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This workshop aims to foster collaboration and innovation in critical areas such as the development and integration of novel processing methods and simulation tools to support sustainable metals processing. As a part of fostering these collaborations, this workshop hopes to identify critical materials challenges in the following topic areas: Sustainable Extractive Metallurgy, Innovative Metal Manufacturing Technologies, and Lifecycle Assessment and Recycling Innovations.
The first topic, "Sustainable Extractive Metallurgy," will feature discussions related to the replacements for critical materials and minerals, sustainable hydrometallurgy, pyrometallurgy, and electrometallurgy processes, as well as novel reduction processes for iron and innovative electrolysis processes for aluminum. The second topic area, "Innovative Metal Manufacturing Technologies," will focus on identifying new methods for metals processing to improve sustainability and alloy optimization for impurity tolerance. Lastly, " Lifecycle Assessment and Recycling Innovation " will explore alloy design for improved recyclability, metallurgical solutions to scrap contamination, lifecycle assessment, and methods for manufacturing powder feedstock from scrap materials.
July 30th
8:00am - 5:00pm ET
July 31st
8:30am - 4:00pm ET
Invited Speakers:
- Mike Molnar – Director of the U.S. Advanced Manufacturing National Program Office, “Sustainability and Recycling in Advanced Manufacturing Strategy”
- Diane Bauer, Ph.D. – Deputy Director, Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies Office, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), “DOE’s 2023 Critical Materials Assessment”
- Brian Bliss – General Manager, Association of Iron and Steel Technologies (AIST), “AIST Roadmap for Iron and Steel Manufacturing: Revolutionizing U.S. Global Leadership for a Sustainable Industrial Supply Chain - Overview and Status Update”
- Guillaume Lambotte, Ph.D. – Chief Scientist, Boston Metal, “Molten Oxide Electrolysis - How to Decarbonize Steelmaking and Transform How Metals Are Made”
- Marshall Jinlong Wang – Manager of Sustainability Programs, The Aluminum Association, “Pathway to Net Zero: A Decarbonization Roadmap for the North American Aluminum Industry”
- David L. Wagger, Ph.D. – Chief Scientist / Director of Environmental Management, Recycled Materials Association, “Recycling Ferrous and Non-Ferrous Metals: Challenges, Opportunities, and Potential Research Directions”
- Professor Danielle Cote, Ph.D. – Co-director, MatR: Materials Reimagined, Sustainability of Metal AM Processes, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, “Approaches towards Sustainable Large Scale Metal Additive Manufacturing”
- Professor Brajendra Mishra, Ph.D. – Director, Metal Processing Institute and NSF CR3 Center for Resource Recovery and Recycling, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, “Sustainability of Aluminum Production: Environmental Management of Bauxite Residue”
- Elisa Alonso, Ph.D. – U.S. Geological Survey, “Challenges in Processing Infrastructure for Mineral Commodities and how it impacts Criticality”
- Elise Goldfine, Ph.D. – ARPA-e Fellow, U.S. Department of Energy, “The ARPA-E ROSIE Program: Innovative Methods for Decarbonizing Iron and Steel Production”
- George Luckey, Ph.D. – Manager, Advanced Metal Technology Research and Advanced Engineering, Ford, “Perspectives on Decarbonizing Automotive Grade Structural Metals”
- Paul Mason – President, Thermo-Calc Software Inc., “The Role of CALPHAD-Based Tools in Developing a Sustainable Metal Processing Infrastructure”
- Alex Plotkowski, Ph.D. – Senior R&D Staff, Oak Ridge National Lab, “Sustainable Alloy Design for Aluminum High Pressure Die Casting”
- Corby Anderson, Ph.D. – Director, Kroll Institute for Extractive Metallurgy, Colorado School of Mines, “The Kroll Institute for Extractive Metallurgy - 50 Years of Success”
Hotel Room Block
We have booked a room block at the following location:
Hotel: DoubleTree by Hilton Washington DC North/Gaithersburg
Address: 620 Perry Parkway, Gaithersburg, MD 20877
Rate: $139/person plus tax. Rate includes transportation to and from NCCoE for both days of the conference.
Last day to book: July 15, 2024
CLICK HERE to book your room.
*Visitor Access Requirement:
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