SM3 Team Awards
Sustainable Minerals, Metals, and Materials Team Awards
Goal: to spark advances in the mining, design, manufacture, and disposal of materials needed to achieve a more sustainable and low-carbon energy system.
Team Awards 2024
Nicholas Rolston, Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering, Arizona State University 2
Loretta Roberson, Bell Center, Marine Biological Laboratory 2
Julian West, Chemistry, Rice University 2
Seaweed for Critical Element Extraction and Transformation (Sea-CrEET)
Helen Zha, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 3
Loretta Roberson, Bell Center, Marine Biological Laboratory 3
Jaime Barros-Rios, Plant Science and Technology, University of Missouri 1
Engineering Plants and Algae as Dye-Free Alternatives to Fossil-Based Textiles
Junsoo Kim, Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University 1
Grace Han, Chemistry, Brandeis University 1
Lucas Bao, Chemistry, Boston College 1
Synergistic Photomechanical Depolymerization
Nicholas Rolston, Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering, Arizona State University 2
Agnes Thorarinsdottir, Chemistry, University of Rochester 2
Isabel Barton, Mining & Geological Engineering, University of Arizona 2
Electrocatalyst Formation from Extracted Critical Trace Elements in Copper Ores (EFFECT ECO)
Jihye Kim, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Colorado School of Mines 2
Shuwen Yue, Chemical Engineering, Cornell University 2
Qi (Tony) Dong, Chemistry, Purdue University 2
AI/ML-assisted Separation and Programmable Electrodeposition of Ni and Co
Erika La Plante, Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Davis 2
Matthew Nava, Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles 1
Oscar Nordness, Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University 1
Water-Free Silicate Activation for Valuable Metal Extraction
Helen Zha, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1
Julie Rorrer, Chemical Engineering, University of Washington 1
Co-Developing Advanced Catalysts and Engineered Microbes to Upcycle Mixed, Low-Value Plastic Waste into High-Value Recombinant Products
Funded by RCSA 1
Funded by The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation 2
Funded by The Kavli Foundation 3