Martin Fellow Lunch Presentation Series
A few weeks ago, we hosted the second of three lunches that featured the research of the 2025-2026 Martin Family Society of Fellows for Sustainability.
Andres Rico from Mit Media Lab and City Science, developed community-scale, low-cost, sensor networks to help the community of Lomas Del Centinela, Mexico track their water quality, quantity, and usage. He said this community and water are just the beginning as he hopes to grow his network of sensors and address other resource challenges exacerbated by climate change.
Rico is a part of the 2025-2026 Martin Fellow cohort and presented his research to the MIT community a few weeks ago as a part of our Martin Fellow lunch series. He was one of three presenters along with Albert Chen from IDSS + Center for Sustainability Science & Strategy on “Air quality and health impacts of Data Center electricity demand in the United States”. And Shomik Verma from MechE on “Power generation from ammonia combustion enabled by thermophotovoltaics”.
The third and final lunch presentation of the semester, open to the MIT community, will be held on Tuesday, April 7.