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{{Notable articles}}The '''Critical Materials Institute''' (CMI) is a research center that develops solutions to the domestic shortages of [[Rare earth element|rare earth metals]] and other [[Critical materials|materials critical]] for U.S. energy security. It is a consortium of [[National Laboratory]], academic, industry partners led by [[Ames Laboratory]] in Ames, IA. | {{Notable articles}}The '''Critical Materials Institute''' (CMI) is a research center that develops solutions to the domestic shortages of [[Rare earth element|rare earth metals]] and other [[Critical materials|materials critical]] for U.S. energy security. It is a consortium of [[National Laboratory]], academic, industry partners led by [[Ames Laboratory]] in Ames, IA. | ||
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Template:Notable articlesThe Critical Materials Institute (CMI) is a research center that develops solutions to the domestic shortages of rare earth metals and other materials critical for U.S. energy security. It is a consortium of National Laboratory, academic, industry partners led by Ames Laboratory in Ames, IA.
It was created January 2013 by the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) as part of the DOE-wide Energy Innovation Hub initiative.
Goals
The Critical Materials Hub represents a sustained, multidisciplinary effort to develop solutions across the materials lifecycle as well as reduce the impact of supply chain disruptions and price fluctuations associated with these valuable resources. By bringing together scientists and engineers from diverse disciplines, the Critical Materials Hub is intended to address challenges in critical materials, including mineral processing, manufacture, substitution, efficient use, and end-of-life recycling; integrate scientific research, engineering innovation, manufacturing and process improvements; and find a holistic solution to the materials challenges facing the nation.
Focus areas
The Critical Materials Institute organizes its efforts in four mutually supporting focus areas:
Diversify Supply
Aims to enable new sources of critical materials that are not now commercially viable, improve the economics of processing existing sources, and identify new uses for co-products and by-products that do not currently contribute to the economics of materials production.
- researches how to expand sources of rare earth elements and critical materials
- develop transformative processes and find new uses for co-products
Researchers leading projects in Diversifying Supply are located at:
- Ames Laboratory
- Idaho National Laboratory
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Colorado School of Mines
- Missouri S&T
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville
See Diversify Supply for more details.
Developing Substitutes
Designing and deploying replacement materials that have lower or zero critical materials content, and develop a knowledge-based approach to accelerate advanced material development and deployment.
- researches magnets with reduced rare earth content
Researchers leading projects in Developing Substitutes are located at
- Ames Laboratory
- Idaho National Laboratory
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Terves
See Developing Substitutes for more details.
Driving Reuse and Recycling
- Researches energy storage systems,
- Ways to enable and optimize co-production and electric machines.
Researchers leading projects in Driving Reuse & Recycling are located at
- Ames Laboratory
- Idaho National Laboratory
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Garrison Metals
See Driving Reuse and Recycling for more details.
Crosscutting Research
Develop theoretical, computational, and experimental tools necessary to support the basic science needs of the other focus areas; develop and apply strategies to assess and address environmental sustainability and the life cycle of new CMI developed materials and processes; and evaluate the social and economic viability of the CMI developed science and engineering solutions.
- creates new ways to enable science
- sustain the environment and analyze the supply chain and economics of rare earth elements and critical materials
Researchers leading projects in Crosscutting Research are located at
- Ames Laboratory
- Idaho National Laboratory
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory,
- Colorado School of Mines
- Purdue University
- Rutgers
See Crosscutting Research for more details.
Partners
The Critical Materials Institute (CMI), will bring together leading researchers from academia, four Department of Energy national laboratories, as well as the private sector.
- Ames Laboratory
- Idaho National Laboratory
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Brown University
- Colorado School of Mines
- Florida Industrial and Phosphate Research Institute
- Iowa State University
- Purdue University
- Rutgers University
- University of California - Davis
- Advanced Recovery, Inc.
- Cytec, Inc.
- General Electric
- Molycorp, Inc.
- OLI Systems, Inc.
- Simbol Materials, Inc.
- SpinTek Filtration
Location
The Critical Materials Institute headquarters is at Ames Lab.
Background
The Critical Materials Hub was first proposed in the FY 12 budget (see page 261) as one of the Energy Innovation Hubs that will be housed in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy's Advanced Manufacturing Office.
The Critical Materials Hub was funded at $20 million in FY12 in the Consolidated Appropriations Act. It is anticipated that the Hub will be funded up to $25 million per year for Hub operations in the final four years of the initial award period, pending Congressional appropriations.
On April 3, 2012, the Advanced Manufacturing Office hosted a workshop on critical materials.
The Funding Opportunity Announcement for the Critical Materials Energy Innovation Hub was released on May 31, 2012 and closed August 30, 2012.
The Critical Materials Strategy was published in December 2010 by the Office of Policy and International Affairs and updated in December 2011.
Dawn of the age of critical materials
Contact
Email CMIdirector@ameslab.gov
See Contacts at the CMI Headquarters at Ames Laboratory for the current points of contact.
Related
External links
- Critical Materials Institute develops new acid-free magnet recycling process
- Battery and Critical Mineral Recycling - Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
- Recycling Critical Materials - Idaho National Laboratory
- Top 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Critical Material
Social media
- Twitter - https://twitter.com/CMI_hub
- Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/CriticalMaterialsInstitute
- Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/criticalmaterialsinstitute
- LinkedIn - http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Critical-Materials-Institute-6553240
- YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/user/AmesLaboratory