Research within the Center for Resource Recovery and Recycling I/UCRC will build the basic science, generic solution strategies, and precompetitive, innovative recovery and recycling technologies for a broad spectrum of industries, products, and materials.
- Battery Design for Disassembly in Support of Materials Reuse
- Synthesis of Inorganic Polymers from Metallurgical Residues
- Beneficiation of Flat Panel Functional Coatings
- Conditioning of Machined Chips
- Development of Aluminum-Dross Based Materials for Engineering Applications: Reduce land filling and energy usage to recover Al
- Dezincing of Galvanized Steel
- Physical and Chemical Beneficiation for Recycling of Photovoltaic Materials
- Recycling of Bag-House Dust from Foundry Sand through Chemical and Physical Benefication
- Recovery of Rare Earth Metals from Phosphor Dust
- Fundamental Study of Lithium Ion Battery Recovery
- Magnet Separation Recycling Technologies
- Metal Recovery via Automated Sortation
- Molten Metal Compositional Sensing to Enhance Scrap Recycling
- Novel Recycling Process Development for Li-Ion Batteries
- Opportunities and Barriers to Resource Recovery and Recycling from Shredder Residue in North America
- Rare-Earth Recovery from Magnets, Catalysts, and other Secondary Resources
- Recovery of Rare Earth Metals from Phosphor Dust of Waste Fluorescent Light Fixtures
- Recovery of Value-Added Products from Red Mud and Foundry Bag House Dust
- Recovery of Zinc and Iron from EAF Dusts Including Hot Stage Slag Engineering and Energy Recovery
- Recovery of Valuable Metals from Fines
- Rare Earth Metals Recovery from Bauxite Residue
- Reuse Opportunities for Bauxite Residue
- Hydrometallurgical Treatment of e-Scrap