New Academic Year, New Students for ACRC, CHTE, CR3
By MPI September 18, 2012
This academic year brings many new students to the MPI centers at WPI – ACRC, CHTE, and CR3. Returning students, along with MPI faculty and staff, welcomed the new students during a kick-off meeting and luncheon led by Diran Apelian, Director of MPI. Students working in ACRC research are Cecilia Borgonovo, Yang Yang Fan, Shaymus […]
News Reporters Interview Yan Wang
By MPI August 27, 2012
WPI and CR3 Professor Yan Wang was recently interviewed by a local magazine – Worcester Mag. In the article, Two Minutes With…Yan Wang, Yan answers reporters questions about teaching, the Catalyst Award, and clean energy.
JOM Features CR3 in TMS’ Partners in Progress Reports
By MPI August 15, 2012
TMS has forged cooperative agreements with several carefully selected organizations, including the Center for Resource Recovery & Recycling (CR3), that actively work to benefit the materials science community. Periodically, JOM will provide an update on the activities of these organizations. CR3 was featured in these JOM reports: The Case for Recycling of Rare Earth Metals […]
Yan Wang Receives Catalyst Award from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center
By MPI June 25, 2012
Yan Wang, WPI Research Professor and a member of the CR3 faculty, has received the Catalyst Award from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center to support work on a new design for flow batteries for grid energy storage. The award will help support Prof. Yang, his research team, and his collaborator, Diran Apelian, Director of CR3 […]
NSF’s Rathindra DasGupta Panelist for The Atlantic Innovation Summit
By MPI June 18, 2012
On May 8, 2012, The Atlantic invited several guests, including Rathindra (Babu) DasGupta, Ph.D, to participate in an Innovation Summit focusing on Finding the Secret to R&D that Produces Innovation. Babu provided insight based on his experience as the Program Director for the NSF’s Industry & University Cooperative Research Program (I/UCRC) and the Innovation Corps. […]
TED Video on The Missing Link to Renewable Energy
By MPI June 7, 2012
For an inspiring talk by Donald Sadoway on the future of large-scale batteries that store renewable energy, watch this TED Talks 2012 video – The Missing Link to Renewable Energy.
Zou Named Graduate Project Winner in Sustainability Competition
By Author April 26, 2012
Haiyang Zou has been named Graduate Project Winner in the 2012 WPI Sustainability Project Poster Competition. Haiyang project, Development of a Recycling Process for Li-Ion Batteries, was advised by Professor Wang of Mechanical Engineering and a CR3 research professor.
CR3 2012 Spring Meeting May 15-16
By Author April 9, 2012
Join us for the 2012 Spring Meeting of CR3 May 15 and 16 at WPI. The meeting is open to all members and interested guests. All guests will be required to sign a non-disclosure agreement prior to attending the meeting. The agenda for both days can be found here. We are introducing a new meeting […]
K.U. Leuven Hosts Seminar
By Author February 6, 2012
A Perspective on the Metals and Mining Industry March 15, 2012 Seminar co-sponsored by Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (K. U. Leuven), a CR3 partner university. The opening welcome will be given by Prof. Bart Blanpain, a co-director of CR3 at KULeuven. Seminar Information Rapid urbanization and industrialization of developing regions is challenging our ability to preserve […]