Keyword Topic: Circular Economy

Reza Hedayat, PhD

Reza Hedayat, PhD

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Associate Professor

hedayat@mines.edu

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Environment

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Critical Materials & Supply Chains | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Underground Infrastructure Development

Keywords: Circular Economy | Decarbonizing Cement & Concrete | Mine Waste / Tailings to Resources | Sustainable Manufacturing & Processes

Jihye Kim, PhD

Jihye Kim, PhD

Metallurgical & Materials Engineering

Assistant Professor

jihyekim@mines.edu

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Environment | Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Carbon Management & Air Quality | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Space Exploration & Resource Development

Keywords: Advanced Recycling Technologies | Advanced Resource Recovery | Carbon Capture & Storage | Carbon Utilization | Circular Economy | Clean Technology Innovation | Decarbonization Strategies | Energy Efficiency | Extractive Metallurgy & Chemical Processing | Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy | Materials Synthesis & Processing | Process Optimization | Reducing Emissions | Sustainable Manufacturing & Processes | Waste Minimization

Patrick Leach

Patrick Leach

Economics & Business

Professor of Practice

peleach@mines.edu

Affiliated Pillar(s): Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Economic Feasibility & Social Acceptance | Engineering Global Sustainability | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Ethics & Values | Intersections of Science Policy & Governance

Keywords: Circular Economy | Climate Resilience | Corporate Social Responsibility | Decarbonization Strategies | Economic Modeling | Resource & Sustainability Policy | Social Impacts of Science & Technology | Sustainable Resource Management