ERL Annual Founding Members Meeting 2025

Date: May 20 - 22, 2025 Location: 55-109 | MIT Campus, Cambridge, MA
Categories: Community Gatherings | Geology, Geochemistry, and Geobiology | Geophysics | Research Lectures

Solid Earth Science for the Energy Transition —

For over thirty years, the Earth Resources Laboratory has been MIT’s home for earth science and engineering relevant to the energy industry. Each spring, we invite representatives of our Founding Member companies to MIT to hear about our latest research. This year, we are excited to open up the meeting to new potential collaborators in industry and at MIT as we develop innovative strategies for sustainably and responsibly addressing modern societal needs, such as carbon-free energy production, access to critical minerals, freshwater resources, and the safe, permanent storage of atmospheric CO₂.

Our new focus is on scalable, practical solutions that can become economically viable means for re-engineering our use of energy and other resources, including:

  • CO₂ Sequestration Techniques
  • Geothermal Energy Extraction
  • Subterranean chemical processes that produce natural hydrogen (H₂)
  • Extracting critical metals through processes that negate the need for large open-pit mines
  • Monitoring and sustainable management of freshwater resources

Location + Registration Details

All events will meet in the new convening spaces of the Tina and Hamid Moghadam Building, Building 55, located at the foot of the Green Building.

While we hope to see you there, we will also make the technical talks available via Zoom. If you are interested in attending in person or online, please e-mail erl-info@mit.edu to request an invitation.

 

Questions? Contact erl-info@mit.edu

Provisional Agenda

Please save the dates! We will post more details here when they are available.

Tuesday, May 20

  • 6pm-8pm: Opening reception

In addition, earlier in the day from 1pm-5pm, alumni and friends of ERL and the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences will be gathering for a symposium celebrating the life and work of Sven Treitel ’53, SM ’55, PhD ’58. See the Sven Treitel Symposium event page for complete details — separate registration required.


Wednesday, May 21

  • 9am-5pm: Research talks
  • 6pm-9pm: Charles River / Boston Harbor dinner cruise


Thursday, May 22

  • 9am-12pm: Research talks
  • 12:30pm-2pm: Business meeting
    (for ERL principal investigators, representatives of our Founding Member companies, and interested potential members)