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SME Georgia April Virtual Meeting, Thurs. April 15, 6:15 PM, Krumb Lecture, "Lithium: Resources, Recovery, and Recycling", York Smith, Univ. Utah

  • 1.  SME Georgia April Virtual Meeting, Thurs. April 15, 6:15 PM, Krumb Lecture, "Lithium: Resources, Recovery, and Recycling", York Smith, Univ. Utah

    Posted 04-12-2021 12:10 PM
    Steven Stokowski is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
    Topic: SME Georgia April Virtual Meeting, Krumb Lecture,"Lithium: Resources, Recovery, and Recycling", York Smith, Univ. Utah (Abstract Below)
    Time: Thursday, Apr 15, 2021 
    Business: 06:15 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
    Presentation:  6:30 PM
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    S. J. Stokowski, CPG, PG
    VP, SME Georgia

    1500 Laurel Haven Court, Lawrenceville, GA 30043
    Web: www.linkedin.com/in/stevenstokowski/

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    ABSTRACT:  Lithium has become a critical material for renewable energy, energy storage systems, nuclear technologies, and glass/ceramics. Due to rapidly increasing demands for lithium and global reserves that are not well characterized, the future resource availability for lithium remains undefined. In this talk, geological availability of lithium resources and extraction processes of lithium from primary sources (minerals/clays and brines) and secondary sources (industrial wastes) will be discussed from technical and environmental perspectives. The experimental results of laboratory-scale recovery processes which were innovated in our research group to recover lithium from low-grade primary resources (e.g., The Great Salt Lake) and secondary resources (end-of-life lithium-ion batteries), will also be discussed.
      BIOGRAPHY:  York Smith is an assistant professor in the Materials Science and Engineering Department at the University of Utah. Growing up in Northern Michigan, his love for snow covered-peaks and open spaces led him out west to the University of Nevada, Reno where he obtained his B.S. and M.S. in Chemical Engineering. Given his only criterion is a place to live with decent skiing, he then moved to the University of Utah where he obtained his Ph.D. in Metallurgical Engineering. After a postdoctoral research appointment from the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Smith joined the faculty at the University of Utah. Smith's general research interests include chemical metallurgy, interfacial phenomena, and electrochemistry. His present research projects include lithium resources and extraction, and nonferrous metal recycling.
    York R. Smith, Ph.D.
    Assistant Professor
    University of Utah
    Materials Science & Engineering Department
    135 S 1460 E /WBB 00410
    Salt Lake City, UT 84112  USA

    office: (801) 581-5775
    cell: (775) 544-0771
    e1: york.smith@utah.edu
    e2: york.r.smith@gmail.com


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