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Soft Materials Innovation for Health and Sustainability
Polymers and water are the major components that constitute most living species on the earth, ranging from animals, plants, and fungi to bacteria. Polymers are also pervasive and indispensable in almost every aspect of our daily life, ranging from food, clothing, housing, and healthcare to transportation, communication, and entertainment. Furthermore, over 6% of global electricity generated from coal is used to make plastics, and microplastics are already ubiquitous in global biosphere.
Xuanhe Zhao, MIT
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Pierce Hall 209
Disruptive Technologies for Resilient and Sustainable Cities
Disruptive technologies have made access to data easier, cheaper, and faster than ever before. This has enabled policymakers and city leaders to better plan and deliver services, enhance municipal revenues, and strengthen their city resilience.
Sameh Wahba, Global Director (Urban, Disaster Risk Management, Resilience and Land Global Practice), World Bank
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Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) 124
Environmental Science and Engineering - Clubs & Organizations
Environmental Science Clubs Harvard Undergraduate Clean Energy Group The Harvard Undergraduate Clean Energy Group (HUCEG) aims to accelerate the clean energy transition through interdisciplinary education and climate action. We provide student access to the following:
Three Grand Challenges for Energy Science and Sustainability
Addressing the very sustainability of the earth system, global climate, and our energy use has now become a leading area of scientific research. The sciences of light-matter interactions and electrochemistry are yielding advances that are opening paths for conceptually new sustainable energy technologies that have not previously been achievable. I will discuss three such “grand challenge” examples.
Harry Atwater (Caltech)
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Pierce Hall 209
Building Institutions for Sustainability Science: Opportunities and Challenges
In-person and Zoom option availabe. Zoom registration link: https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwrcOqprjgjGNUsvm9RsbfRnHx7WWHyFG-r
Kamal Bawa, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, UMass Boston
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Maxwell Dworkin G125
De-poisoning Catalysts for Sustainable Chemical Processing
In this virtual lecture, Jane P. Chang, 2023–2024 Edward, Frances, and Shirley B. Daniels Fellow, will explore the interdisciplinary intersection of microelectronics materials processing and physical chemistry, leveraging the studies and understanding of surface reaction controlled chemical selectivity in atomic layer etching to de-poison the catalysts, thereby realizing sustainability in chemical processing
Jane P. Chang
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Environmental Science and Engineering - Centers & Initiatives
Affiliated Programs Environmental Humanities and Social Sciences Initiative This initiative aims to understand how humanistic interpretations of climate change have altered, or how they might further alter, attitudes and behaviors within China.
Clay minerals as 2D natural nanomaterials for sustainable applications
Clay minerals are among the most abundant and sustainable on earth, and due to this and their low-cost they are found in many traditional applications that exploit their physical and chemical properties, including their mechanical stability, their non-toxicity and in effect their underlying 2D nanoscale character.
Jon Otto Fossum
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Pierce Hall 213