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TdVib receives $200,000 STTR award from US Department of Energy to Develop Innovative Critical Materials Recycling Method

The Iowa State University Startup Factory today announced that cohort eight team member TdVib, LLC has been awarded a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Phase I Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grant for $200,000 from the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) to conduct research and development (R&D) work on an innovative recycling method to reclaim rare earth metals from electronic waste.

Viswani awarded Qiming Li and Xiaosha Graduate Scholarship

Chirag Viswani is the first recipient of the Qiming Li and Xiaosha Graduate Scholarship for Excellent Research in Physics. He is conducting his research under the supervision of Prof. Jigang Wang and focused on topology-enabled quantum logic and information science.

Ames Lab researchers among Research Collaboration Catalysts cohort

Long Qi, Ryan Richards, Aaron Sadow, Lin Zhou, and Emma White are among 29 faculty members will participate in the Research Collaboration Catalysts 2020-2021 cohort, designed to train the next generation of research team leaders.

Ames Lab chosen to lead new Energy Frontier Research Center

The new EFRC will research ways to upcycle plastics into more valuable materials.

Secretary Brouillette Tours Ames Laboratory

On Wednesday, June 17, 2020, U.S. Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette toured Ames Laboratory on the campus of Iowa State University with Lab Director Adam Schwartz. As one of the Department of Energy’s (DOE) 17 National Labs, Ames is dedicated to researching critical materials, science, and engineering for the benefit of American manufacturing and innovation via its Critical Materials Institute.

Ames Tribune: Energy secretary says research at Ames Lab is critical to reducing reliance on China for rare minerals

The Ames Tribune reported the Secretary of Energy visit to Ames Laboratory on June 17, 2020

Research conducted at Ames lab critical to national security, U.S. official says

The Des Moines Register reported on the Secretary of Energy visit to Ames Laboratory on June 17, 2020

Des Moines Register report on the U.S. Secretary of Energy visit to Ames Laboratory: CMI Director Tom Lograsso (left) describes the award winning, patented acid-free dissolution process developed by CMI researchers to U.S. Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette, who looks at sample of shredded hard disk drive in the CAMPS laboratory.

Secretary of Energy responds to Trump's criticism of renewable energy industry

KCCI-TV reports on the Secretary of Energy visit to Ames Laboratory on June 17, 2020

KCCI report on US Secretary of Energy visiting Ames Laboratory on Iowa State University campus

Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette lauds Ames Laboratory materials effort

In an op-ed published in the Des Moines Register, Secretary of Energy Dan Brouilette lauded research being conducted at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory as playing "a key role in advancing transformational research, development, and solution deployment across the entire critical materials supply chain."

CMI researchers Ikenna Nlebedim and Denis Prodius review samples for the acid-free dissolution process they developed at Ames Laboratory

Paul Canfield elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Canfield is part of a new class of more than 250 members elected to the academy this year.