Interview: Jerome Milgram on oil spills
Emeritus Professor Jerome (Jerry) Milgram has researched the science of oil spills on the ocean surface and in deep water wells since 1970. He has overseen the containment of ruptured wells in the Gulf...
View ArticleSlideshow: Mapping the oil spill
While the world’s news media report on the expanding oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico, MIT Media Lab student Jeffrey Yoo Warren and his collaborators are providing their own useful coverage of the...
View ArticleOil spills, safety and system design and management
As oil continues to gush into the Gulf of Mexico from the recent catastrophic BP blowout, MIT System Design and Management student Adama Soro ’09 can only shake his head. “I’m sure it could have been...
View Article3 Questions: John Marshall on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill
More than a month after the tragic events that set off the largest oil spill in U.S. history, scientists and BP officials continue to disagree over the amount of oil that has escaped into the Gulf of...
View ArticleFacilities EHS manager helping with Gulf oil-spill relief efforts
Ed Akerley, an environment, health and safety manager in the Department of Facilities, is a U.S. Coast Guard reservist who has been called into active duty to help with the oil-spill relief efforts. He...
View ArticleBetter prepared next time
If the lessons of this year’s massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico are heeded, it should be possible to drastically reduce the chances of a repeat occurrence, according to MIT faculty members and...
View ArticleCEE's Eric Adams receives the Ig Nobel Prize in chemistry
Eric Adams, lecturer and senior research engineer in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, was awarded the 2010 Ig Nobel Prize in chemistry for disproving the adage that oil and water...
View ArticleAdmiral Thad Allen explains leadership during crisis
There are two things one can always expect in a national crisis: media and politics. Neither can be ignored, and to think otherwise is a losing move, said Admiral Thad Allen, the retired U.S. Coast...
View ArticleForecasting pipe fractures
A computer model that tests automobile components for crashworthiness could also be of use to the oil and gas industry, according to researchers at MIT’s Impact and Crashworthiness Laboratory, who are...
View ArticleAUVs: From idea to implementation
Since the 1970s, when early autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) were developed at MIT, Institute scientists have tackled various barriers to robots that can travel autonomously in the deep ocean....
View ArticleNavigating blindfolded
Since the 1970s, when early autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) were developed at MIT, Institute scientists have tackled various barriers to robots that can travel autonomously in the deep ocean....
View ArticleNew method to prevent undersea ice clogs
During the massive oil spill from the ruptured Deepwater Horizon well in 2010, it seemed at first like there might be a quick fix: a containment dome lowered onto the broken pipe to capture the flow so...
View ArticleNewfound gene may help bacteria survive in extreme environments
In the days following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, methane-eating bacteria bloomed in the Gulf of Mexico, feasting on the methane that gushed, along with oil, from the damaged well. The sudden...
View ArticleHow to clean up oil spills
MIT researchers have developed a new technique for magnetically separating oil and water that could be used to clean up oil spills. They believe that, with their technique, the oil could be recovered...
View ArticleBefore the wreckage comes ashore
From the Fukushima tsunami disaster to the Deep Water Horizon oil spill, environmental disasters exact all-too-memorable damage to coastal communities. Imagine if it was possible to predict the exact...
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