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CWRU: Rohan Akolkar elected senior member of National Academy of Inventors

CMI Team member Case Western Reserve University story "Rohan Akolkar elected senior member of National Academy of Inventors" features CMI project lead

CWRU: Scientists developing climate-friendly method to process ‘rare earth’ minerals; could make U.S. less reliant on foreign metals

Case Western Reserve University story "Scientists developing climate-friendly method to process ‘rare earth’ minerals; could make U.S. less reliant on foreign metals" features CMI project lead Rohan Akolkar

A well-known iron-based magnet is also a potential quantum information material

Scientists pursuing better performance in an iron-based magnet also discovered wide-gap semiconducting behavior and a quantum state useful for quantum information processing—all in a single low-cost material.

Two CMI technologies named 2021 R&D 100 Award winners

Two technologies developed by the Critical Materials Institute (CMI) won 2021 R&D 100 Awards in the Mechanical Devices/Materials category. R&D World announced the top 100 scientific innovations of the year, as selected by independent panel of more than 50 judges representing R&D leaders in a variety of fields.

INL innovator wins Idaho Innovation award

Prabhat Tripathy named Idaho Innovator of Year

Prabhat Tripathy, Idaho National Laboratory

Tough magnet tech scores an R&D100 award for Critical Materials Institute at Ames Laboratory

A tougher, less brittle samarium-cobalt magnet produced by researchers at the Critical Materials Institute has won a 2021 R&D 100 award.

3D-printed permanent magnets outperform conventional versions, conserve rare materials

CMI researchers from Ames Laboratory and Oak Ridge National Laboratory collaborated in research that was conducted at ORNL to demonstrate that permanent magnets produced by additive manufacturing can outperform bonded magnets made using traditional techniques while conserving critical materials.

University of Pittsburgh: Designing a more sustainable electric vehicle

CMI technology developed by researchers at Ames Laboratory with CMI Team member Powdermet has received additional funding to further the technology in a project between Powdermet and the University of Pittsburgh.

DOE: Harnessing the power of battery RD&D to battle climate change

The U.S. Department of Energy describes strategies to develop better batteries, including research at the Critical Materials Institute

Scientists look to meteorites for inspiration to achieve critical element-free permanent magnet

The product rivals widely used “Alnico” magnets in magnetic strength, and has potential to fill a strong market demand for rare-earth- and cobalt-free magnets.