| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2021 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Design and Manufacturing Approaches for the Next Generation of Sustainable Materials: The 2021 Student-led Symposium
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| Presentation Title |
Research Requirements for Sustainable Materials |
| Author(s) |
Daniel Ross Cooper |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Daniel Ross Cooper |
| Abstract Scope |
Anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions must be cut by at least half by 2050 in order to avoid the worst consequences of climate change. Industry already accounts for one-third of global emissions and these emissions are growing quickly as the developing world industrializes. We need sustainable material production and (re)manufacturing solutions that fit the scale of the challenge and can be deployed in the short as well as the medium-long term. This talk first highlights the sources of industry emissions both now and in the future. We then identify two key challenges that form the focus of the talk: (renewably sourced) electrification of atom efficient material synthesis and downstream manufacturing; and, high-value restoration of end-of-life materials by the design of materials, components, and products for circularity, and by the design and control of manufacturing processes resilient to time-varying heterogeneous feedstocks. We explore basic and applied research directions that address these challenges. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |
| Keywords |
Extraction and Processing, Recycling and Secondary Recovery, Sustainability |