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Crosscutting Research

CMI focus area on crosscutting research includes enabling science, criticality and supply chain analysis, and and economic, environmental and social analysis

As CMI begins its 13th year of operation in 2025, the CMI focus area Crosscutting Research will conduct research around the themes of Enabling Science, Criticality and Supply Chain Analysis, and Economic, Environmental and Social Analysis. For questions or more information, please contact cmidirector@ameslab.gov.

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CMI Graduate begins position at Argonne National Laboratory

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Platinum Group Metals Supply Chain Impacts from Emerging Technologies

bar graph: Rationales driving establishment of critical minerals/materials lists among 15 countries, the EU, and 2 Canadian provinces. The inset shows that economic performance, technological development, and supply risks are common concerns.

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An analysis of critical mineral lists and insights into their policy impacts

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Research Projects

CMI Project 4.1.1 Advanced computational thermodynamics and kinetics

CMI Project 4.1.2 Automated and artificial intelligence (AI)-accelerated separation of critical materials

CMI Project 4.1.5 Critical materials process thermodynamics (CMPT)

CMI Project 4.2.3 Market and supply chain analysis of critical materials

CMI Project 4.2.7 Enhancing criticality assessment – from backward-looking to anticipatory perspectives

CMI Project 4.3.4 Techno-Economic Assessment (TEA) and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)

CMI Project 4.3.6 Ecosystem impacts of critical material recovery and processing

CMI Project 4.3.8 Social acceptance of critical battery mineral developments in the United States