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Thank you to everyone who attended our presentations at ACI. We had eight presentations covering diverse topics. We are looking forward to the next Concrete Convention in New Orleans! Please find the list of presentations below:

i. Randolph Kirchain, “Incorporating Climate Vulnerability into the Study of the Embodied Carbon of Buildings”

ii. Marcin Hajduczek, “Chemically induced pre-sure carbonation: A novel system for carbon sequestration in cementitious materials”

iii. Ipek Bensu Manav, “Exploring Opportunities for Building Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) to Inform Cement Scope 1-3 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Reporting” (Poster)

iv. Ariel Attias, “Statistical Physics for Quasi-Brittle Fracture”

v. Elizabeth Moore and Beth Unger, Ph.D, “Transforming the Role of the Concrete Delivery Professional: A Study on Innovative Solutions for the Ready-Mix Concrete Industry”

vi. Haoran Li, Ph.D, “Development of a streamlined framework for probabilistic and comparative life cycle assessment (LCA) of concrete pavements”

vii. Damian Stefaniuk, “Carbon-cement supercapacitors: A disruptive technology for renewable energy storage”

viii. Hessam AzariJafari, “Concrete Material Transparency: How Buy Clean Initiatives are Transforming Project Requirements”

“I think to make real progress in sustainability, materials scientists need to think in interdisciplinary, systems-level ways, but at a deep technical level,” said Prof. Elsa Olivetti, who recently began working with the CSHub.

Read the article to learn how Prof. Olivetti leans on MIT’s collaborative culture to work on complex climate resilience and mitigation issues.

Thank you to all who attended the November 1st and 2nd Fall Advisory Meeting. We had great discussions and presentations on all things concrete, not to mention an excellent poster session inviting industry to engage directly with the researchers making our work possible. Looking forward to the next Advisory Meeting!

A hearty thank you to the folks from organizations like the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León and Cemex México who recently came to visit us at MIT. We had great presentations, discussions, and even a lab tour led by research scientist Damian Stefaniuk. We look forward to collaborating and staying in touch with you!

On October 26th, Hub alum Lucy Lyu provided an overview of CSHub research to assess the embodied and operational impacts of design decisions for equivalent structures.

Click here to watch.

Thank you to the American Center for Life Cycle Assessment (ACLCA) for having us at their 2023 Conference! Randolph Kirchain, Gregory Norris, Ipek Bensu Manav, and Miaomiao Zhang gave presentations at this event last week in Burlington, VT.

CSHub is taking to the airwaves! At 4pm ET today, Franz-Josef Ulm and Admir Masic will be featured on G-town Radio to discuss the potential of carbon-cement supercapacitors to solve energy storage problems.

Click here to listen.

Franz-Josef Ulm presented for the University of Michigan’s “Building the Future” lecture series on September 29. He focused on how carbon-cement supercapacitors could serve as the future of bulk renewable energy storage.

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Randolph Kirchain presented before the Massachusetts State Senate Committee on Global Warming and Climate Change yesterday. His presentation focused on considerations for low-embodied emissions legislation (including the importance of embodied emissions across the life cycle) as well as how to drive supply chain innovation.

Click the link to watch Dr. Kirchain’s presentation, which starts at 4:40 in the video.

Our webinar “As the Drum Turns: Transforming the Role of the Concrete Delivery Professional” is now live on YouTube! During this presentation, Beth Unger, Ph.D. and Elizabeth Moore provided an update on our special project to understand the concrete delivery professional (CDP) shortage and explore ways to boost recruitment and retention.