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Michael Kitada
Civil engineer Mo Li grew up in a coastal town in China best known for producing Tsingtao, a popular beer. She came to the U.S. to earn two master’s degrees and a doctorate at the University of Michigan. After serving a short stint as an assistant professor at University of Houston, Li settled in another coastal area, at UCI, where she is brewing up a new mix for concrete. The most heavily used manmade material in the world, concrete plays an integral role in the development of civilization, dating back to ancient Roman times. Even the Egyptians used an early form of concrete over 5,000 years ago to build pyramids.
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