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| | Caltech | David A. Boyd | Senior Research Scientist |
Academic
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University Training and Research
| Cold Plasma Piloting for Recovery of Critical Minerals from Industrial Byproducts and Spent Catalytic Converters | Our cold plasma process has been validated at bench scale on copper foil and gold-plated connectors, demonstrating rapid, selective activation that improves liberation potential. We now seek to transition from lab to pilot by integrating plasma reactors at industrial facilities handling Cu/Ni/Au-rich byproducts or PGM-bearing catalytic converters.
We bring:
• Plasma reactor prototypes adaptable for modular skid design.
• Expertise in plasma–surface interaction and recovery process intensification.
• Analytical capability for KPI tracking (yield, purity, energy, reagent use).
Strong IP position: Our patented plasma technology ensures freedom to operate and provides a clear commercialization pathway.
We are open to co-located pilots within 6–12 months and seek partners with feedstock access, utilities, and pilot hosting capability. |
| CA |
| | Arizona State University | Binil Starly | Motorola Professor of Manufacturing Systems |
Academic
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University Training and Research
| | Arizona State University (ASU) brings extensive process-engineering, chemical-separations, and materials-science expertise supporting DOE goals for pilot-scale byproduct recovery. Core capabilities include hydrometallurgical and pyrometallurgical recovery pathways, selective sorbents, membrane separations, and solvent extraction. Our team focuses on integrated flow-sheet design for byproduct metals with purity verification and analytical confirmation required for reporting. ASU supports characterization and processing of complex industrial streams, including coal waste, ash, refuse, acid-mine drainage residues, tailings, smelter wastes, industrial byproducts, and oil and gas produced waters. Analysis capabilities cover advanced geochemistry, speciation, phase analysis, mineral liberation studies, and waste-stream mapping using advanced microscopy and spectroscopy.
ASU maintains infrastructure enabling the transition from bench-scale to pilot-scale operation, including modular process-testing environments for continuous-flow trials and access to pilot facilities for separations, thermal processing, and materials synthesis. Engineering support covers controls, automation, sensors, modular plant design, and readiness level advancement planning. Full-spectrum systems analysis is provided, including technoeconomic analysis and cost modeling for byproduct-recovery economics, life-cycle assessment, and environmental impact studies. Societal impact work includes community benefits planning, economic-revitalization assessment, and workforce-readiness programs supporting critical-minerals industry growth.
The team comprises technical experts covering chemical and process engineering, pilot-scale system design, battery and critical-material processing, metal recovery chemistry, produced-water treatment, and thermochemistry of minerals. Value propositions include the ability to characterize real industrial feedstocks, support host-site pilot deployment with process design, and manage cooperative agreements. |
| AZ |
| | Befesa Zinc Metal LLC | Jacobus de Wet | Vice President and General Manager |
Small Business
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Other
| Critical mineral refining | Befesa Zinc Metal LLC (BZM) in Mooresboro, NC, is a critical part of global recycling leader Befesa S.A. (Luxembourg), specializing in converting steel waste (EAF dust) into valuable zinc metal and byproducts. As a key player in the circular economy, BZM produces special high-grade zinc from 100% recycled materials, in a large hydrometallurgical facility, featuring leaching, solvent extraction and electrowinning as well as several ancillary processes. The refinery includes a sophisticated analytical laboratory, comprehensive in-house maintenance, operations, technical, environmental and other supporting services.
BZM is interested in partnering with technology suppliers and raw material suppliers to implement a Ga, Ge and In recovery process, utilizing residue produced from the BZM zinc refining process, augmented by external raw materials to achieve the required economies of scale for a sustainable business.
We seek to leverage our existing infrastructure and capabilities to serve the U.S. national interest of achieving self-sufficiency in critical mineral production. Due to the recent (2020) commissioning and ramp-up of the BZM facility, the team has a wealth of project implementation, technical problem solving and operational experience. In addition, we have several idled plant assets which may be repurposed for piloting and commercialization of critical metal recovery. |
| NC |
| | Eva Garland Consulting | Dr. Eva Garland | CEO |
Small Business
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Other
| | Eva Garland Consulting (EGC) was established by Dr. Eva Garland in 2013 with a mission to advance science. Over the past decade, EGC has emerged as a global leader in securing non-dilutive funding and providing comprehensive accounting, compliance, tax, and advisory services.
EGC has successfully assisted clients in securing and managing hundreds of grants and contracts, including large DOE awards, totaling over $2 billion. EGC’s 3,000+ clients, spanning 50 states and 5 continents, include universities, startups, large companies, and government agencies. EGC is proud to have supported our clients in progressing technologies from concept to commercialization, contributing new tools to tackle some of the world’s most pressing challenges.
Built on our principle of Excellence, EGC adopts a tailored and thorough strategy to assist every client in achieving their fundraising objectives.
Through our Proposal Support Services, clients collaborate directly with EGC’s Scientific Grants Experts, all of whom hold Ph.D.s and have deep experience securing funding from numerous government agencies and private foundations. Our services include:
• Writing and submitting proposals
• Support with registrations and budget preparation
• Critical scientific review and editing
• Strategies to increase the competitiveness of the grant applications
Our Experts also craft Strategic Non-Dilutive Funding Plans to meet the specific needs of each of our clients, which include:
• Identification and prioritization of non-dilutive funding opportunities
• Gantt chart of proposal preparation, submission, and funding timelines
• Resources required to support grant submissions
• Strategies to increase the competitiveness of grant submissions
Our team’s expertise spans over 100 federal and state agencies and private foundations, which collectively provide over $1 trillion in funding opportunities each year. |
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| | UNITED STATES ANTIMONY CORPORATION | DAMIAN COLEMAN | MANAGING DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS |
Small Business
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Other
| Antimony Stibinite Zeolite Tetrahedrite | United States Antimony Corporation ("USAC") is a publicly traded (NYSE: UAMY), rapidly growing natural resource company that is increasing its raw material supply of antimony from third parties around the world, along with staking its own claims for over 32,000 acres to reactivate U.S. historical antimony deposits, to secure a fully domestic antimony supply chain. USAC has produced various antimony products since 1969 and is a fully integrated mining, transportation, milling, smelting, and selling company. USAC operates the only significant antimony smelter in the United States and it is in a “sold out” condition. The Company has proven experience in underground and open pit mining, flotation and gravimetric milling, crushing and screening, dry grinding, cyanide leaching, precious metal refining, pyro-metallurgy, and marketing. Operations include a smelter and a precious metal refinery in Montana, and a smelter and three mills in Mexico.
USAC owns 100% of Bear River Zeolite, Co., or BRZ. The BRZ mine is located in southeast Idaho and is regarded as one of the best zeolite properties in the world due to its purity of Clinoptilolite, high cation exchange capacity, low sodium content, hardness, uniformity, high potassium content, large surface area, and low clay and low impurity content. Natural Zeolite is a mineral made up of microporous, crystalline aluminosilicate materials commonly used as commercial adsorbents and catalysts. They mainly consist of silicon, aluminium, and oxygen. Natural Zeolite has a negative charge which can attract and hold positively charged ions (cations) such as calcium, magnesium, potassium, sodium, cesium, and strontium. This is due to the arrangement of its aluminosilicate framework, where aluminum atoms (with a negative charge) replace some of the silicon atoms in the crystal structure. This negative charge allows clinoptilolite to attract and exchange positively charged ions in various applications, such as water treatment, agriculture, and air purification. |
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| | Northwestern University | Mercouri G. Kanatzidis | Professor of Chemistry and Materials Science and E |
Academic
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University Training and Research
| | I am a senior faculty member at Northwestern University working in inorganic and materials chemistry, with long standing experience in exploratory synthesis and characterization of functional materials for energy, catalysis, and environmental technologies. My group has developed and studied a wide range of chalcogenides, halide perovskites, and related semiconductors for applications in photovoltaics, radiation detection, thermoelectrics, and catalysis.
In recent years, we have also established a strong research program on the selective recovery and separation of precious and critical metals from complex waste streams using rationally designed inorganic and hybrid materials. These include sulfide, thiophosphate, and halide frameworks with tailored redox and coordination properties that enable selective capture, reduction, and recycling of metals such as Au, Ag, Pd, Pt, Te, and rare earth elements. Our approach combines synthetic design, structural elucidation, and mechanistic insight to uncover how crystal chemistry and electronic structure govern selectivity and regeneration capability. |
| IL |
| | Minerals Technologies Inc | Sharad Mathur | Director, Research and New Product and Market Dev |
Large Business
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Resource Sustainability
| | Mineral processing with ores that are surface mined - clays and limestone as examples and crystal engineering -solution/precipitation to deliver an engineered particle fitting the application. Commercially we apply crystal engineering to make precipitated calcium carbonate using lime and/or Ca-rich sources and reacting with CO2 generated from pulp mills and have established 8- plus satellite plants around the world.
We are interested in applying our mineral processing and crystal engineering and installation of satellite plants expertise and capabilities to waste streams to derive value products. |
| PA |
| | BLASH, LLC dba Magnum Metals | B.J. Harvey | General Manager |
Small Business
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Other
| Domestic Capacity Expansion for Recovery of Critical Minerals from Industrial Metal By-Product | Magnum Metals is a domestic metals reclamation and processing facility specializing in the recovery, densification, and quality upgrading of non-ferrous metal powders and off-spec industrial feedstocks. The company operates in Ohio with an established customer base across defense, precision machining, and specialty metals manufacturers. Magnum’s core business centers on transforming dispersed, heterogeneous, and difficult-to-handle powders—including metal fines and machining residues—into controlled, traceable, briquetted or consolidated forms suitable for downstream metallurgical reuse. This positions the company uniquely at the intersection of waste minimization, material circularity, and domestic critical-materials supply chain strengthening.
Magnum is pursuing participation because the company’s existing operations already handle by-product streams that contain strategically valuable elements and alloys that are currently under-recovered or landfilled in the U.S. industrial ecosystem. The firm seeks to expand into selective separation, beneficiation, and material upgrading pathways that could unlock economically viable recovery of critical minerals and co-products from machining dusts, metal fines, mining tailings, and other low-grade feedstocks produced across U.S. manufacturing. Magnum’s interest aligns with DOE’s objective to pilot scalable, industry-embedded recovery systems that enhance domestic supply, reduce import reliance, and strengthen resilient manufacturing capability.
Technical capabilities include controlled powder handling, briquetting, particle consolidation, screening/classification, and integrated process monitoring. The company has experience designing and deploying custom automation and robotics within the DoW, enabling precise, repeatable material preparation workflows. Existing infrastructure includes enclosed powder-processing lines, material characterization protocols, and the ability to receive, document, and process diverse industrial by-products at commercial throughput. Magnum’s team brings deep experience in applied manufacturing engineering, metallurgy-adjacent operations, and real-world technology deployment in government facilities.
Magnum is prepared to serve as a piloting host site, testing partner, or material-processing node within a broader consortium, contributing operational capacity, process know-how, and industrial implementation capability to accelerate by-product critical material recovery. |
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| | Environmental Decontamination Limited | Richard H. Anderson | Chief Strategy Officer |
Small Business
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Other
| Mechanochemistry | EDL specializes in environmental applications of mechanochemistry via our patented horizontal stirred ball mill reactor technology. EDL has been in business for over two decades remediating hazardous solid waste around the world and is headquartered in Auckland, NZ, but has recently expanded and incorporated into the U.S. We seek industrial partners to trial our technology for enhanced critical mineral extraction and recovery efficiency. Any mineral-containing industrial solid residual is candidate with the goal of producing mechanically activated sub 250-micron powder. Previous pilot trials with an e-Waste recycler demonstrated a significant ROI. We can customize our reactor design for any application. |
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| | Rutgers, The State University of New Jeresey | Richard E. Riman | Distinguished Professor |
Academic
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University Training and Research
| Tailing repurposing into concrete infrastructure materials | In case you are unaware, the DoE has released the NOFO: https://www.energy.gov/articles/energy-department-announces-actions-secure-american-critical-minerals-and-materials-supply. There is no doubt that CMI has a massive talent for extracting critical materials, and I hope as many of us as possible apply for this funding, especially those on the commercialization track.
I am sure that all of you are aware of the huge amount of tailings or waste that are generated in the processing of critical materials, mostly in the form of solutions, suspensions, and solids. For every ton of ore, there come 3 tons of tailings. It is no secret that the DoE wants to see commercial processes free of waste or tailings. I am writing to inform you that my research team is available to solve your large-volume tailings and/or waste management issues.
We are interested in learning about your waste streams to repurpose these feedstocks and transform them into valuable products for use in building and infrastructure applications. My group has experience developing processes that have scaled up to 2,000 t/d, enabling us to produce a variety of concrete structures, such as pavers, railroad ties, and hollow-core building slabs. Additionally, we also create advanced composites that behave like wood or metals, thereby opening up new application markets.
We have conducted programs with the DoD, learning how to make concrete from the most unlikely of candidate raw materials and the most remote areas of the world. The secret to our success is solidifying our materials with CO2 instead of water, giving our materials a sustainability advantage that the competition cannot match. We can create one of two different success situations. First, we can utilize the tailings, waste, and even concrete rubble, with no further chemical processing, to create concrete products. Second, when the materials do not react with CO2, we can use our patented low-temperature hydrothermal processes to render them reactive to CO2.
So far, the strength of our materials exceeds that of hydraulic concrete by factors of 3 to 4 times. Our materials solidify in hours, do not shrink, maintain their strength up to 650˚C, and are corrosion-proof to salt; all behaviors that cannot be matched by Portland cement concrete (PCC). At the same time, products made from tailings could cost less than PCC, making them a preferred material for roads and other applications. Our technologies are internationally patented, |
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| | University of Pennsylvania | Jen Wilcox | Professor of Chemical Engineering |
Academic
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Resource Sustainability
| | The Wilcox Lab at the University of Pennsylvania has deep expertise in mineral transformation research to maximize value from critical metal recovery systems. We have active research on co-valorization of REEs and alkaline byproducts from coal-derived waste streams. Our capabilities include:
--hydrometallurgical workflows for coal-ash and mine waste processing
--co-extraction of alkalinity and REEs
--assessment of value-added utilization pathways for recovered alkalinity
--full analytical capability for characterizing feedstocks and products
--lifecycle assessment (LCA) and technoeconomic analysis (TEA) to support process decisions
Our Principal Investigator, Jen Wilcox, holds joint appointments in Chemical Engineering and Energy Policy, is a cofounder of a leading mineralization startup, and has extensive experience guiding market-development strategies for industry.
The Lab works in close partnership with Aquarry, a company developing field applications for waste-derived alkalinity in mine remediation and water-treatment markets. Through this partnership, we identify practical, revenue-generating end-uses for alkaline coproducts, and generate pilot-level performance data. Together, we can support teams looking to strengthen project economics, facilitate mine site remediation, demonstrate valorization of waste materials, and integrate novel processes into mineral recovery systems. |
| PA |
| | Boundless Impact Research and Analytics | Melissa Harclerode | Director of Research |
Small Business
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Other
| | Boundless Impact Research & Analytics (Boundless) is an advanced analytics firm specializing in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Techno-Economic Analysis (TEA), supply-chain risk modeling, and system-level performance evaluation. Our work follows ISO-aligned LCA and TEA practices consistent with DOE’s TECHTEST framework, and ISO 14076, supported by validated datasets and external scientific and industry expert review. Boundless has evaluated hundreds of emerging technologies across advanced materials, critical minerals, energy systems, manufacturing pathways, and defense applications, generating standardized, comparable, and decision-ready insights for commercialization and technology readiness assessment.
Boundless is seeking to partner on the Mines & Metals Capacity Expansion FOA . While Boundless does not build or operate physical pilot plants, its analytical capabilities directly complement industrial, engineering, and mining partners by translating pilot operational data into structured metrics that DOE requires for evaluating commercial viability, cost trajectories, material recovery potential, and system-scale feasibility.
Boundless has extensive federal experience developing analytical frameworks that quantify cost, performance, logistics, and supply-chain resilience. Our work under DoD’s ESTCP Program integrated LCA, TEA, scenario modeling, logistics analysis, sourcing-pathway evaluation, and supply-chain scoring into a cohesive decision support system.
For Mines & Metals partners, Boundless can provide:
-LCA of recovery pathways, process flows, material intensities, and operational dependencies
-TEA evaluating capital/operating costs, recovery efficiencies, throughput, and commercial scale-up potential
-Comparative performance assessment across alternative separation or recovery technologies
-Translation of pilot operational data into DOE-aligned KPIs (cost per unit, yield, uptime, throughput, process efficiency)
-Supply-chain and market-integration modeling for domestic CMM pathways
-Independent analytical evaluation supporting commercialization plans and required DOE reporting.
Boundless seeks to join teams leading facility design, engineering, or pilot operations. We bring validated analytical rigor, benchmarking frameworks, and government-tested methodologies that strengthen technical credibility, reduce uncertainty, and help DOE evaluate near-term commercial pathways for domestic critical-materials production. |
| NY |
| | Los Alamos National Lab | Winson | Kuo |
Government Owned and Operated (GOGO)
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Other
| | I am a materials scientist specializing in advanced electron microscopy (TEM, SEM, FIB) and analytical spectroscopy (EDS, WDS, EBSD, EELS), with a focus on elucidating synthesis–structure–property relationships in functional materials. My research centers on rare earth materials, where I employ monochromated and aberration-corrected STEM to investigate nanoscale structural, electronic, and magnetic phenomena that govern performance.
My expertise spans metallurgy and materials science, including thin film fabrication, casting, and sintering processes. I earned my PhD in advanced magnetic materials from the University of Birmingham, UK, and have since developed a broad technical portfolio encompassing materials failure analysis, magnetic materials processing, semiconductor methodologies, and nanomechanical testing.
As an Elected Fellow of the Royal Microscopical Society (RMS) since 2012, I am recognized for sustained contributions to advancing microscopy and spectroscopy in materials research. |
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| | Louisiana State University | Ipsita Gupta | Associate Professor |
Academic
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Other
| Critical Mineral Characterization | My academic (LSU) and industry (Chevron) backgrounds are in hydrogeology, geochemistry and reactive transport, reservoir engineering, brine migration, geochemical characterization, and subsurface storage.
I serve as the LSU Principal Investigator (PI) on a DOE GTO project with Idaho National Laboratory titled “Lithium in Produced Waters of the Louisiana Smackover Formation”. This work involves sampling and characterization of produced waters and reservoir rocks from oil and gas wells in the Smackover Formation, with emphasis on lithium occurrence, geochemical variability, and resource potential within a brine-hosted system. The project aligns with the characterization priorities outlined in DE-FOA-0003583, and current opportunities in critical minerals.
We have a broad range of advanced analytical capabilities, including:
LSU Shared Instrumentation Facility (SIF): SEM, TEM, XRD, XRF, 3-D tomography, Raman spectroscopy, and other advanced microanalytical tools
LSU Center for Advanced Microstructures and Devices (CAMD): A synchrotron‐radiation facility with X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XANES) for oxidation state and coordination-environment analysis; one of only seven synchrotron light sources in the U.S. and the only one located in the southern USA.
Wetland Biogeochemistry Analytical Services (WBAS): state of the art instrumental and classical wet analytical chemistry, ICP OES, ICP MS, HPIC for Cl/Br/SOo4 analysis, OI Analytical Flow Solutions IV auto-analyzer for colorimetric analysis of ammonia, nitrate, nitrite, soluble reactive phosphorus (SRP), silica, iron, total phosphorus.
Marine Chemistry Lab with clean room for critical trace metal sample preparation, IRMS for stable isotope analysis of C, N, O,H and GC for methane, H2S, CO2 analysis and TOC and DIC analyzer for measuring dissolved carbon species.
Together these capabilities provide an integrated platform for aqueous, sediment, and rock/brine sample characterization, combining wet-chemistry, trace element, isotope, microanalysis and synchrotron techniques for produced water resource assessment, DLE, or advanced material characterization. If you would like to explore collaboration or are seeking a partner for sampling, characterization, modeling, or synchrotron‐based spectroscopy (e.g., XANES) along with wet chemistry and trace metal analysis, I would be glad to connect. |
| LA |
| | Uplift Geosystems LLC | Daniel Nothaft | CEO |
Small Business
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Resource Sustainability
| Mining and Resource Recovery | Uplift Geosystems is developing advanced electrodialysis devices and membrane technologies that reduce cost, minimize waste, and improve safety in metallurgical processes. We use cutting-edge bipolar membranes and innovative reactor designs to deliver electrodialysis devices that provide best-in-class output acid concentrations and energy efficiency. Our technology enables regeneration of acids and bases across a wide range of leaching and separation applications, including those for rare earth elements (REE), nickel, and magnesium. |
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| | Tekstein Scientific LLC (dba SHURE Environmental Technologies) | Michael Urbanowicz | Founder & Inventor |
Small Business
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Resource Sustainability
| ALL | Tekstein Scientific developed SHURE®, a patented hydrodynamic cavitation platform validated with Chevron to liberate ultrafine critical-mineral-bearing solids down to ~1.8 μm. SHURE preconditions coal refuse, acid mine drainage solids, mine tailings, produced water, and dam sediments to dramatically increase recovery efficiency in downstream systems including centrifuges, hydrocyclones, IX/DLE, ED/EDI, membranes, electrochemical separations, and flotation/DAF processes.
Tekstein also operates RCP™, a novel composites technology converting recovered Fe/Al/Si/Ti/REE-rich solids into high-value products including 3D printing filaments, molded parts, structural materials, and industrial-grade components — fully aligned with DOE’s requirement for “market-ready, value-added materials.”
Tekstein is establishing a multi-feedstock Critical Minerals Pilot Hub in Williamsport, PA, integrating coal refuse, AMD, produced-water lithium, and sediment-based recovery pathways. Our interest includes serving as a prime recipient or a teaming partner for large-scale pilot demonstrations under Topics 1 and 2.
Seeking:
Industrial hosts, produced-water operators, coal/AMD facilities, national lab partners, membrane and electrochemical separation groups, TEA/LCA partners, and downstream offtake collaborators for REE/CMM and RCP materials. |
| PA |
| | PMT Critical Metals Inc. | andrew sherman | president |
Small Business
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Other
| critial metals recovery and processing | Midstream processor of critical materials. we have been developing a closed loop, zero effluent metallization process to convert rare earth oxides into metals and alloys. Actively developing and partnering for flexible separation of mixed concentrate feedstocks, including no-traditional feedstocks from industrial byproduct and waste streams. Particularly interested in Ga, Sb, Y, Tb, Dy, Sc, Sm containing feedstocks/concentrates, in addition to Nd/Pr. |
| OH |
| | Ultrasonic Technology Solutions | Ayyoub Momen, PhD | CEO |
Small Business
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Other
| | Keywords: Fast water extraction, rapid liquid removal, low-energy process, transportation cost reduction, coal ash
Seeking: Partnerships, subcontracts, or offering cost-share
UTS is an Oak Ridge National Laboratory spinoff company specializing in advanced vibrational drying technologies. Our solutions significantly reduce the cost of dewatering and liquid extraction from wet materials—a critical step in improving the economics of mining operations. |
| TN |
| | Texas Tech University | Minxiang Zeng | Assistant Professor |
Academic
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Resource Sustainability
| | Our lab can support both the manufacturing and characterization efforts required for this project. We are a leader in manufacturing innovation, including customizable product manufacturing and value-added remanufacturing from diverse waste streams.
-Our team has extensive experience in transforming low-value or end-of-life materials into high-performance components (electronics, magnets, sensors, etc.).
-We are experts in final device characterization, including electrical/transport properties, magnetic device characterization, and other structure–property relationships that are critical for validating new designs.
-We have strong expertise at Texas Tech University in system-level optimization and decision-making optimization. This includes using data-driven models and optimization frameworks to guide process selection, resource allocation, and technology deployment. |
| TX |
| | Space ER LLC | Dr. Chandrashekhar Sonwane, PE | CTO |
Small Business
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Other
| All | Coal/Cement combustion, Fly ash/leachate treatment, Rare earth extraction, Gasification, Reaction Engineering, DFT modeling, AI |
| CA |
| | Lehigh Univrsity | Zheng Yao | Associate Director & Principal Research Scientist |
Academic
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Other
| | Electrodialysis filtration recovery system equipped with cation-selective membranes that can effectively separate and enrich CMMs. |
| PA |
| | Strategic Analysis, Inc. | Jacob Prosser | Principal Research Scientist/Engineer |
Small Business
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Other
| | Strategic Analysis, Inc. (SA) specializes in technical process and performance modeling, conceptual design, technoeconomic and lifecycle cost analysis (TEA and LCCA), market research, environmental lifecycle assessment (LCA), commercialization pathway development, and technology due diligence for emerging energy, chemical, and manufacturing process technologies.
Our expertise spans a wide array of chemicals and materials, components, systems, and processes for hydrogen production, storage, and conversion; fuel cells, batteries, and other electrochemical technologies; electric motors; utility power production; chemical and material synthesis, manufacturing, and purification (reagents, solvents, precursors, monomers/polymers, catalysts and adsorbents including MOFs, metals and minerals, thin films and membranes, electrochemicals, biochemicals, nuclear fuels and other special nuclear materials, carbon capture, water purification); and energy transmission. SA’s analyses examine wide ranges of production rates, processing scales, and manufacturing pathways. Our extensive background in TEA integrates cost estimation with discounted cash flow models to identify key cost drivers and cost reduction opportunities for technology commercial deployment and optimization.
To meet the diverse needs of our clients, SA currently licenses and uses specialized software for modeling and analyzing the performance and costs of commercial and industrial processes such as Aspen® process simulation software, Boothroyd-Dewhurst, Inc.© (BDI©) software for DFMA®, DOE GREET® for LCA, and custom application frameworks developed in widely available corporate software such as Microsoft® Excel® and open-source programming resources such as Python. |
| VA |
| | W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | Thomas Fenush | Project Engineer |
Large Business
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Other
| | Gore has a history in the development of advanced materials and technologies that improve lives and industries. We innovate with purpose to solve some of our customers’—and the world’s—greatest challenges. With more than 3,100 unique inventions, our products enhance everyday experiences, mend hearts, explore space, and stand up to the most demanding environments.
Our materials science expertise drives innovation across a broad portfolio of businesses, including Fabrics, Medical, Performance Solutions, and Specialty. This foundation enables us to deliver solutions that meet stringent technical requirements and scale successfully from concept to commercialization.
Capabilities
• World Leader in Ion Exchange Membranes
• Expertise in reinforcing ionomers to create strong, thin, low-resistance, and durable membranes.
• Over 30 years of fuel cell innovation and electrochemical device experience.
• Advanced Functional Materials
o Structured composites functionalized for selective adsorption, catalytic and electrocatalytic processes.
o Liquid/liquid filtration products that improve lithium purity.
• Proven Commercialization Track Record
o Successfully supplied commercial products to electrochemical device manufacturers.
o Demonstrated ability to transfer technologies from lab scale to commercial launch.
• World-Class R&D Infrastructure: State-of-the-art laboratories and highly skilled scientists with deep electrochemical and materials expertise.
• DOE Experience: History of serving as both prime contractor and subcontractor in DOE-funded projects.
Gore is highly interested in teaming partnerships to:
• Enhance durability, efficiency, and performance of ion exchange processes used in mineral recovery and waste stream management.
• Support companies in advancing their technologies from TRL4 to TRL7 or TRL6 to TRL8, leveraging our expertise in materials, scaling and commercialization.
• Collaborate on innovative solutions that enable sustainable recovery of critical minerals and materials. |
| MD |
| | Johnston Engineering | Andy Johnston | President, Principal Engineer |
Small Business
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Other
| Topic Areas 1 and 2 | Johnston Engineering (JE) is a mechanical engineering firm specializing in mechanical design, analysis, integration, build, and testing of first-of-a-kind systems, equipment, and machines. In operation since 2015, JE brings over 300 years of combined experience across 20 engineers with specialized expertise in product development and advanced engineering solutions. Our experience spans multiple industries including aerospace, industrial machines, and biotechnology, but JE mainly focuses on clean technology industries with over 80% of our revenue coming from critical mineral recovery, carbon, hydrogen, nuclear, and energy storage technologies.
Johnston Engineering's advantage is an “Analysis-Driven Design” approach, meaning that we have a closely integrated mechanical design with physics-based simulations of thermal, structural, and fluid-flow analysis to optimize and validate designs before anything gets built – ensuring product performance and avoiding part failures. Utilizing SolidWorks 3D CAD and ANSYS analysis software, we excel in component modeling, analysis, and system integration. Our expertise includes performing Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and Thermal and Structural Finite Element Analysis (FEA) to simulate the performance of mechanical hardware systems, considering forces, pressures, torques, temperature, and flow geometry. We then iterate design and analysis simulations until desired performance outcomes are achieved leading to successful hardware development and testing.
Johnston Engineering President, Andy Johnston, P.E., leads the team and provides subject matter expertise in structural, thermal, and fluid analysis with over 20 years of experience in clean energy, military, and aerospace research, design, analysis, build, and testing of first-of-a-kind systems. Johnston Engineering has completed over 150 projects, designing custom components and full systems, including containerized Direct Air Capture (DAC) and Point Source Carbon Capture systems, hydrogen systems, advanced nuclear, circular materials, and Long Duration Energy Storage (LDES). Our clients include National Labs as well as small and large companies working on research, development and commercialization of their innovative technologies. |
| WA |
| | GENEDGE (A.L. Philpott Manufacturing Extension Partnership) | David E. Bartlow Jr. | Director Of Programs |
State and/or Local Government
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Other
| Manufacturing / Supply Chain / Workforce Development / Technology Deployment | GENEDGE is Virginia’s Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP), chartered to strengthen the productivity, technology adoption, and competitiveness of small and medium-sized manufacturers across the Commonwealth. As a statewide public authority, GENEDGE has over 30 years of experience delivering technical assistance, supplier development, and advanced manufacturing services in partnership with federal, state, academic, and industry stakeholders.
GENEDGE’s core capabilities include program management for complex, multi-partner initiatives; supplier readiness and technology deployment; digital transformation and Industry 4.0 integration; defense industrial base modernization; workforce development; and advanced manufacturing ecosystem building. Recent initiatives include shipbuilding automation programs, mobile advanced manufacturing training platforms, digital twin pilots with major OEMs, and statewide advanced materials and energy-sector supplier development efforts.
GENEDGE brings a track record of building effective regional and statewide collaborations—including industry, prime contractors, community colleges, research universities, and technology partners—to accelerate technology adoption and improve supply-chain resilience. The organization regularly manages multi-million-dollar, multi-stakeholder programs funded by DoD, Navy, GO Virginia, EDA, and state economic development agencies.
While GENEDGE’s core client base is small and medium manufacturers, its experience applies across adjacent sectors such as shipbuilding, advanced materials, and energy-related manufacturing. GENEDGE is well-positioned to support teaming efforts through program management, supplier scouting, ecosystem coordination, risk analysis, digital transformation, and workforce enablement aligned with advanced manufacturing and materials initiatives. |
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