils, and sediments), and using a number of modern any proposed measures must be appropriate in a given region's environmental analytical techniques. Instruction and practice socio-political-economic context. Students are introduced to a in written and oral communication provided. Concludes with a variety of natural hazards and possible mitigation approaches as student-designed nal project, which is written up in the form of a well as principles of design, including adaptable design and design scientic manuscript. Satises 6 units of Institute Laboratory credit. for failure. Students select the problems they want to solve and Enrollment limited; preference to 1-ENG. develop their projects. During the term, ocials and practicing D. Plata engineers of Cambridge, Boston, Puerto Rico, and MIT Facilities describe their approaches. Student projects are documented in Engineering Information Systems and Computation a written report and oral presentation. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Enrollment limited; 1.125 Architecting and Engineering Soware Systems preference to juniors and seniors. Prereq: None H. Einstein G (Fall) 3-0-9 units 1.106 Environmental Fluid Transport Processes and Hydrology Laboratory Soware architecting and design of cloud-based soware-intensive Prereq: None. Coreq: 1.061A systems. Targeted at future engineering managers who must U (Fall) understand both the business and technical issues involved in 0-4-2 units. Partial Lab architecting enterprise-scale systems. Student teams confront technically challenging problems. Introduces modern dev-ops Fundamentals of mass transport and flow measurement in concepts and cloud-computing, including cloud orchestration for environmental systems. Topics include analysis of measurement machine learning. Also discusses cyber-security issues of key uncertainty, diusion, dispersion, air-water exchange, dissolution, management and use of encrypted messaging for distributed and porous media flow. Develops communication skills through ledgers, e.g., blockchain. Students face problem solving in an the writing and revision of formal lab reports and short oral active learning lab setting, completing in-class exercises and presentations. Satises 6 units of Institute Laboratory credit. weekly assignments leading to a group project. Some programming Enrollment limited; preference to 1-ENG majors. experience preferred. Enrollment limited. H. Nepf J. Williams
1.128[J] Computational Geometry Same subject as 2.089[J] Prereq: Permission of instructor G (Spring) Not oered regularly; consult department 3-0-9 units
See description under subject 2.089[J]. N. M. Patrikalakis, D. C. Gossard
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Engineering Analysis Methods Transportation
1.138[J] Wave Propagation 1.200[J] Transportation: Foundations and Methods Same subject as 2.062[J], 18.376[J] Same subject as 11.544[J] Prereq: 2.003[J] and 18.075 Subject meets with 1.041 Acad Year 2021-2022: Not oered Prereq: 1.000, (1.00 and 1.010), or permission of instructor Acad Year 2022-2023: G (Spring) G (Fall) 3-0-9 units 3-1-8 units
See description under subject 2.062[J]. Covers core analytical and numerical methods for modeling, T. R. Akylas, R. R. Rosales planning, operations, and control of transportation systems. Trac flow theory, vehicle dynamics and behavior, numerical integration Engineering Systems, Economics, and Optimization and simulation, graphical analysis. Properties of delays, queueing theory. Resource allocation, optimization models, linear and integer 1.142[J] Robust Modeling, Optimization, and Computation programming. Autonomy in transport, Markov Decision Processes, Same subject as 15.094[J] reinforcement learning, deep learning. Applications drawn broadly Prereq: 18.06 or permission of instructor from land, air, and sea transport; private and public sector; transport G (Spring) of passengers and goods; futuristic, modern, and historical. Hands- 4-0-8 units on computational labs. Linear algebra background is encouraged but not required. Students taking graduate version complete additional See description under subject 15.094[J]. assignments. D. Bertsimas C. Wu
1.146 Engineering Systems Analysis for Design 1.201[J] Transportation Systems Analysis: Demand and Engineering School-Wide Elective Subject. Economics Oered under: 1.146, 16.861, IDS.332 Same subject as 11.545[J] Prereq: Permission of instructor Prereq: Permission of instructor G (Fall) G (Spring) 3-0-9 units Not oered regularly; consult department Credit cannot also be received for IDS.333 3-1-8 units
See description under subject IDS.332. Enrollment limited. Covers the key principles governing transportation systems planning R. de Neufville and management. Introduces the microeconomic concepts central to transportation systems. Topics include economic theories 1.147 Startup Sustainable Tech of the rm, consumer, and market, demand models, discrete Subject meets with 1.004 choice analysis, cost models and production functions, and Prereq: None pricing theory. Applications to transportation systems - including G (Spring) congestion pricing, technological change, resource allocation, 3-0-9 units market structure and regulation, revenue forecasting, public and private transportation nance, and project evaluation - cover urban Provides a practical introduction to key innovations in the elds passenger transportation, freight, maritime, aviation, and intelligent of civil and environmental engineering that are currently having transportation systems. an impact. Structured around the dierent aspects of starting and Sta maintaining a company in the rst years aer incorporation. Key topics include idea protection, team formation, and seed funds. Guest speakers who are involved in the startup process or are successful entrepreneurs present. Under faculty supervision, students work on case studies in areas such as renewable energy, sustainable design, food security, climate change, new infrastructures, and transportation. Concludes with the writing of a SBIR/STTR-type grant or business model. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. B. Marelli
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1.202 Demand Modeling 1.205 Advanced Demand Modeling Prereq: 1.201[J] or permission of instructor Prereq: 1.202 or permission of instructor G (Spring) G (Fall) 3-1-8 units 3-0-9 units
Theory and application of modeling and statistical methods for Advanced theories and applications of models for analysis and analysis and forecasting of demand for facilities, services, and forecasting of users' behavior and demand for facilities, services, products. Topics include: review of probability and statistics, and products. Topics vary each year and typically include linear and estimation and testing of linear regression models, theory of nonlinear latent variable models, including structural equations individual choice behavior, derivation, estimation, and testing of and latent class models; estimation techniques with multiple data discrete choice models (including logit, nested logit, GEV, probit, sources; joint discrete and continuous choice models; dynamic and mixture models), estimation under various sample designs and models; analysis of panel data; analysis of complex choices; data collection methods (including revealed and stated preferences), estimation and forecasting with large choice sets; multidimensional sampling, aggregate forecasting methods, and iterative proportional probabilistic choice models; advanced choice models, including tting and related methods. Lectures reinforced with case studies, probit, logit mixtures, treatment of endogeneity, hybrid choice which require specication, estimation, testing, and analysis of models, hidden Markov models, Monte Carlo simulation, Bayesian models using data sets from actual applications. methods, survey design, sampling, model transferability, and use of Sta stated preferences data. Term paper required. M. Ben-Akiva 1.203[J] Applied Probability and Stochastic Models Same subject as 15.073[J], IDS.700[J] 1.208 Resilient Networks Prereq: 6.041B or 18.600 Prereq: 6.431 or 15.093[J] G (Spring) Acad Year 2021-2022: Not oered 3-0-9 units Acad Year 2022-2023: G (Fall) 3-0-9 units A vigorous use of probabilistic models to approximate real-life situations in Finance, Operations Management, Economics, and Network and combinatorial optimization methods and game- Operations Research. Emphasis on how to develop a suitable theoretic modeling for resilience of large-scale networks against probabilistic model in a given setting and, merging probability disruptions, both random and adversarial. Topics include network with statistics, and on how to validate a proposed model against resilience metrics, interdiction and security games, strategic empirical evidence. Extensive treatment of Monte Carlo simulation resource allocation and network design, cascades in networks, for modeling random processes when analytic solutions are routing games and network equilibrium models, reliability and unattainable. security assessment of networked systems, and incentive problems A. Barnett in network security. Applications to transportation, logistics, supply chain, communication, and electric power systems. S. Amin
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1.224 Machine Learning for Sustainable Systems 1.234[J] Airline Management Subject meets with 1.024 Same subject as 16.75[J] Prereq: (6.041B and 18.06) or permission of instructor; Coreq: 6.482 Prereq: 16.71[J] G (Spring) Acad Year 2021-2022: Not oered 1-1-4 units Acad Year 2022-2023: G (Spring) Credit cannot also be received for 1.024, 2.161, 2.169, 3.100[J], 3-0-9 units 3.322[J], 10.402[J], 10.602[J], 20.301[J], 20.401[J], 22.042, 22.42 See description under subject 16.75[J]. Building on core material in 6.482, emphasizes the design and P. P. Belobaba operation of sustainable systems. Students learn to leverage heterogeneous data from urban services, cities, and the 1.251[J] Comparative Land Use and Transportation Planning environment, and apply machine learning methods to evaluate and/ Same subject as 11.526[J] or improve sustainability solutions. Provides case studies from Prereq: Permission of instructor various domains such as transportation and mobility, energy and G (Spring) water resources, environmental monitoring, infrastructure sensing 3-0-9 units and control, climate adaptation, and disaster resilience. Projects focus on using machine learning to identify new insights or decisions See description under subject 11.526[J]. to help engineer sustainability in societal-scale systems. Students C. Zegras taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Students cannot receive credit without simultaneous completion of the core 1.253[J] Transportation Policy, the Environment, and Livable subject 6.482. Communities S. Amin Same subject as 11.543[J] Prereq: Permission of instructor 1.231[J] Planning and Design of Airport Systems (New) G (Spring) Same subject as 16.781[J], IDS.670[J] 3-0-9 units Prereq: None See description under subject 11.543[J]. Acad Year 2021-2022: Not oered J. Coughlin Acad Year 2022-2023: G (Fall) 3-0-9 units 1.260[J] Logistics Systems See description under subject 16.781[J]. Same subject as 15.770[J], IDS.730[J], SCM.260[J] R. de Neufville, A. R. Odoni Subject meets with SCM.271 Prereq: Permission of instructor 1.232[J] The Airline Industry G (Fall) Same subject as 15.054[J], 16.71[J] 3-0-9 units Prereq: None See description under subject SCM.260[J]. G (Fall) Y. She, C. Caplice 3-0-9 units
See description under subject 16.71[J]. 1.261[J] Case Studies in Logistics and Supply Chain Management P. P. Belobaba, H. Balakrishnan, A. I. Barnett, R. J. Hansman, T. A. Same subject as 15.771[J], SCM.261[J] Kochan Prereq: Permission of instructor G (Spring) 1.233[J] Air Transportation Operations Research 3-0-6 units Same subject as 16.763[J] See description under subject SCM.261[J]. Prereq: 6.431, 15.093[J], 16.71[J], or permission of instructor J. Byrnes Acad Year 2021-2022: G (Spring) Acad Year 2022-2023: Not oered 3-0-9 units
See description under subject 16.763[J]. H. Balakrishnan, C. Barnhart, P. P. Belobaba
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1.263[J] Urban Last-Mile Logistics 1.271[J] The Theory of Operations Management Same subject as 11.263[J], SCM.293[J] Same subject as 15.764[J], IDS.250[J] Prereq: SCM.254 or permission of instructor Prereq: (6.436[J] and (6.251[J] or 6.251[J])) or permission of instructor G (Spring; rst half of term) G (Spring) 2-0-4 units 3-0-9 units Can be repeated for credit. See description under subject SCM.293[J]. M. Winkenbach See description under subject 15.764[J]. D. Simchi-Levi, N. Trichakis, K. Zheng 1.266 Supply Chain and Demand Analytics Prereq: 15.761 or SCM.260[J] 1.273[J] Supply Chain Planning G (Spring; rst half of term) Same subject as 15.762[J], IDS.735[J] 2-0-4 units Prereq: 15.761 or SCM.260[J] G (Spring; rst half of term) Focuses on eective supply chain and demand analytics for 2-0-4 units companies that operate globally, with emphasis on how to plan and integrate supply chain components into a coordinated system. See description under subject 15.762[J]. Exposes students to concepts, models and machine learning, D. Simchi-Levi and optimization-based algorithms important in supply chain planning, with emphasis on supply chain segmentation, inventory 1.274[J] Manufacturing System and Supply Chain Design optimization, supply and demand coordination, supply chain Same subject as 15.763[J], IDS.736[J] resiliency, and flexibility. Prereq: 15.761, 15.778, or SCM.260[J] D. Simchi-Levi G (Spring; second half of term) 2-0-4 units 1.267 Statistical Learning in Operations Prereq: None See description under subject 15.763[J]. Acad Year 2021-2022: Not oered D. Simchi-Levi Acad Year 2022-2023: G (Spring) 3-0-9 units 1.275[J] Business and Operations Analytics Same subject as IDS.305[J] Focuses on applications of machine learning methods, combined Prereq: Permission of instructor with OR techniques, to study a variety of operational problems G (Spring; rst half of term) — from supply chain through revenue management all the way to 2-0-4 units healthcare management. The class will bring together two dierent disciplines, Operations Research and Computer Science, to develop See description under subject IDS.305[J]. both theory and eective techniques for dealing with operational D. Simchi-Levi problems. D. Simchi-Levi 1.284[J] Analyzing and Accounting for Regional Economic Change 1.27 Studies in Transportation Same subject as 11.481[J] Prereq: Permission of instructor Prereq: 14.03 and 14.04 G (Fall, Spring, Summer) G (Spring) Units arranged Not oered regularly; consult department Can be repeated for credit. 3-0-9 units
Individual advanced study of a topic in transportation systems, See description under subject 11.481[J]. selected with the approval of the instructor. Sta Sta
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1.285[J] Regional Socioeconomic Impact Analyses and Modeling 1.322 Soil Behavior Same subject as 11.482[J] Prereq: 1.361 Prereq: 11.481[J] or permission of instructor Acad Year 2021-2022: G (Spring) G (Fall) Acad Year 2022-2023: Not oered Not oered regularly; consult department 4-0-8 units 2-1-9 units Detailed study of soil properties with emphasis on interpretation See description under subject 11.482[J]. of eld and laboratory test data and their use in so-ground K. R. Polenske construction engineering. Includes: consolidation and secondary compression; basic strength principles; stress-strain strength 1.286[J] Urban Energy Systems and Policy behavior of clays, emphasizing eects of sample disturbance, Same subject as 11.477[J] anisotropy, and strain rate; strength and compression of granular Subject meets with 11.165 soils; and engineering properties of compacted soils. Some Prereq: 11.203, 14.01, or permission of instructor knowledge of eld and laboratory testing assumed; 1.37 desirable. Acad Year 2021-2022: G (Fall) A. J. Whittle Acad Year 2022-2023: Not oered 3-0-9 units 1.351 Theoretical Soil Mechanics Prereq: 1.361 See description under subject 11.477[J]. Acad Year 2021-2022: Not oered D. Hsu Acad Year 2022-2023: G (Spring) 3-0-9 units Geoenvironmental and Geotechnical Engineering Presentation of fundamental theories in soil mechanics: eld 1.303[J] Infrastructure Design for Climate Change (New) equations of linear elasticity and solutions of boundary value Same subject as 11.273[J] problems. Introduction to nite element method. Steady and Subject meets with 1.103[J], 11.173[J] transient flow in porous media; applications in conned and Prereq: Permission of instructor unconned seepage, and one-dimensional consolidation. G (Fall) Introduction to poro-elasticity. Yielding and failure of soils; plasticity 0-2-4 units theory and limit analyses, with examples for bearing capacity and slope stability. Cam Clay models and critical state theory of soil In this team-oriented, project-based subject, students work to nd behavior. technical solutions that could be implemented to mitigate the eects A. J. Whittle of natural hazards related to climate change, bearing in mind that any proposed measures must be appropriate in a given region's 1.361 Advanced Soil Mechanics socio-political-economic context. Students are introduced to a Subject meets with 1.032 variety of natural hazards and possible mitigation approaches as Prereq: 1.036 well as principles of design, including adaptable design and design G (Fall; rst half of term) for failure. Students select the problems they want to solve and 3-0-6 units develop their projects. During the term, ocials and practicing engineers of Cambridge, Boston, Puerto Rico, and MIT Facilities Covers topics in the characterization and nature of soils as multi- describe their approaches. Student projects are documented in phase materials; the principle of eective stress; hydraulic a written report and oral presentation. Students taking graduate conductivity and groundwater seepage; shear strength and stability version complete additional assignments. analyses; stress-deformation properties, consolidatoin theory and H. Einstein calculation of settlements for clays and sands. A. Whittle
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1.364 Advanced Geotechnical Engineering 1.383 Underground Construction Prereq: 1.361 Prereq: 1.361, 1.38, or permission of instructor G (Fall; second half of term) Acad Year 2021-2022: G (Spring) 3-0-6 units Acad Year 2022-2023: Not oered 3-0-6 units Methodology for site characterization and geotechnical aspects of the design and construction of foundation systems. Topics Provides familiarization with the most important aspects of planning, include site investigation (with emphasis on in situ testing), shallow analysis, design, and construction of underground structures in (footings and raings) and deep (piles and caissons) foundations, soil and rock. Covers detailed engineering analysis and design, excavation support systems, groundwater control, slope stability, and major aspects of construction techniques and construction soil improvement (compaction, soil reinforcement, etc.), and planning. Discusses general planning and economic problems. construction monitoring. Includes a major design project involving all aspects of underground A. Whittle construction. H. H. Einstein 1.38 Engineering Geology Prereq: Permission of instructor 1.39 Independent Study in Geotechnical Engineering G (Fall) Prereq: Permission of instructor 3-1-8 units G (Fall, Spring, Summer) Units arranged Studies the eect of geologic features and processes on constructed Can be repeated for credit. facilities; interaction between the geologic environment and man- made structures, and human activities in general. Planning of For graduate students desiring further individual study of topics in subsurface exploration. Engineering geologic characterization of geotechnical engineering. soil and rock, including joint surveys and aspects of sedimented Information: A. J. Whittle and residual soils. Laboratory on basic geologic identication and mapping techniques. Extensive reading of case histories. Field trip. Construction Engineering and Management H. H. Einstein 1.462[J] Entrepreneurship in the Built Environment 1.381 Rock Mechanics Same subject as 11.345[J] Prereq: 1.361 and 1.38 Prereq: Permission of instructor Acad Year 2021-2022: Not oered G (Fall; rst half of term) Acad Year 2022-2023: G (Spring) 2-0-4 units 3-0-9 units See description under subject 11.345[J]. Introduces theoretical and experimental aspects of rock mechanics S. Gronfeldt, G. Rosenzweig and prepares students for rock engineering. Includes review of laboratory and eld testing; empirical and analytical methods for 1.472[J] Innovative Project Delivery in the Public and Private describing strength, deformability and conductivity of intact rock Sectors and rock masses; fracture mechanics and mechanics of discontinua, Same subject as 11.344[J] including flow through discontinua and hydraulic fracturing; and Prereq: Permission of instructor design and analysis of rock slopes and foundations on rock. Also G (Spring; rst half of term) discusses blasting design. Includes term paper/term project. 2-0-4 units H. H. Einstein See description under subject 11.344[J]. C. M. Gordon
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Materials and Structures 1.545 Atomistic Modeling and Simulation of Materials and Structures 1.535 Mechanics of Materials Prereq: Permission of instructor Subject meets with 1.035 G (Fall) Prereq: 1.050 or permission of instructor Not oered regularly; consult department G (Spring) 3-0-9 units 3-2-7 units Covers multiscale atomistic modeling and simulation methods, Introduces the structure and properties of natural and manufactured with focus on mechanical properties (elasticity, plasticity, creep, building materials, including rheology elasticity, fracture mechanics, fracture, fatigue) of a range of materials (metals, ceramics, proteins, viscoelasticity and plasticity. Emphasizes eects of molecular and biological materials, biomaterials). Topics include mechanics of nanoscopic structure, and interactions on macroscopic material materials (energy principles, nano-/micromechanics, deformation behavior. Focuses on design of natural and structural materials. mechanisms, size eects, hierarchical biological structures) and Discusses material aspects of sustainable development. Presents atomistic modeling (chemistry, interatomic potentials, visualization, principles of experimental characterization techniques. Explores data analysis, numerical methods, supercomputing, algorithms). microscopic and macroscopic mechanical approaches to characterize Includes an interactive computational project. structure and properties of materials. In laboratory and in-eld M. J. Buehler sessions, students design and implement experimental approaches to characterize natural and building materials and study their 1.562 Structural Design Project I interaction with the environment. Students taking graduate version Prereq: None complete additional assignments. G (Fall) F. J. Ulm 3-0-9 units Students work in teams to design a long-span structure, 1.541 Mechanics and Design of Concrete Structures emphasizing conceptual design and advanced structural analysis. Subject meets with 1.054 Subject covers structural systems and construction methods, Prereq: 1.035 interdisciplinary collaboration, design strategies for resistance to G (Fall) static and dynamic loading, and simplied calculation methods 3-0-9 units to validate numerical simulations. Emphasis on oral and visual Studies strength and deformation of concrete under various states communication of engineering concepts and students present their of stress; failure criteria; concrete plasticity; and fracture mechanics projects to leading engineers for feedback. concepts. Topics include fundamental behavior of reinforced G. Herning concrete structural systems and their members; basis for design and code constraints; high-performance concrete materials and their use 1.563 Structural Design Project II in innovative design solutions; and yield line theory for slabs. Uses Prereq: None behavior models and nonlinear analysis. Covers complex systems, G (Spring) including bridge structures, concrete shells, and containments. 3-0-9 units Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Students work in teams to design a tall building, emphasizing O. Buyukozturk the design of vertical load systems, lateral load systems, and floor systems. Uses studies of precedent buildings and metrics of structural performance including material eciency and embodied carbon to evaluate multiple design concepts. Simplied calculation methods are validated with advanced numerical simulations. Formal presentations will be used to improve oral and visual communication. J. Ochsendorf
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1.564[J] Environmental Technologies in Buildings 1.581[J] Structural Dynamics Same subject as 4.464[J] Same subject as 2.060[J], 16.221[J] Subject meets with 4.401 Subject meets with 1.058 Prereq: None Prereq: 18.03 or permission of instructor G (Fall) G (Fall) 3-2-4 units 3-1-8 units
See description under subject 4.464[J]. Examines response of structures to dynamic excitation: free C. Reinhart vibration, harmonic loads, pulses and earthquakes. Covers systems of single- and multiple-degree-of-freedom, up to the continuum 1.573[J] Structural Mechanics limit, by exact and approximate methods. Includes applications to Same subject as 2.080[J] buildings, ships, aircra and oshore structures. Students taking Prereq: 2.002 graduate version complete additional assignments. G (Fall) T. Cohen 4-0-8 units 1.582 Design of Steel Structures See description under subject 2.080[J]. Prereq: Permission of instructor T. Wierzbicki, D. Parks G (Spring) Not oered regularly; consult department 1.575[J] Computational Structural Design and Optimization 3-0-9 units Same subject as 4.450[J] Subject meets with 4.451 Provides ability to design and assess steel structures. Steel Prereq: ((1.000 or (6.0001 and 6.0002)) and (1.050, 2.001, or 4.462)) structures are taught at three levels: the overall structural system or permission of instructor (multi-story buildings, wide-span buildings, bridges, masts, and G (Fall) towers); the components of a structural system (floor systems, Units arranged plate girders, frames, and beams); and the details of structural components (connection types, welding, and bolting). Each level See description under subject 4.450[J]. Enrollment limited to 30. includes a balance among theoretical analysis, design requirements, Consult C. Mueller and construction/cost considerations. Existing structures are used as worked examples. 1.579 Materials in Agriculture, Food Security, and Food Safety J. Ochsendorf, G. Herning Prereq: None Acad Year 2021-2022: Not oered 1.583 Topology Optimization of Structures Acad Year 2022-2023: G (Fall) Prereq: None 3-0-9 units Acad Year 2021-2022: Not oered Oers a unique perspective on the interplay between advanced Acad Year 2022-2023: G (Fall) materials, agriculture and food. Illustrates the impact that advanced 3-0-9 units materials-based innovation is imparting to four key areas of Covers free-form topology design of structures using formal agriculture: management of plant diseases, mitigation of saline soil, optimization methods and mathematical programs, including design enhancement of crop yield and productivity, and food safety and of structural systems, mechanisms, and material architectures. food security. Exposes students to engineering design concepts Strong emphasis on designing with gradient-based optimizers, that are germane to biopolymer processing, functionalization and nite element methods, and design problems governed by structural characterization, which will be coupled with hands-on activity mechanics. Incorporates optimization theory and computational in a lab setting. Students regenerate, process and functionalize mechanics fundamentals, problem formulation, sensitivity analysis; biopolymers from raw to advanced materials, paving the way for and introduces cutting-edge extensions, including to other and the second part of the class, which centers around a proposed multiple physics. research project that aims at bringing materials-based innovation J. Carstensen into agriculture. B. Marelli
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1.589 Studies in Structural Design and Analysis 1.631[J] Fluids and Diseases Prereq: Permission of instructor Same subject as 2.250[J], HST.537[J] G (Fall, Spring, Summer) Subject meets with 1.063 Units arranged Prereq: None Can be repeated for credit. G (Spring) 3-3-6 units Individual study of advanced subjects under sta supervision. Content arranged to suit the particular requirements of the student Designed for students in engineering and the quantitative sciences and interested members of the sta. who want to explore applications of mathematics, physics and Information: O. Buyukozturk fluid dynamics to infectious diseases and health; and for students in epidemiology, environmental health, ecology, medicine, and Hydrodynamics and Coastal Engineering systems modeling seeking to understand physical and spatial modeling, and the role of fluid dynamics and physical constraints 1.61 Transport Processes in the Environment on infectious diseases and pathologies. The rst part of the Subject meets with 1.061 class reviews modeling in epidemiology and data collection, and Prereq: 1.060 highlights concepts of spatial modeling and heterogeneity. The G (Fall) remainder highlights multi-scale dynamics, the role of fluids 3-1-8 units and fluid dynamics in physiology, and pathology in a range of Credit cannot also be received for 1.061A infectious diseases. The laboratory portion entails activities aimed at integrating applied learning with theoretical concepts discussed Introduces mass transport in environmental flows, with emphasis in lectures and covered in problem sets. Students taking graduate on river and lake systems. Covers derivation and solutions to the version complete additional assignments. dierential form of mass conservation equations. Topics include L. Bourouiba molecular and turbulent diusion, boundary layers, dissolution, bed-water exchange, air-water exchange, and particle transport. 1.65 Atmospheric Boundary Layer Flows and Wind Energy (New) Meets with 1.061A rst half of term. Students taking graduate version Prereq: 1.060, 2.005, 2.006, 2.25, 12.800, or permission of instructor complete additional assignments. G (Fall) H. M. Nepf 3-0-9 units
1.63[J] Advanced Fluid Dynamics Introduction into the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) and Same subject as 2.26[J] turbulence, which is critical to applications including renewable Prereq: 18.085 and (2.25 or permission of instructor) energy generation, pollution, weather and climate modeling, and Acad Year 2021-2022: G (Spring) more. Topics include the origins of wind in the atmosphere, an Acad Year 2022-2023: Not oered introduction to turbulent flows, the atmosphere and the diurnal 4-0-8 units cycle; momentum balance, scaling, and TKE; buoyancy, stability, and Coriolis forces; Ekman layer and RANS modeling; experimental See description under subject 2.26[J]. methods; data analysis of ABL eld measurements; and large eddy T. R. Akylas, G. H. McKinley, R. Stocker simulation. M. Howland
1.66 Problems in Water Resources and Environmental Engineering Prereq: Permission of instructor G (Fall, Spring, Summer) Units arranged Can be repeated for credit.
Individual study in advanced topics as arranged between individual students and sta. Choice of subjects from theoretical, experimental, and practical phases of hydromechanics, hydraulic engineering, water resources, hydrology, and environmental engineering. Sta
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1.685[J] Nonlinear Dynamics and Waves 1.692[J] Seakeeping of Ships and Oshore Energy Systems Same subject as 2.034[J], 18.377[J] Same subject as 2.24[J] Prereq: Permission of instructor Prereq: 2.20 and 18.085 Acad Year 2021-2022: G (Spring) G (Spring) Acad Year 2022-2023: Not oered 4-0-8 units 3-0-9 units See description under subject 2.24[J]. See description under subject 2.034[J]. P. D. Sclavounos R. R. Rosales 1.699[J] Projects in Oceanographic Engineering 1.686[J] Nonlinear Dynamics and Turbulence Same subject as 2.689[J] Same subject as 2.033[J], 18.358[J] Prereq: Permission of instructor Subject meets with 1.068 G (Fall, Spring, Summer) Prereq: 1.060A Units arranged [P/D/F] Acad Year 2021-2022: G (Spring) Can be repeated for credit. Acad Year 2022-2023: Not oered 3-2-7 units See description under subject 2.689[J]. J. Preisig, Woods Hole Sta Reviews theoretical notions of nonlinear dynamics, instabilities, and waves with applications in fluid dynamics. Discusses hydrodynamic Hydrology and Water Resource Systems instabilities leading to flow destabilization and transition to turbulence. Focuses on physical turbulence and mixing from 1.713[J] Land-Atmosphere Interactions homogeneous isotropic turbulence. Also covers topics such as Same subject as 12.834[J] rotating and stratied flows as they arise in the environment, wave- Prereq: Permission of instructor turbulence, and point source turbulent flows. Laboratory activities Acad Year 2021-2022: Not oered integrate theoretical concepts covered in lectures and problem sets. Acad Year 2022-2023: G (Spring) Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. 2-0-4 units L. Bourouiba Topics include the exchange of mass, heat and momentum between 1.69 Introduction to Coastal Engineering the soil, vegetation or water surface and the overlying atmosphere; Prereq: 1.061 flux and transport in the turbulent boundary layer; and coupled Acad Year 2021-2022: G (Fall) balance of moisture and energy. Acad Year 2022-2023: Not oered D. Entekhabi 4-0-8 units 1.714 Surface Hydrology Basic dynamics of ocean surface waves; wave-driven, wind-driven, Prereq: 1.070B[J] or permission of instructor and tidal currents; boundary layers and sediment transport; and Acad Year 2021-2022: G (Fall) selected engineering applications. Formulation of the boundary- Acad Year 2022-2023: Not oered value problem for surface waves, linear plane-wave solution, 3-0-9 units shoaling, refraction, diraction, statistical representation, and elements of nonlinearity. Depth-averaged formulation and selected Covers observations and theory of the physical processes involved in solutions for sea level and currents driven by waves, winds, and the hydrologic cycle. Processes considered are rainfall, inltration, tides. Elements of boundary layers, initial sediment motion, and runo generation, stream flow, evaporation, transpiration,and bedload and suspended sediment transport. Alongshore sediment rainfall interception. transport and shoreline change. Emphasizes basic principles, E. A. B. Eltahir mathematical formulation and solution, and physical interpretation, with selected applications and exposure to current research. J. Trowbridge
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1.72 Groundwater Hydrology 1.727 Surface Water Ecosystems: Biogeochemistry and Chemical Subject meets with 1.072 Transport Prereq: 1.061 Prereq: (Chemistry (GIR), 1.018[J], and 1.060) or permission of G (Fall) instructor 3-1-8 units G (Spring) Not oered regularly; consult department Presents the fundamentals of subsurface flow and transport, 3-1-8 units emphasizing the role of groundwater in the hydrologic cycle, the relation of groundwater flow to geologic structure, and the Addresses the nature of lakes, wetlands, and related natural waters, management of contaminated groundwater. Topics include with a focus on their ecology and cycling of nutrients and pollutants. Darcy equation, flow nets, mass conservation, the aquifer flow Topics include the hydrology of surface water systems, the nature equation, heterogeneity and anisotropy, storage properties, of aquatic plant and animal communities, the carbon and nitrogen regional circulation, unsaturated flow, recharge, stream-aquifer cycles, the behavior and fate of toxic metals and anthropogenic interaction, well hydraulics, flow through fractured rock, numerical organic compounds in natural waters, and linkages between lakes models, groundwater quality, contaminant transport processes, and the atmosphere, groundwater, and soil. Discusses practical dispersion, decay, and adsorption. Includes laboratory and computer topics in lake and river management. Students participate in eld demonstrations. Students taking graduate version complete trips to broaden their understanding of these topics. additional assignments. H. Hemond C. Harvey 1.731 Water Resource Systems 1.721 Advanced Subsurface Hydrology Subject meets with 1.075 Prereq: 1.72, 18.075, and permission of instructor Prereq: 1.070B[J] or permission of instructor G (Spring) G (Spring) Not oered regularly; consult department 3-0-9 units 3-0-9 units Surveys optimization and simulation methods for management of Advanced treatment of solute transport in natural porous media water resources. Case studies illustrate linear, quadratic, nonlinear with a focus on coupled chemical reaction and transport. Numerical programming and real-time control. Applications include river basin modeling. Stochastic treatment of temporal and spatial variability. planning, irrigation and agriculture, reservoir operations, capacity Mobile/immobile domain mass transfer, macrodispersion, tracer expansion, assimilation of remote sensing data, and sustainable tests, salt water intrusion, heat transport. resource development. Students taking graduate version complete C. Harvey additional assignments. D. McLaughlin 1.723 Computational Methods for Flow in Porous Media Prereq: Permission of instructor Acad Year 2021-2022: Not oered Acad Year 2022-2023: G (Fall) 3-0-9 units
Covers physical, mathematical and simulation aspects of fluid flow and transport through porous media. Conservation equations for multiphase, multicomponent flow. Upscaling of parameters in heterogeneous elds. Modeling of viscous ngering and channeling. Numerical methods for elliptic equations: nite volume methods, multipoint flux approximations, mixed nite element methods, variational multiscale methods. Numerical methods for hyperbolic equations: low-order and high-order nite volume methods, streamline/front-tracking methods. Applications to groundwater contamination, oil and gas reservoir simulation, and geological CO2 sequestration, among others. Limited to graduate students. R. Juanes
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1.74 Land, Water, Food, and Climate 1.79 Rock-on-a-Chip: Microfluidic Technology for Visualization of Subject meets with 1.077 Flow in Porous Media Prereq: None Subject meets with 1.079 G (Fall) Prereq: None Not oered regularly; consult department G (Fall) 3-0-6 units Not oered regularly; consult department 2-2-8 units Examines land, water, food, and climate in a changing world, with an emphasis on key scientic questions about the connections between Introduces an innovative approach that uses 3D printing and natural resources and food production. Students read and discuss microfluidic technology to characterize and visualize flow in porous papers on a range of topics, including water and land resources, media like soils and rocks. Covers single-phase flow and transport climate change, demography, agroecology, biotechnology, trade, (laser fluorescence, particle image velocimetry), capillarity and and food security. Supporting information used for background and wettability, multiphase flow, fracturing of granular media. In lab, context includes data and analysis based on government reports, students work in groups to unravel the physics and chemistry of flow textbooks, and longer peer-reviewed documents not included in the in porous media, with applications to energy and environmental readings. Provides a broad perspective on one of the dening global processes, such as groundwater resources, energy recovery, and issues of this century. Students carry out exercises with relevant carbon sequestration. Students taking graduate version complete data sets, write critiques of key issues, and complete a focused additional assignments. term project. Students taking graduate version complete additional R. Juanes assignments. D. McLaughlin 1.801[J] Environmental Law, Policy, and Economics: Pollution Prevention and Control Aquatic Sciences, Water Quality Control, and Same subject as 11.021[J], 17.393[J], IDS.060[J] Environmental Management Subject meets with 1.811[J], 11.630[J], 15.663[J], IDS.540[J] Prereq: None 1.76 Aquatic Chemistry U (Spring) Prereq: Chemistry (GIR) or 5.60 3-0-9 units. HASS-S Acad Year 2021-2022: G (Fall) See description under subject IDS.060[J]. Acad Year 2022-2023: Not oered N. Ashford, C. Caldart 3-0-9 units
Quantitative treatment of chemical processes in aquatic systems 1.802[J] Regulation of Chemicals, Radiation, and Biotechnology such as lakes, oceans, rivers, estuaries, groundwaters, and Same subject as 11.022[J], IDS.061[J] wastewaters. A brief review of chemical thermodynamics is followed Subject meets with 1.812[J], 10.805[J], 11.631[J], IDS.436[J], IDS.541[J] by discussion of acid-base, precipitation-dissolution, coordination, Prereq: IDS.060[J] or permission of instructor and reduction-oxidation reactions. Emphasis is on equilibrium U (Spring) calculations as a tool for understanding the variables that govern the Not oered regularly; consult department chemical composition of aquatic systems and the fate of inorganic 3-0-9 units pollutants. See description under subject IDS.061[J]. J. Seewald N. Ashford, C. Caldart
1.811[J] Environmental Law, Policy, and Economics: Pollution Prevention and Control Same subject as 11.630[J], 15.663[J], IDS.540[J] Subject meets with 1.801[J], 11.021[J], 17.393[J], IDS.060[J] Prereq: None G (Spring) 3-0-9 units
See description under subject IDS.540[J]. N. Ashford, C. Caldart
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1.812[J] Regulation of Chemicals, Radiation, and Biotechnology 1.831 Environmental Organic Chemistry Same subject as 11.631[J], IDS.541[J] Subject meets with 1.83 Subject meets with 1.802[J], 10.805[J], 11.022[J], IDS.061[J], Prereq: 5.60 and 18.03 IDS.436[J] G (Fall) Prereq: IDS.540[J] or permission of instructor 4-0-8 units G (Spring) Not oered regularly; consult department Focuses on the processes aecting organic compounds in the 3-0-9 units environment. Uses physical chemical properties to predict chemical transfers between environmental compartments (air, water, See description under subject IDS.541[J]. sediments, and biota). Uses molecular properties to estimate N. Ashford, C.Caldart chemical, photochemical, and biochemical transformation rates. Resulting process models are combined to predict environmental 1.813[J] Technology, Globalization, and Sustainable concentrations (and related biological exposures) of anthropogenic Development and natural organic compounds. Same subject as 11.466[J], 15.657[J], IDS.437[J] P. M. Gschwend Prereq: Permission of instructor G (Fall) 1.837 Resilience of Living Systems to Environmental Change 3-0-9 units Prereq: None Acad Year 2021-2022: Not oered See description under subject IDS.437[J]. Acad Year 2022-2023: G (Spring) N. Ashford 3-0-9 units
1.818[J] Sustainable Energy Takes a multi-scale approach to understanding responses of Same subject as 2.65[J], 10.391[J], 11.371[J], 22.811[J] living systems to perturbation. Mechanisms of stress sensing Subject meets with 2.650[J], 10.291[J], 22.081[J] and response in plants, microbes, and animals from the level Prereq: Permission of instructor of individual cells to whole organisms. Emergent properties of G (Fall) organismal stress and population and community scale. Resilience 3-1-8 units of ecosystems and biogeochemical cycles to altered environmental conditions. Considers both natural and managed systems, focusing See description under subject 22.811[J]. primarily on the terrestrial environment. M. W. Golay D. Des Marais
1.83 Environmental Organic Chemistry 1.84[J] Atmospheric Chemistry Subject meets with 1.831 Same subject as 10.817[J], 12.807[J] Prereq: 5.60 and 18.03 Prereq: 5.60 G (Fall) G (Fall) 4-0-8 units 3-0-9 units
Focuses on the processes aecting organic compounds in the Provides a detailed overview of the chemical transformations environment. Uses physical chemical properties to predict that control the abundances of key trace species in the Earth's chemical transfers between environmental compartments (air, atmosphere. Emphasizes the eects of human activity on air water, sediments, and biota). Uses molecular structure-reactivity quality and climate. Topics include photochemistry, kinetics, and relationships to estimate chemical, photochemical, and biochemical thermodynamics important to the chemistry of the atmosphere; transformation rates. Resulting process models are combined stratospheric ozone depletion; oxidation chemistry of the to predict environmental concentrations (and related biological troposphere; photochemical smog; aerosol chemistry; and sources exposures) of anthropogenic and natural organic compounds. and sinks of greenhouse gases and other climate forcers. P. M. Gschwend J. H. Kroll
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1.841[J] Atmospheric Composition in the Changing Earth System 1.87[J] Microbial Genetics and Evolution Same subject as 12.817[J] Same subject as 7.493[J], 12.493[J], 20.446[J] Prereq: 1.84[J] Prereq: 7.03, 7.05, or permission of instructor Acad Year 2021-2022: G (Spring) G (Fall) Acad Year 2022-2023: Not oered 4-0-8 units 3-0-9 units See description under subject 7.493[J]. Explores how atmospheric chemical composition both drives and A. D. Grossman, O. Cordero responds to climate, with a particular focus on feedbacks via the biosphere. Topics include atmospheric nitrogen; DMS, sulfate, and 1.871 Computational Ecology CLAW; biogenic volatile organic compounds and secondary organic Prereq: None aerosol; wildres and land use change; atmospheric methane and G (IAP) the oxidative capacity of the troposphere; and air quality and climate Not oered regularly; consult department and geoengineering. 2-0-7 units C. Heald Project-based class that provides practical experience in the 1.842[J] Aerosol and Cloud Microphysics and Chemistry analysis of community and population dynamics data. Emphasizes Same subject as 12.814[J] computational tools central to modern microbial ecology, such Subject meets with 12.338 as agent-based simulations, and methods to infer ecological Prereq: Permission of instructor interactions and analyze ecological successions. G (Spring) O. Cordero Not oered regularly; consult department 3-0-9 units 1.873 Ecological Dynamics and Modeling Prereq: Calculus II (GIR) See description under subject 12.814[J]. G (Spring) D. Cziczo 3-0-9 units
1.850[J] Dimensions of Geoengineering Centers on mathematical tools linking external perturbations Same subject as 5.000[J], 10.600[J], 11.388[J], 12.884[J], 15.036[J], with the structure and persistence of ecological communities - 16.645[J] the ensemble of co-occurring and interacting species. Focuses Prereq: None on unstructured populations ranging from single, to pairs, to Acad Year 2021-2022: Not oered multiple species. Covers population dynamics, species interactions, Acad Year 2022-2023: G (Fall; rst half of term) stability, feasibility, species coexistence, and perturbations. Lectures 2-0-4 units address phenomenological and mechanistic understanding through graphical, analytical and numerical analysis. See description under subject 5.000[J]. Limited to 100. S. Saavedra J. Deutch, M. Zuber
1.86[J] Methods and Problems in Microbiology Same subject as 7.492[J], 20.445[J] Prereq: None G (Fall) 3-0-9 units
See description under subject 7.492[J]. Preference to rst-year Microbiology and Biology students. M. Laub
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1.881[J] Genomics and Evolution of Infectious Disease Special Studies Same subject as HST.538[J] Subject meets with 1.088 1.95[J] Teaching College-Level Science and Engineering Prereq: Biology (GIR) and (1.000 or 6.0002) Same subject as 5.95[J], 7.59[J], 8.395[J], 18.094[J] G (Spring) Subject meets with 2.978 3-0-9 units Prereq: None Provides a thorough introduction to the forces driving infectious G (Fall) disease evolution, practical experience with bioinformatics and 2-0-2 units computational tools, and discussions of current topics relevant to See description under subject 5.95[J]. public health. Topics include mechanisms of genome variation in J. Rankin bacteria and viruses, population genetics, outbreak detection and tracking, strategies to impede the evolution of drug resistance, 1.968 Graduate Studies in Civil and Environmental Engineering emergence of new disease, and microbiomes and metagenomics. Prereq: Permission of instructor Discusses primary literature and computational assignments. G (Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer) Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Units arranged T. Lieberman Can be repeated for credit.
1.89 Earth's Microbiomes Individual study, research, or laboratory investigations at the Subject meets with 1.089 graduate level under faculty supervision. Prereq: Biology (GIR) Consult Department Academic Programs Oce G (Spring) 3-0-9 units 1.976 Graduate Professional Development Seminar Prereq: None Provides a general introduction to the diverse roles of G (Fall) microorganisms in natural and articial environments. Topics include 2-0-4 units energetics, and growth; evolution and gene flow; population and community dynamics; water and soil microbiology; biogeochemical Covers professional development topics and provides hands-on cycling; and microorganisms in biodeterioration and bioremediation. practice of these skills. Students participate in a series of written 7.014 recommended as prerequisite; students taking graduate and oral communication workshops. Other topics include networking version complete additional assignments. Meets with 1.089A rst skills, work-life balance, mentoring, and career planning. Features half of term. an alumni panel showcasing a range of post-PhD careers. Limited to M. Polz, O. Cordero second-year graduate students in CEE. H. Nepf 1.899 Career Reengineering Program and Professional Development Workshops 1.977 Research Mentorship in Civil and Environmental Prereq: Permission of instructor Engineering G (Spring) Prereq: None 1-0-0 units G (IAP) 0-3-0 units For students in the 10-month Career Reengineering Program sponsored by the School of Engineering. Limited to CRP fellows. Graduate students mentor an undergraduate student in research Sta for 30 hours per week during the Independent Activities Period (IAP) to help create a self-contained project. Students introduce the project through selected readings and meetings that clearly explain how the undergraduate project ts within the scope of the larger work/research of the graduate student, meet regularly to discuss progress on the project, provide guidance in the creation of a poster presentation that the undergraduate will deliver at the end of IAP, and attend and provide written feedback on the presentations of all mini-UROP participants. Information: CEE Academic Programs Oce
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1.982 Research in Civil and Environmental Engineering 1.998 Practicum Training in Civil and Environmental Engineering Prereq: None Prereq: None G (Fall, Spring, Summer) U (Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer) Units arranged [P/D/F] Units arranged [P/D/F] Can be repeated for credit. Can be repeated for credit.
For research assistants in the department, when assigned research For undergraduate CEE students participating in curriculum-related is not used for thesis but is approved for academic credit. Credit for o-campus experiences in civil and environmental engineering or this subject may not be used for any degree granted by Course 1. related areas. Before enrolling, students must have an oer from a Consult Department Academic Programs Oce company or organization and must have prior approval from their CEE academic advisor. At the conclusion of the training, the students 1.984 Teaching Experience in Civil and Environmental will submit a nal report for review and approval by their Academic Engineering Advisor. Can be taken for up to 3 units. Prior to enrolling, contact the Prereq: Permission of instructor CEE Academic Programs Oce for procedures and restrictions. G (Fall, Spring) Consult Department Academic Programs Oce 0-3-0 units Can be repeated for credit. 1.999 Undergraduate Studies in Civil and Environmental Engineering Provides classroom teaching experience under the supervision of Prereq: None faculty member(s). Students prepare instructional material, deliver U (Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer) lectures, grade assignments, and prepare a teaching portfolio to Units arranged be submitted at the end of term. Students must send the subject Can be repeated for credit. title and the name of the lead instructor for the subject to the 1.984 instructor during or prior to the rst week of the semester. Individual study, research, or laboratory investigations under faculty Enrollment limited by availability of suitable teaching assignments. supervision. Information: C. Heald Consult Department Academic Programs Oce
1.997 Practicum Training in Civil and Environmental Engineering 1.EPE UPOP Engineering Practice Experience Prereq: None Engineering School-Wide Elective Subject. G (Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer) Oered under: 1.EPE, 2.EPE, 3.EPE, 6.EPE, 8.EPE, 10.EPE, 15.EPE, Units arranged [P/D/F] 16.EPE, 20.EPE, 22.EPE Can be repeated for credit. Prereq: 2.EPW or permission of instructor U (Fall, Spring) For graduate CEE students participating in curriculum-related, o- 0-0-1 units campus experiences in civil, environmental, and transportation engineering or related areas. Before enrolling, students must verify See description under subject 2.EPE. the internship arrangements by submitting a memo or email from the Sta sponsoring company or organization and also from their Academic Advisor. At the conclusion of the training, the students will submit 1.EPW UPOP Engineering Practice Workshop a nal report for review and approval by their Academic Advisor. Engineering School-Wide Elective Subject. Can be taken for up to 3 units. Prior to enrolling, contact the CEE Oered under: 1.EPW, 2.EPW, 3.EPW, 6.EPW, 10.EPW, 16.EPW, Academic Programs Oce for procedures and restrictions. 20.EPW, 22.EPW Consult Department Academic Programs Oce Prereq: None U (Fall, IAP) 1-0-0 units
See description under subject 2.EPW. Enrollment limited. Sta
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1.THG Graduate Thesis 1.S02 Special Subject: Materials Sustainability for the Built Prereq: Permission of instructor Environment G (Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer) Prereq: None Units arranged U (Spring) Can be repeated for credit. 2-4-6 units. Institute LAB
Program of research leading to the writing of an SM, MEng, CE, PhD, Focuses on general concepts and tools in materials sustainability or ScD thesis; to be arranged by the student and an appropriate MIT for the built environment, with a project component. Covers a faculty member. wide range of topics that include modern and ancient materials Consult Department Academic Programs Oce used in construction, materials selection and eciency, materials characterization, durability and deterioration, carbon footprint and 1.THU Undergraduate Thesis life cycle assessment. Students work in groups to select a material to Prereq: Permission of instructor examine in depth and propose an application for the material within U (Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer) the scope of modern civil and environmental engineering design, Units arranged assessing its performance relative to alternative or existing materials Can be repeated for credit. or techniques. Students present a report of the initial investigation, design and analysis process, and results. Each group submits a Program of research leading to the writing of an S.B. thesis; to be technical paper, which ts the requirements and format of a major arranged by the student and an appropriate MIT faculty member. journal publication. Provides instruction and practice in oral and Intended for seniors. Student must submit an approved thesis written communication. Licensed for Spring 2021 by the Committee proposal to the Academic Programs Oce by the h week of the on Curricula. rst term the student is registered for thesis. A. Masic Consult Department Academic Programs Oce 1.S82 Special Problems in Environmental Microbiology and 1.UR Research in Civil and Environmental Engineering Chemistry Prereq: None Prereq: Permission of instructor U (Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer) G (Fall, Spring) Units arranged [P/D/F] Not oered regularly; consult department Can be repeated for credit. Units arranged [P/D/F] Individual research or laboratory study under faculty supervision. Can be repeated for credit. Also, opportunities in ongoing research program. Limited number of Advanced study of topics not covered in the regular subject listings, funded traineeships available. particularly seminar, laboratory, and experimental subjects oered Information: Consult Department Academic Programs Oce by permanent or visiting faculty. Addresses topics in environmental microbiology, ecological genomics, microbial evolution and 1.URG Research in Civil and Environmental Engineering population genetics, oceanography, biogeochemical processes, Prereq: None environmental organic chemistry and aquatic chemistry. U (Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer) S. W. Chisholm, M. F. Polz, E. J. Alm, P. M. Gschwend, H. F. Hemond Units arranged Can be repeated for credit. 1.S977 Special Graduate Subject in Civil and Environmental Individual research or laboratory study under faculty supervision. Engineering Also opportunities in ongoing research program. Prereq: Permission of instructor Consult Department Academic Programs Oce G (Fall) Not oered regularly; consult department Units arranged [P/D/F] Can be repeated for credit.
Graduate subjects taught experimentally; subjects oered by visiting faculty; and seminars on topics of current interest not included in the regular curriculum. Consult Department Academic Programs Oce
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1.S978 Special Graduate Subject in Civil and Environmental 1.S982 Special Graduate Subject in Civil and Environmental Engineering Engineering Prereq: Permission of instructor Prereq: Permission of instructor G (Fall) G (Fall, IAP, Spring; second half of term) Not oered regularly; consult department Not oered regularly; consult department Units arranged [P/D/F] Units arranged Can be repeated for credit. Graduate subjects taught experimentally; subjects oered by visiting Graduate subjects taught experimentally; subjects oered by visiting faculty; and seminars on topics of current interest not included in the faculty; and seminars on topics of current interest not included in the the regular curriculum. regular curriculum. 1.978 is taught P/D/F. Consult G. Herning Department Academic Programs Oce 1.S991 Special Undergraduate Subject in Civil and Environmental 1.S979 Special Graduate Subject in Civil and Environmental Engineering Engineering Prereq: Permission of instructor Prereq: Permission of instructor U (Fall, IAP, Spring) G (Fall) Units arranged [P/D/F] Units arranged Can be repeated for credit. Can be repeated for credit. Subjects taught experimentally; subjects oered by visiting faculty; Graduate subjects taught experimentally; subjects oered by visiting and seminars on topics of current interest not included in the regular faculty; and seminars on topics of current interest not included in the curriculum. regular curriculum. Consult Department Academic Programs Oce Consult Department Academic Programs Oce 1.S992 Special Undergraduate Subject in Civil and 1.S980 Special Graduate Subject in Civil and Environmental Environmental Engineering Engineering Prereq: Permission of instructor Prereq: Permission of instructor U (Fall, IAP, Spring) G (Spring) Units arranged Units arranged Can be repeated for credit. Can be repeated for credit. Subjects taught experimentally; subjects oered by visiting faculty; Graduate subjects taught experimentally; subjects oered by visiting and seminars on topics of current interest not included in the regular faculty; and seminars on topics of current interest not included in the curriculum. the regular curriculum. Consult Department Academic Programs Oce Department Academic Programs Oce 1.S993 Special Undergraduate Subject in Civil and 1.S981 Special Graduate Subject in Civil and Environmental Environmental Engineering Engineering Prereq: Permission of instructor Prereq: Permission of instructor U (Spring; second half of term) G (Spring) Units arranged Units arranged Can be repeated for credit.
Graduate subjects taught experimentally; subjects oered by visiting Subjects taught experimentally; subjects oered by visiting faculty; faculty; and seminars on topics of current interest not included in the and seminars on topics of current interest not included in the regular the regular curriculum. curriculum. Department Academic Programs Oce Consult Department Academic Programs Oce
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