CMI project lead promoted to professor at Missouri S&T

CMI researchers at Missouri S&T conducted the activity for this highlight

Achievement
Development and promotion of a critical materials workforce to serve U.S. resource criticality needs.

Significance and Impact

  • Dr. Lana Alagha, one of fifteen faculty members at Missouri S&T, was promoted to professor of mining engineering. 
  • Missouri S&T is conducting a project that involves extracting gallium and germanium from zinc leach residue produced from a process that starts with steel recycling.

Hub Target Addressed 
Providing the leaders, technical experts and skilled professionals needed by U.S. industry to assure supply chains.
 

 

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CMI Focus Area Lead Dr. Michael Moats, chair of materials science and engineering at Missouri S&T (left), and CMI Project Lead Dr. Lana Alagha, professor of mining and explosives engineering (right), are advancing research on extracting gallium and germanium from zinc leach residue.