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  • Prof. Herbert Einstein And His Lab Join ERL

    Prof. Herbert Einstein And His Lab Join ERL

    Prof. Herbert Einstein and his lab, based in MIT’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE), recently became an official part of ERL (although they had already been working with us on some key projects).  The lab specializes in rock mechanics, underground construction, engineering geology, and risk analysis.  Check out this article about their work…

  • ERL Students Aid Search for Drinking Water on St. Lucia

    ERL Students Aid Search for Drinking Water on St. Lucia

    During MIT’s January 2016 Independent Activities Period, ERL grad students accompanied Prof. Dale Morgan to the Caribbean Island of St. Lucia, where they helped the government find new sources of drinking water while getting hands-on experience in applied geophysics.  Their equipment included the seismograph and geophones recently donated by some of our sponsors and alumni,…