Energy Sources

In cooperation with the MIT Energy Initiative, our energy competencies range from the fundamentals of energy conversion (fossil fuels, solar) to economics and public policy.

Civil engineers find savings where the rubber meets the road

Study shows that pavement deflection under vehicle tires makes for a continuous uphill drive that increases fuel consumption.
Spring 2012 Transportation Seminar Series

Transportation@MIT and the MIT Transportation Club are pleased to announce the continuation of the Transportation Seminar Series.
Transportation@MIT Rethinks Everything

Transportation@MIT is a vast undertaking that brings together multiple disciplines and schools. What better place to take on a problem so inextricably linked to data and technology? Where else to analyze the world’s urban infrastructure and how it can best facilitate the efficient and ecologically sound movement of people and goods?
MIT team finishes fifth overall in solar electric vehicle race

Places second in the Silicon category — comprising cars that raced with off-the-shelf, terrestrial-grade silicon solar cells.
Fuel cells get a boost

An MIT team led by Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering Yang Shao-Horn has found a method that promises to dramatically increase the efficiency of the electrodes in one type of fuel cell, which uses methanol instead of hydrogen as its fuel and is considered promising as a replacement for batteries in portable electronic devices.

An Introduction to Transportation@MIT

Cindy Barnhart, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Engineering Systems, Director of Transportation@MIT, Associate Dean of Engineering for Academic Affairs
Opportunities for Reducing U.S. Transportation’s Petroleum Usage and GHG Emissions

John Heywood, Sun Jae Professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT and Director of the Sloan Automotive Laboratory
Alice in Wonderland and the Cheshire Cat: Which Way Are We Going, and Does it Matter? Thinking Globally, Acting locally, and Walking the Talk

Fred Salvucci, is a civil engineer specializing in transportation, in particular infrastructure, urban transportation, public transportation and institutional development in decision-making. He was the Secretary of Transportation for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts under Governor Dukakis. He is a Senior Lecturer at MIT in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Transportation, the Built Environment and Green House Gas Emissions in Developing Cities

P. Christopher Zegras, Urban Studies and Planning
Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Why Chemomechanical Design of Materials is Critical to Sustainable Transportation Infrastructure

Krystyn Van Vliet, Materials Science and Engineering
Sustainable Transportation Accessibility: A Grand Challenge for the World and MIT

John Sterman, Jay W. Forrester Professor of Management; Director, MIT System Dynamics Group; MIT Sloan School of Management