The C.C. Mei Distinguished Speaker Series was founded and has been organized since 2015 in the MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, in honor of Prof. Chiang C. Mei. The speaker series provides a vibrant forum for highly distinguished speakers from around the world, to share their research with the CEE, MIT, and local Boston community. Our November 28th speaker is Alan Needleman, University Distinguished Professor of Materials Science and Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University.