CHTE Featured in Debut Issue of HTPro
By MPI November 6, 2013
HTPro, the official newsletter of the ASM Heat Treating Society (HTS), focuses on heat treating technology, processes, materials, equipment, and HTS news and initiatives. In its first quarterly supplement, HTPro featured the Center for Heat Treating Excellence (CHTE) at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in the article The Center for Heat Treating Excellence Joins Industry with Academia […]
WPI Awarded NSF Grant to Develop a Closed Loop Industrial Recycling Method for the End-of-life Li-ion Batteries
By MPI October 31, 2013
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) will collaborate with wTe Corporation to develop a novel lithium ion (Li-ion) battery recycling process that aims to create a closed loop industrial recycling method for the end-of-life Li-ion batteries. The process will combine the WPI hydrometallurgical process and wTe sensor-based technology, which enables the transformation of on-going laboratory research to […]
CR3 Announces Meeting Dates for 2014
By MPI October 28, 2013
Plan to join us for the 2014 meetings of the Center for Resource Recovery & Recycling (CR3) on April 29-30 and October 14-15. Both meetings will take place at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA. The meetings are open to all members and interested guests. Guests must sign a non-disclosure agreement prior to attending a meeting. […]
CR3 Fall Meetings October 15-16
By MPI September 16, 2013
Join us for the 2013 Fall Meetings of the Center for Resource Recovery & Recycling (CR3) on October 15 and 16 at the Colorado School of Mines (CSM), in Golden, CO. The meeting is open to all members and interested guests. Guests will be required to sign a non-disclosure agreement prior to attending the meeting. […]
KU Leuven Recycling Project Obtains Funding from European Commission
By MPI September 11, 2013
KU Leuven (Belgium), a university partner of the Center for Resource Recovery & Recycling (CR3), has been instrumental in the Marie-Curie Initial Training Network Project (EREAN). This project is focused on training young researchers in the science and technology of rare earths, with special emphasis on recycling. This initiative will benefit CR3 members by providing […]
Colorado School of Mines Wins DOE Hub Award
By MPI September 10, 2013
Colorado School of Mines (CSM) wins a DOE Hub award for Critical Materials along with its other national laboratory and university partners. The 120 million dollar, 5-year research grant is focused on technology development to assist the US industry become self-reliant in critical metals production. The Critical Materials Institute (CMI) is led by the DOE […]
CR3 Represented at Plansee Seminar
By MPI September 5, 2013
Diran Apelian, Director of the Center for Resource Recovery & Recycling (CR3) gave the keynote address at the Plansee Seminar in Reutte, Austria, in June 2013. His talk, A Sustainable Pathway for the Recovery and Recycling of Metals: a Strategy for the Management of Critical Metals, was well received and increased the awareness of all […]
NSF Funds New Fundamental Project – Electron Beam Atomic Spectroscopy (EBAS)
By MPI September 4, 2013
A new technique called Electron Beam Atomic Spectroscopy (EBAS) has much promise for altering the way high temperature metals are processed. More specifically, EBAS is a method to determine elemental compositions by measuring the atomic emission spectra produced when an electron beam impinges on a target metal. NSF has awarded a grant to Worcester Polytechnic […]
Patent Granted for Systems and Methods for Predicting Heat Transfer Coefficients During Quenching
By MPI July 3, 2013
The patent for “Systems and Methods for Predicting Heat Transfer Coefficients During Quenching” was granted recently by the US Patent & Trademark Office. This project was funded by General Motors and conducted in the Center for Heat Treating Excellence (CHTE) labs at Worcester Polytechnic Institute by Professor Yiming (Kevin) Rong, Professor Rick Sisson and Bowang […]