Areas of Interest

Circular Economy and Sustainability
Circular Economy and Sustainability focus on creating new technologies, strategies, practices, or policies to achieve principles or product materials that reduce, reuse, recycle, redesign, repurpose, remanufacture, etc. 

Examples: (Green Copper Recycling developed an envio-friendly (zero carbon emission and heat and acid-free) method of harvesting copper from end-use products and materials, Water Warriors created a natural, affordable pellet material to remove harmful levels of nutrients to keep the algae blooms from forming. Once the material cleans a body of water, the pellets can then be reused as a slow-release nutrient-rich soil amendment.)

Materials Innovations
Materials Innovations focuses on advancing the next generation of materials through science and technology. This process focuses on meeting user needs through improvements in existing products or processes by creating something new. (i.e. metals and critical materials)

Examples: (Green Copper Recycling developed an enviro-friendly (zero carbon emission and heat and acid-free) method of harvesting copper from end-use products and materials, Biovalor is developing a process to extract and recover battery metals with a more economical and environmental approach to recycling.)