Elsa A. Olivetti
- Esther and Harold E. Edgerton Associate Professor in Materials Science and Engineering
- BS, Engineering Science, University of Virginia, 2000
- PhD, Materials Science and Engineering, MIT, 2007
- 8-403
- elsao@mit.edu
Manufacturing; Materials Processing; Materials Systems and Analysis
Research
Professor Olivetti’s research focuses on improving the environmental and economic sustainability of materials in the context of rapid-expanding global demand. Her research addresses two major problems where solutions could yield significant environmental benefits:
- Improving the sustainability of materials through increased use of recycled and renewable materials, recycling-friendly material design, and intelligent waste disposition
- Understanding the implications of substitution, dematerialization and waste mining on materials markets. Her research spans three levels of materials production: operational-level, industrial network-level and market-level strategies.
Recent News
3 Questions: Designing systems for sustainable materials ecologies
February 22, 2021
Making buildings from industrial waste
January 16, 2020
Game-changing materials
April 9, 2019
