Crosscutting Research Research Highlights

Optimizing reverse logistics network for lithium ion battery recycling under uncertainties of price and feedstock volume

CMI researchers from University of Arizona conducted the activity for this highlight

Optimization of electric traction motor design

CMI researchers from Purdue University conducted the activity for this highlight

The Alloy Optimization Software (TAOS)

CMI researchers from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory conducted the activity for this highlight

Image of the user-friendly GUI where a suitable CALPHAD database is loaded, an objective is defined within a series of constraints related to phase, composition, etc. The system automatically optimizes for best alloy candidates (lower right panel).

Mickey Leland Energy Fellowship Intern studies critical materials and environmental impacts

CMI researchers from Idaho National Laboratory conducted the activity for this highlight

person head and shoulders, with trees in background: Rumeysa Gurler, taking the opportunity to explore the local region.

Evaluating the long-run availability of lithium

CMI researchers from Colorado School of Mines conducted the activity for this highlight

Cumulative Availability Curve for Lithium, 2022, including 124 conventional brine and hard-rock deposits containing 649 MMT LCE in situ resources and additional 41 MMT LCE in 8 selected categories of unconventional deposits for which quantity and cost estimates are available. Other unconventional deposit types are not included in the figure but discussed in the text of the paper.

Cross-Hub synergies advance reduced rare earth magnet discovery

CMI researchers from Ames National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Oak Ridge National Laboratory conducted the activity for this highlight

Experimentally constructed phase diagram

Techno-economic assessment of hot-roll magnets

CMI researchers from Ames National Laboratory and Purdue University conducted the activity for this highlight

Evaluating new REE extractants for better environmental sustainability

CMI researchers from Idaho National Laboratory and Colorado School of Mines conducted the activity for this highlight

My Amazing Future education event

CMI researchers from Idaho National Laboratory conducted the activity for this highlight

two people standing by girls seated at table: Introducing what are critical materials and rare earth elements

Impacts of Al-Ce alloy deployment on Ce commodities

CMI researchers from Idaho National Laboratory conducted the activity for this highlight

Line graph with four lines compares the total global Ce market size based on the form of Ce used as an input material for the Al-Ce alloy.