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SCRiMMaJE

Schedule

8:30am: Registration

9:00am: Welcome

  • Leanne Gilbertson & Avner Vengosh
    with Provost Alec Gallimore and Dean Lori Bennear

9:30am: Panel
National Security and Economic Competitiveness Challenges in Critical Resources, Minerals, and Materials

Moderated by: Brian Murray, Director of the Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability

  • John Whiteaker
    Regional Engagement Principal – Carolinas
    National Security Innovation Network (NSIN), Defense Innovation Unit (DIU)
  • Charles Nathan Cardinell
    Senior Staff Engineer for Enterprise Operations
    Lockheed Martin
  • Kris Behler
    Invincible Materials Portfolio Manager
    DEVCOM-ARL
  • Steven D. Textoris
    Global Minerals Analysis Section Chief, National Minerals Information Center
    U.S. Geological Survey, Dept. of the Interior
  • Mikayla J. Walock
    Chief, Metals Branch | SEMD, ARD | DEVCOM – ARL 

10:45am: Showcase of Research
Lightning talks by invited research groups

  • Helen Hsu-Kim: Resourcing Critical Metals from Waste Streams: Lessons Learned from Extracting Rare Earths from Acid Mine Drainage and Combustion Residuals  
  • Dan Richter: How Critical Chemical Elements Ride the Earth’s Particle Conveyor to the Soil Surface  
  • Miaofang Chi: Designing Better Materials and Interfaces for Batteries: Insights from Microscopy

11:30am: Break

11:45am: Showcase of Research
Lightning talks by invited research groups

  • Avner Vengosh: The Potential Environmental Impacts of Critical Mineral Exploration  
  • Erika Weinthal: Governing Critical Raw Materials and the Energy Transition
  • Dalia Patiño-Echeverri: Power System Models to Assess the Benefits of Deploying Critical Mineral’s Dependent Electricity and Energy Storage Technologies
  • Leanne Gilbertson: Critical Minerals Initiatives at Duke

12:30pm: North Carolina Q&A
with state leadership on critical resources and energy transition

Moderated by: Toddi Steelman, Vice President and Vice Provost for Climate and Sustainability

  • Jennifer Mundt, Assistant Secretary for Clean Energy Workforce Development, NC Department of Commerce

12:50pm: Closing Remarks

  • Leanne Gilbertson & Avner Vengosh

1:00pm: Lunch / Open Networking / Poster Session

2:30pm: Adjourn