Processes Webinar | Importance of Multidisciplinary Approaches in Critical Metal Production
10 March 2025
Welcome from the Chair
5th Processes Webinar
Importance of Multidisciplinary Approaches in Critical Metal Production
The interest in mining to obtain critical metals has increased in recent decades. Among these metals are cobalt, lithium, rare earth elements, gallium, germanium, hafnium, indium, niobium, platinum-group metals, tantalum, titanium, vanadium, tungsten, and strontium. These critical metals are crucial for the energy transition.
This webinar will discuss environmental and technical aspects of critical mineral recovery from secondary sources for application in green energy production. We will discuss technical aspects of battery recycling and challenges for future research on the global production of green hydrogen.
Date: 10 March 2025
Time: 3:00 pm CET | 9:00 am EST| 10:00 pm CST Asia
Webinar ID: 820 8707 9177
Webinar Secretariat: journal.webinar@mdpi.com
Registration
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Event Chair
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, DC 02139, USA
Current Postdoc Associate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. Has an interest in the recovery of critical raw materials: electrochemical separation, sustainable mining, urban mining, (electro)hydrometallurgy, membrane separation and synthesis of greener materials, recycling of e-waste, brine processing, and the circular economy. Received the Best Thesis Award in Environmental Sustainability (2022) and Academic Productivity Award (2021). Among the top 2% of most relevant researchers in the world according to Stanford/Elsevier.
Keynote Speakers
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Architettura, Territorio e Ambiente e di Matematica (DICATAM), Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italy
Dilshan Premathilake is a Postdoctoral Researcher in Environmental Engineering at the University of Brescia, specializing in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and hydrometallurgical recycling of lithium-ion batteries. His work focuses on the sustainable recovery of critical raw materials and the techno-economic and environmental assessment of battery recycling technologies. He has conducted extensive research on graphite valorization and environmental footprint calculation for organizations, aiming to optimize resource recovery processes for a circular economy. His expertise lies in developing innovative, ecofriendly solutions for sustainable material management.
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Architettura, Territorio e Ambiente e di Matematica (DICATAM), Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italy
Currently in possession of a Research Grant at the University of Brescia, Italy. Working on a project about the recycling of Li-ion batteries, which focuses on new hydrometallurgical methodologies and on a circular economic approach. Has expertise in the recovery of critical raw materials from aqueous solutions and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). Topics of interest are purification techniques (selective precipitation, solvent extraction, ion exchange, crystallization), leaching, techno-economic analysis, and life cycle analysis.
Dr. Ramos is an Assistant Professor in the field of Nanomaterials for Energy Transition and Sustainable Chemical Processes. His work focuses on the synthesis and optimization of nanomaterials for environmental photocatalysis, the development of green processes for ammonia and fuel production, the design and modeling of chemical process equipment, and multiphysics modeling of chemical systems.
Program
|
Speaker |
Presentation Title |
Time in CET |
Time in EST |
Time in CST Asia |
|
Dr. Amilton Barbosa Botelho Junior |
Chair Introduction |
3:00–3:10 p.m. |
9:00–9:10 a.m. |
10:00–10:10 p.m. |
|
Dr. Dilshan Sandaruwan Premathilake |
Environmental and Techno-Economic Analysis of Li-Ion Battery Recycling |
3:10–3:30 p.m. |
9:10–9:30 a.m. |
10:10–10:30 p.m. |
|
Dr. Lucas Fonseca Guimarães |
Recycling of Li-Ion Batteries Through Hydrometallurgical Process |
3:30–3:50 p.m. |
9:30–9:50 a.m. |
10:30–10:50 p.m. |
|
Dr. Bruno Ramos |
The Challenge of a Sustainable Energy Transition With (or Without!) Critical Minerals |
3:50–4:10 p.m. |
9:50–10:10 a.m. |
10:50–11:10 p.m. |
|
|
Q&A Session |
4:10–4:25 p.m. |
10:10–10:25 a.m. |
11:10–11:25 p.m. |
|
Dr. Amilton Barbosa Botelho Junior |
Closing of Webinar |
4:25–4:30 p.m. |
10:25–10 :30 a.m. |
11:25–11:30 p.m. |
Relevant Special Issue
Advances in Metallurgical Processing and Involved Separation Techniques
Edited by Amilton Botelho Junior
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 August 2025
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