Outreach & collaboration with wider critical materials community

group of people in classroom-like setting: Panel discussion on materials need for sustainability sponsored by the Focus on Sustainability Subcommittee of the Materials Research Society in San Francisco, April 10-14, 2023.
Panel discussion on materials need for sustainability sponsored by the Focus on Sustainability Subcommittee of the Materials Research Society in San Francisco, April 10-14, 2023.

CMI leadership conducted the activity for this highlight

Innovation 
Sharing perspectives with external critical materials research stakeholders including students.

Achievement
CMI Leadership participation in panel discussion on “Materials Needs for Sustainability by 2050” at Materials Research Society (MRS) conference in San Francisco in April 2023, leading to a publication with fellow panelists.

Significance and Impact

  • Making connections with industry, other research institutions, and professional societies and thereby supporting the broader critical materials innovation ecosystem. 
  • Supporting workforce development in materials science.

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

Ku, A. Y., Kocs, E. A., Fujita, Y., Haddad, A. and R. W.  Gray. (2024). Materials scarcity during the clean energy transition: Myths, challenges and opportunities. MRS Energy & Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.1557/s43581-023-00077-9.