The Laboratory for Energy and Organizations is celebrating the successful Engineering and Public Policy PhD defense of Jillian Miles! Her dissertation entitled "Workforce Resilience in the Energy Transition: Local Labor Market Implications of Industrial Decarbonization and Emerging Industries," demonstrates the importance of using local labor force data and metrics to illuminate tradeoffs and empower communities to pursue economic growth and resilient, decarbonized energy systems. ...

In May 2026, academic and industry partners in the Industrial Decarbonization Analysis, Benchmarking, and Action (INDABA) Partnership, a global network led by Carnegie Mellon University, embarked on a study tour of iron and steelmaking, energy, and ferroalloy production sites in Southern Africa. The goal of the study tour was to develop a shared understanding of the opportunities and challenges facing the industry by visiting emerging production sites for decarbonized ironmaking and...

Valerie Karplus, alongside Chris Pistorius from Materials Science and Engineering, has been awarded the Steven J. Fenves Award for Systems Research. Their joint research focuses on industrial decarbonization, applying a systems approach to address critical challenges in reducing global industrial emissions. “Advancing this research agenda together with Chris Pistorius and our collaborators and partners has led to insights none of us could have generated alone—insights that could ultimately...