A civil engineering professor innovates sustainable concrete out of marble dust and seaweed
Concrete is the second-most consumed resource after water, but its production is responsible for 8% of Earth’s CO₂ emissions.
October 24, 2025
By Nic Calande
| Photos by Miguel Ozuna
School of Engineering
Whether it’s bringing solar-powered lights to classrooms in Ghana, treating post-traumatic stress disorder with virtual reality, delivering life-saving medicines to rural hospitals via drone, or designing houses that create more energy than they consume: most of the solutions that change the world come from engineers, and some of the best engineers in the world come from right here.
