Solutions that Scale: Role of Materials for Sustainable Development in the 21st Century скачать в хорошем качестве

Solutions that Scale: Role of Materials for Sustainable Development in the 21st Century

In the recent months and weeks, we have witnessed unprecedented increases in the price of nickel, palladium, platinum, and other key materials that are needed and utilized in the production of components whether they be in the energy sector or the mobility/transportation sector of the world economy. Criticality of a material is an important property which is dictated by geopolitical forces rather than the mechanical, thermal, and electrical properties of materials that are dictated by the atomic architecture of the material. In this presentation, we will review (i) supply chain issues; (ii) production of materials and associated challenges of waste and carbon footprint; (iii) post-consumer waste; and finally (iv) pathways forward for a sustainable future. About the Speaker: Diran Apelian is Distinguished Professor of MSE at the University of California, Irvine, Director of the Advanced Casting Research Center (ACRC) and Associate Director of IDMI – Metal Processing. He is Provost Emeritus and Founding Director of the Metal Processing Institute at WPI, Worcester, Mass. He received his B.S. degree in metallurgical engineering from Drexel University in 1968 and his doctorate in materials science and engineering from MIT in 1972. Apelian is a Fellow of TMS, ASM, and APMI; he is a member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), National Academy of Inventors (NAI), the European Academy of Sciences, the Armenian Academy of Sciences, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is credited for establishing the first center for resource recovery and recycling in USA back in 2010, an NSF I/UCRC – The Center for Resource Recovery and Recycling. Apelian is also co-founder of Ascend Elements Inc., Solvus Global LLC, Kinetic Batteries LLC, and Melt Cognition LLC.