Presentations & Awards 2023

2023 SME Annual Conference & Expo

Critical Minerals Presentations

Featured Presentation: Selective Recovery of High-Grade Rare Earth, Al, and Co-Mn from Acid Mine Drainage Treatment Sludge Material. Varizi Hassas, B., Y. Shekarian, M. Rezaee, and S. Pisupati, (2023). 2023 SME Annual Conference, Denver, CO.
 
Shekarian, Y., M. Rezaee, and S. Pisupati, (2023). Oxidative Precipitation and Formation of Cobalt and Manganese in Presence of Ozone. 2023 SME Annual Conference, Denver, CO.
 
Alves, J., M. Rezaee, and S. Pisupati, (2023). Liberation and Physical Separation of Base and Precious Group Metals from Waste Printed Circuit Boards. 2023 SME Annual Conference, Denver, CO.
 
Arnold., B., (2023). Consortium to Asses Northern Appalachian Resource Yield (CANARY) of Core-CM for Advanced Materials. 2023 SME Annual Conference, Denver, CO.
 

Critical Minerals Awards

  • Behzad Vaziri Hassas: The 2023 Rong Yu Wan Ph.D. Dissertation Awards was presented to Dr. Behzad Vaziri Hassas for his dissertation entitled "PROCESS DEVELOPMENT FOR SELECTIVE SEPARATION OF CRITICAL ELEMENTS FROM SECONDARY RESOURCES", performed under the supervision of Dr. Mohammad Rezaee, Pennsylvania State University.

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PCPG 2023 Annual Meeting, Education Program, Networking

The Pennsylvania Council of Professional Geologists (PCPG) 2023 Annual Meeting, Education Program was held at The Best Western Central Hotel & Conference Center, 800 East Park Drive, Harrisburg, PA.

Dr. Sarma V. Pisupati gave the presentation, "Extracting critical minerals, including REEs, from acid mine drainage, sludge, and other coal-based materials."

Critical minerals are central in defense and homeland security applications, making them vital to national security and domestic economic growth. Pennsylvania is uniquely positioned to leverage its considerable unconventional and secondary sources from coal and other energy-based waste to help create a diverse and resilient domestic critical mineral supply. This presentation highlights the opportunities in PA.

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