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News and Outreach: Elsa Olivetti

Professor Evelyn Wang ’00 sits beside a compact, portable water-harvesting device that she developed in collaboration with Professor Rohit Karnik of MIT and Krista Walton, then a professor at Georgia Tech. It’s designed for portable and emergency use. (Source: Ken Richardson, MIT Technology Review)
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MIT Technology Review
Jan 6, 2026
Powering up (and saving) the planet

As the Institute’s first VP for energy and climate, Evelyn Wang ’00 is marshaling MIT’s expertise to meet the greatest challenge of our age. MIT CS3-affiliated faculty members concur with her assessment of the mission ahead. (MIT Technology Review)

Meet a U.S. startup trying to break China's rare-earth monopoly
In The News
New York Times
Dec 29, 2025
Meet a U.S. Start-Up Trying to Break China’s Rare-Earth Monopoly

Aiming to compete with Chinese suppliers, a New Hampshire startup recently began producing metal using new processing methods. MIT CS3 faculty affiliate Elsa Olivetti highlights some challenges. (New York Times)

Minerals Stewardship Consortium at MIT
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MIT Office of the Vice President for Energy and Climate
Dec 16, 2025
Introducing the Minerals Stewardship Consortium at MIT

The consortium convenes industry, academia and policy leaders to navigate competing demands and reimagine materials supply. Its faculty co-director is MIT Professor/CS3 affiliate Elsa Olivetti. (MIT Office of the Vice President for Energy and Climate)

Roosevelt Project
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MIT Center for Environmental and Energy Policy Research (CEEPR)
Oct 31, 2025
MIT/Harvard Roosevelt Project releases synthesis report on U.S. energy transition challenges

Findings from the latest project phase highlight strategies for a just and competitive transition in steel, critical minerals and the electric grid. MIT Professor/CS3-affiliate Elsa Olivetti is a project faculty member. (MIT CEEPR)

Institute-wide project taps social science to reframe the problem and identify more viable solutions
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Aug 25, 2025
When basic science and technology is not enough to address climate change

Institute-wide project taps social science to reframe the problem and identify more viable solutions

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