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Finding Alternatives to Cement and Ways to Recycle It: A Podcast Snippet with Ange-Therese Akono

Finding Alternatives to Cement and Ways to Recycle It: A Podcast Snippet with Ange-Therese Akono

Update: 2021-12-20

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In this snippet from the “Stories from the NNI” podcast, Ange-Therese Akono, Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Northwestern University, discusses research she is pursuing to find alternatives to cement and ways to recycle it.

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Special thanks to:

Ange-Therese Akono

Northwestern University

Produced by:

Andrew Pomeroy

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Inspirational Outlook by Scott Holmes

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