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| Monday June 17 |
10:30 | Pathways of Innovation for Critical Minerals |
1:30 | Securing Robust Critical Mineral Supplies |
| Tuesday June 18 |
9:15 | Advances in Critical Mineral Separations |
10:00 | Environmentally Sustainable Critical Mineral Solutions |
1:00 | Rare Earths: The Future of Magnet Technologies |
3:00 | Rare Earths Panel: How Critical are Minerals to our Energy Security? |
4:00 | Rare Earths & Critical Minerals - Posters |
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2024 Symposium Program |
| Monday June 17 |
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10:30 | Pathways of Innovation for Critical Minerals | National Harbor 4 |
| Session chair: Santa Jansone-Popova, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US |
| Materials Challenges for the Energy Transition: How Innovation Can Make a Difference Y. Fujita, A. Ku, E.A. Kocs, A. Haddad, R.W. Gray, Idaho National Laboratory, US |
| Perspectives on “Innovation” for Recovery of Critical Minerals and Securing the Supply Chain D.M. Wellman, S. Duyvesteyn, Rio Tinto, US |
| Accelerating Innovation: A New Mode of Collaboration through the Critical Materials Collaborative (CMC) H.A. Khazdozian, G. Bromhal, U.S. Department of Energy, US |
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1:30 | Securing Robust Critical Mineral Supplies | National Harbor 4 |
| Session chair: Alison Fritz, National Energy Technology Laboratory, US |
| Leveraging interagency efforts to strengthen critical minerals supply chains L. Friedersdorf, National Science and Technology Council for Critical Minerals and Materials, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, US |
| Non-Equilibrium Transport Driven Separations (NETS) Initiative V. Murugesan, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, US |
| Accelerating critical mineral exploration world-wide using AI J. Caers, Stanford University, US |
| Process Development and Techno-Economic Analysis for the Recovery of Rare Earth Elements and Critical Minerals from Unconventional Resources A. Noble, Virginia Tech, US |
| Three-Stage Process for Acidic Water Pollution Cleanup and Production of Critical Mineral Concentrates for National Security S.V. Pisupati, M. Rezaee, The Pennsylvania State University, US |
| Sector Allocations and Supply Chain Considerations for Rare Earth Elements M. Nkiawete, R. Vander Wal, Penn State University, US |
| Tuesday June 18 |
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9:15 | Advances in Critical Mineral Separations | National Harbor 4 |
| Session chair: Santa Jansone-Popova, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US |
| One roadmap of magnetic separation of rare-earth ions Z. Lei, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden Rossendorf/ TU Dresden, DE |
| Enhancing Critical Material Recovery: Replacing Mixer-Settlers with Agitated Extraction Columns D. Glatz, B. Cross, Koch Modular Process Systems, US |
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10:00 | Environmentally Sustainable Critical Mineral Solutions | National Harbor 4 |
| Session chair: Alison Fritz, National Energy Technology Laboratory, US |
| Sustainable and Green Production of Nickel by Collocating both Primary Nickel Ore Processing and Li-ion Battery Recycling L. Pan, Michigan Technological University, US |
| Nature-based systems for rare earth element recovery A.M. Schmitz, S. Medin, B. Pian, S. Balog-Way, REEgen, US |
| Electrochemically- Enabled Holistic Recycling of Lithium Ion Batteries L. Garris, T. Madden, N. Anderson, Cool Amps Corp., US |
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1:00 | Rare Earths: The Future of Magnet Technologies | National Harbor 4 |
| Session chair: Andriy Palasyuk, Ames National Laboratory, US |
| Rare Earth Permanent Magnet Innovation from the Critical Materials Innovation Hub D.S. Parker, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US |
| Midstream Processing of Critical Materials A.J. Sherman, N. Farkas, R. Kinner, B. Werry, P. Seman, powdermet inc, Terves LLC, PMT group, US |
| Critical Materials Consideration in the Development of Permanent Magnets M.J. Kramer, A. Palasyuk, I.Z. Hlova, J. Cui, I.C. Nlebedim, Ames Lab, US |
| Cerium Gap Magnets (CGMs). Towards a new castable mass market magnet. A. Palasyuk, A. Swanson, M. Besser, Ames National Laboratory, US |
| Projected Growth Rates for NdFeB Permanent Magnets: Nd plus Dy Demands Across End Use Sectors Through 2050 J.W. Heim II, R.L. Vander Wal, Penn State University, US |
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3:00 | Rare Earths Panel: How Critical are Minerals to our Energy Security? | National Harbor 4 |
| Session chair: Dawn Wellman, Rio Tinto, US |
| Moderator D. Wellman, Rio Tinto, US |
| Panelist T. Lograsso, U.S. Department of Energy, US |
| Panelist S. Duyvesteyn, Rio Tinto, US |
| Panelist K. Bhuwalka, Stanford, US |
| Panelist H. Khazdozian, U.S. Department of Energy, US |
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4:00 | Rare Earths & Critical Minerals - Posters | Expo Hall BC |
| Extraction of Rare Earth Elements (REEs) using Functionalized Mesoporous Carbons D. Saha, Widener University, US |
| *STUDENT POSTER AWARDEE* Selective Separation of Rare Earth Elements Via Lanmodulin Peptide-Functionalized Membranes L. Johnson, B. Schneider, C.E. Duval, Case Western Reserve University, US |
| Battery Materials Recycling and Green Hydrogen Co-Production A. Karati, P. Gargh, S. Paul, S. Das, A. Sarkar, P. Shrotriya, I.C. Nlebedim, Ames National Laboratory, US |
| Rotating Packed Bed Contactors for Rare Earth Element Processing K. Kent, I. Wang, W. Dean, A. Servis, C. Duval, Case Western Reserve University, US |
| Elucidating the Connection between Polymer Structure and Solution-Phase Rare-Earth Element Binding Thermodynamics C.M.B. Gallagher, W.R. Archer, M.D. Schulz, Virginia Tech, US |
| Innovations in Liquid-Liquid Solvent Extraction for the Efficient Recovery of Critical Minerals and Rare Earths B. Cross, Koch Modular Process Systems, US |
| Process-Structure-Property Relationships in Additively Manufactured Phase-separated Permanent Magnet Composites A. Duong, I. Smith, K. Snyder, O. Bishop, E. Carpenter, R. Barua, Virginia Commonwealth University, US |
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