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| | Texas A&M University | Sheng-Jen Hsieh | Professor |
Academic
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Other
| | Dr. Hsieh is Professor and Director of the Rockwell Automation Laboratory in the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution and Affiliated Faculty in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University. His research areas include: (1) industrial control, cyber-physical systems, machine learning, and Industry 4.0, (2) optical/infrared imaging and instrumentation for product and process characterization; and (3) technology design for automation and robotics education. He has been awarded over $6.0M in research funding, resulting in over 200 publications. He is an Associate Editor for Industrial Robot and an Editorial Board member for Assembly Automation and Sensor Review. |
| TX |
| | University of Minnesota | Matthew Aro | Research Program Manager |
Academic
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Other
| biochar/biocarbon | The University of Minnesota team has expertise in manufacturing carbon-sequestering biochar at the lab- and pilot-scales; analyzing biochar for specific industrial applications, such as water treatment, as a performance additive in concrete/building materials, as a reducing agent for steel production, and for pollution remediation; modifying biochar to impart new and beneficial properties; analyzing the performance of new materials that incorporate biochar as a functional additive; and conducting high-impact community demonstrations of new materials containing biochar. |
| MN |
| | Southern Methodist University | Saeed Salehi | Professor |
Non-Profit
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Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage
| | Our lab has expertise in following areas:
Expertise in Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) related to cement and concrete typically includes the following areas:
1. COâ‚‚ Capture Technologies: Understanding and development of processes to capture carbon dioxide emissions from cement production facilities, which are major COâ‚‚ emitters.
2. Carbonation in Concrete: Research and application of technologies that utilize COâ‚‚ for the carbonation of concrete, a process where COâ‚‚ is absorbed by concrete, helping in carbon sequestration.
3. Sustainable Cement Alternatives: Developing and evaluating alternative binders, such as blended cements or supplementary cementitious materials (e.g., fly ash, slag), which reduce the overall carbon footprint of cement production.
4. COâ‚‚ Mineralization: Expertise in utilizing COâ‚‚ in concrete production through mineralization processes, converting COâ‚‚ into stable carbonates within the concrete matrix, thus trapping carbon permanently.
5. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Environmental Impact: Conducting life cycle assessments to quantify the environmental impact of cement and concrete production and their potential for carbon capture and storage.
6. Policy and Regulation in CCUS: Knowledge of international standards, policies, and regulations governing the use of CCUS in the construction and cement industries, as well as pathways for industry adoption.
7. Pilot and Commercial Scale Implementation: Experience in scaling up CCUS
Dr. Saeed Salehi holds the prestigious Herman Brown Endowed Chair of Engineering and is a full professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at SMU Lyle School of Engineering. He also has a courtesy appointment in the Civil Engineering Department at SMU Lyle. Dr. Salehi's research focuses on the intersection of energy, environment, and sustainability, areas where he brings over fifteen years of academic experience, complemented by extensive industry expertise. Before transitioning to academia, Dr. Salehi worked in the oil and gas and energy sectors, serving as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) consultant for various energy companies. In his academic career, he has played a pivotal role as Principal Investigator (PI) and Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) in research and development projects totaling over $10 million. His research has been funded by prestigious entities such as the U.S. Department of Energy, the Department of the Interior, and various energy industry companies, including |
| TX |
| | World Resources Institute | Dr. Ankita Gangotra, Ph.D | Senior Manager, Industrial Decarbonization |
Non-Profit
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Industrial and Heat
| Chemicals and Refining | WRI Industrial Innovation team conducts independent analysis, stakeholder engagement, and policy development to accelerate decarbonization in the hardest-to-abate sectors: chemicals, refining, cement, and steel. Due to its overlap with our previous and ongoing subject matter work, we are most interested in teaming with labs focused on Topic 1: Chemicals.
Analytically, we have published first-of-a-kind analysis on using Low Carbon Fuels, Feedstocks and Energy Sources (LCFFES) to defossilize chemicals, evaluated where clean hydrogen capacity is needed for fuel and feedstock switching in the chemicals and refining sectors. In undertaking this research, we realized the importance of emissions intensity reporting and benchmarking standards in the US chemicals sector and the need for targeted policy development. Our current work focuses on developing data disclosure and demand-side policy recommendations to help incentivize the development of low-emission chemicals. We have been an early mover on the chemical sector among non-profits and think tanks, providing a trusted voice that balances technical expertise and policy insight.
WRI has worked with industries committed to decarbonization by co-convening the Industrial Innovation Initiative (i3). Over its four years of activity, i3 has convened industrial companies (including chemical and fossil fuel members), NGOs, and labor organizations to develop consensus-based industrial decarbonization policies. Through regular plenaries, working groups, and policy blueprints, i3 has been a key and unique collaboration to align a range of industrial stakeholders on decarbonization. Its success is reflected in the number of priorities we have seen turn into policy.
Additionally, we have been participating in the World Economic Forum (WEF) industrial clusters project and will be collaborating with WEF in the coming months for a convening on hydrogen demand. More broadly, we participate in other mulit-stakeholder efforts containing diverse checmical sector membership, such as the Bipartisan Policy Center and American Petroleum Institute’s roundtable discussions.
Our team’s combination of technical expertise and convening and collaborating capabilities, along with WRI’s history of convening multi-stakeholder efforts makes us uniquely suited to support this Lab call. |
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| | Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) | Bryan Fisher | Managing Director, Climate Aligned Industries, RMI |
Non-Profit
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Industrial and Heat
| | Founded as a nonprofit in 1982, RMI’s core focus is catalyzing rapid, market-based change in the world’s most critical geographies to be aligned to a 1.5°C future. We work with businesses, policymakers, communities, and other organizations to identify and scale energy system interventions that will cut greenhouse gas emissions at least 50% by 2030. Our programs focus on decarbonizing energy production and use (in the power, transportation, buildings, and industry sectors), which represents 70% of global greenhouse gas emissions.
RMI’s Cement Initiative is a leader in supporting decarbonization of the sector by providing cutting-edge research and analysis, informing key policy measures, building ambitious coalitions of industry leaders, and securing public commitments to the 1.5°C climate target. Past work includes technoeconomic analysis to inform the decarbonization strategies of leading cement producers like CEMEX and thought leadership such as the Global Sector Transition Strategy and Structuring Demand for Lower-Carbon Materials. The RMI team has prior experience in similar federally and philanthropically funded projects, including supporting on the business case; examination of potential community benefits; and leading on the technical components of several winning federal and state level applications amounting over $560M. RMI has expertise in other topic areas such as electricity generation, hydrogen, transportation, steel, and market adoption of relevant technologies.
With our supporting network and deep industry expertise in technologies such as SCMs, alternative heat sources, CCUS, and alternative binders, RMI is well positioned to support a national lab on advancing the commercialization of emerging cement products. Potential areas of collaboration include technoeconomic analysis, facilitating demand aggregation, developing supply chains, and supporting policy design. RMI has several complementary initiatives to de-risk pilot projects and activate markets to drive decarbonization in the cement industry and welcomes additional inquiries for collaboration. |
Website: rmi.org
Email: sschanfarber@rmi.org
Phone: 9707499866
Address: 2490 Junction Place, Suite 200, Boulder, CO, 80301, United States
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| | Industrial Microbes | Derek Greenfield | President |
Small Business
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Industrial and Heat
| Topic 1 | Industrial Microbes builds new microbes for sustainable chemical production. The company mission is to accelerate decarbonization in the chemical industry.
We specialize in building new fermentation and downstream processes that can compete with petrochemicals on price. Our focus is on decarbonizing the production of building-block chemicals such as 3HP, which serve as the foundation for a wide range of products including acrylic acid.
Industrial Microbes partners with chemical producers to co-develop and scale bio-manufacturing processes. This collaborative approach allows the company to leverage its expertise in microbial engineering while enabling partners to bring sustainable products to market. The company has already established partnerships and achieved significant milestones in producing bio-based chemicals. |
| CA |
| | Metals Innovation Initiative | Summer Goldman | Chief Operating Officer |
Non-Profit
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Other
| | The Metals Innovation Initiative (MI2) is a Kentucky-based nonprofit that provides collaborative, industry-led executive leadership to attract and promote advanced research, sustainability, commercialization and talent development in Kentucky’s metals industry–and, ultimately, for Kentucky to be seen as the preeminent destination for metals innovation. The Commonwealth’s metals industry includes more than 250 facilities, employing more than 36,000 people statewide.
The organization was formed in 2022 by eight Kentucky metals companies—Kobe Aluminum Automotive Products, Logan Aluminum, North American Stainless, Novelis, Nucor, River Metals Recycling, Tri-Arrows Aluminum, and Wieland—and a commitment from the Kentucky Governor and the Cabinet for Economic Development for support, administered through the Kentucky Science and Technology Corporation, as well as many ecosystem partners. The concept originated from a whitepaper from AccelerateKY, formed in response to interest across the Commonwealth of Kentucky for a metals industry cluster organization and built on principles from Kentucky’s participation in the MIT Regional Entrepreneurship Acceleration Program.
Our interest in this opportunity is based on Mi2's ability to connect innovators and researchers with the metals industry. |
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| | Stevens Institute of Technology | Weina Meng | Associate Professor |
Academic
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Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage
| | Dr. Meng is an accomplished researcher focusing on sustainable construction materials and technologies. Her work has earned numerous accolades, including the prestigious NSF CAREER award. Over the years, Dr. Meng has developed expertise in the utilization of industrial by-products, such as slag, fly ash, waste concrete and waste biomass, in cement and concrete applications. Her research aims to mitigate environmental impact while enhancing material performance through innovative approaches, including CO2 sequestration and waste utilization.
Dr. Meng’s interest in CO2 and waste utilization is driven by a desire to address two of the most pressing global challenges: climate change and waste management. She is particularly focused on finding ways to utilize CO2 in construction materials, transforming it from a harmful greenhouse gas into a valuable resource. By integrating carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies with the reuse of industrial wastes, such as recycled concrete, waste glass, and biomass by-products, her research aims to contribute to the development of circular economy solutions in the construction industry. Her work seeks to maximize the use of these materials in concrete production, improving sustainability while maintaining or enhancing the mechanical properties of the resulting products.
Dr. Meng’s capabilities in CO2 and waste utilization span a range of advanced techniques and multidisciplinary approaches. She has pioneered methods for enhancing the reactivity of low-grade industrial wastes through carbonation, increasing their potential as supplementary cementitious materials in concrete. Her expertise includes the development of rapid surface modification technologies for solid wastes using CO2 sequestration techniques, as well as the integration of multiscale experimentation, computational modeling, and machine learning to optimize waste treatment processes. These efforts not only improve the mechanical performance of concrete but also significantly reduce its carbon footprint. Dr. Meng is also well-versed in the implementation of sustainable manufacturing processes for the large-scale production of construction materials. Her research emphasizes the use of biomimetic approaches to develop multifunctional materials with self-healing, self-cleaning, and energy storage capabilities. Through her collaborations with academic and industrial partners, she is advancing the practical application of these technologies. |
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| | PHNX Materials, INC | Jorge Osio-Norgaard | Chief Technology Officer |
Small Business
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Power Generation Technologies
| Topic 2 | PHNX Materials refines the 2.5B tons of U.S. landfilled coal ash into valuable end-products. PHNX views landfilled ash as an asset: it is developing proprietary technology to strip away impurities and create ASTM-grade ash alongside additional value-added products like titanium, aluminum, and rare-earth elements. PHNX Materials just completed their pre-seed round, raising $2.45M to produce high-quality SCM's from landfilled coal fly-ash (CFA). PHNX had developed a technology to strip the major impurities of landfilled CFA (e.g., gypsum, carbon) and has formed partnerships with 5 utilities who provide landfilled CFA for processing.
PHNX is interested in both decarbonizing cement, and producing high-quality metal feedstocks. |
| CA |
| | University of Miami | Sivakumar Ramanathan | Asst. Prof. of Practice |
Academic
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Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage
| Low carbon concrete | My background is in development of low carbon concrete materials. Specifically, my expertise is in the areas of supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs), SCM reactivity, recycled concrete aggregate, CO2 sequestration in concrete at early and later ages, concrete durability, and use of materials such as cellulose nanomaterials, and biochar in concrete. |
| FL |
| | Auburn University | Jeyhoon | Professor |
Academic
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Energy Storage
| Industrial Decarbonization | Our group is engaged in transport phenomena in energy-intensive processing industries, namely metals, cement & concrete, chemicals, etc. Our studies have covered mathematical and physical modeling of tundish liquid aluminum flows, mold of continuous steel casters, thermophysical property determination and variety of latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) systems over wide range of temperatures. Current research concerns novel heat exchangers and thermal energy storage in energy-intensive processing utilizing phase change materials over a wide melting temperature range (250-1500 oF). Sponsors of his grants/contracts include Alabama Space Grant Consortium, ALCOA, California Energy Commission, Containerless Research, Cray Research, DOE National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Dresser-Rand Corporation, General Dynamics, L3Harris Technologies, Memtec Fluid Dynamics, NASA, NSF, ONR, US Department of Energy and US Forest Service. |
| AL |
| | Ozinga | Crystal Allgyer | Director of Strategic Finance & Special Projects |
Large Business
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Other
| Concrete and Cement | Ozinga is a 5th generation American family-owned construction material business founded in 1928. The company currently operates over 1000 mixer trucks from 100 plants spread across the Midwest (IL, IN, WI, MI) and Florida. Ozinga's team is composed of industry leaders in cement and ready-mix concrete production. The company has also become a leader in the development of low-carbon construction material products, including the conversion of transport fuel to renewable natural gas, and growth of alternative supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) that reduce the carbon impact. |
| IL |
| | ONB Engineering Research and Technical Services LLC | Omar Basha | Principal Engineer |
Small Business
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Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage
| | ONB Engineering offers extensive expertise in providing techno-economic analysis, lifecycle assessment, and market readiness validation for carbon management and industrial decarbonization technologies. Our team, composed of industry experts and certified professionals, leverages advanced and custom modeling tools to deliver the best-in-class assessments.
We specialize in:
- Technical feasibility assessment for scale-up potential and risk identification.
- Reactor and process level modeling to assess system performance at various scales.
- R&D assessment for evaluating unique phenomena (e.g., mixing, PSD changes).
- Comprehensive techno-economic and LCA assessments.
- Engineering package planning (FEL 1-3) including PFD development, plant layout, and equipment data sheets.
Our approach ensures precise, data-driven decision-making, delivering high-quality, reliable solutions that meet industry standards and support successful commercialization. With a proven record of successful projects and deep industry knowledge, we offer support to clients to effectively bring technologies to market. Our commitment to excellence and client satisfaction drives our approach.
ONB Engineering consists of a team of highly qualified professionals with advanced degrees in engineering and extensive industry experience. Our resources include state-of-the-art in-house modeling tools as well as custom software developed in VBA and Python. We also have extensive experience using commercial computational tools such as Aspen Plus, DWSIM, Barracuda, Matlab and many others. We have successfully assisted multiple clients with their technology development projects and accelerated their path to commercialization. We completed numerous projects involving techno-economic analysis, lifecycle assessment, and market readiness validation. Our engineers hold various certifications including professional engineering licenses (PE), Project Management Professional (PMP), and Six Sigma. Our advanced computational facilities and commitment to continuous improvement ensure we deliver precise, high-quality solutions that meet industry standards and exceed client expectations. |
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| | University of Miami | Prannoy Suraneni | Associate Professor |
Academic
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Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage
| Topic 2 - Collaborative Alignment on Decarbonization of Concrete and Cement Industry | Dr. Prannoy Suraneni is Associate Professor in Civil and Architectural Engineering at the University of Miami. He is an expert on supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) and cements, and more broadly, Dr. Suraneni is acknowledged as a worldwide expert on concrete decarbonization. He has worked on novel manufacturing methods for cements and SCMs, including mechanochemical activation, thermal activation, and through CO2 uptake. Research has focused on the process-structure-properties of SCMs that result through these technologies, process optimization, property measurement, and new test method development. Dr. Suraneni and his team have developed numerous test methods to rapidly measure SCM reactivity; these test results can be linked to strength and durability. Further expertise includes work on model systems such as calcium aluminosilicate glasses. The lab has tested > 1000 different materials for feasibility as SCMs, including those from various start-ups. Dr. Suraneni is active in ACI, RILEM, ASTM, and ACerS, including in various leadership roles. In the last six years, he has won numerous awards, such as the UM College of Engineering David J. Sumanth Early Career Research Award, ASTM Advances in Civil Engineering Materials Outstanding Editorial Board Member Award, the ACerS Cements Division Cements Division: Early Career Award, and the RILEM Gustavo Colonnetti Medal, among others.
The Civil and Architectural Engineering Department, and overall the College of Engineering have significant strengths in the decarbonization of concrete. We have five other faculty members - Profs. Xianming Shi, Luis Ruiz Pestana, Ali Ghahremaninezhad, Sivakumar Ramanathan, and Antonio Nanni working on concrete decarbonization. Expertise spans from molecular dynamics to relatively large-scale testing. Expertise is available for a range of different materials systems, approaches, and includes expertise on life-cycle analysis. |
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| | AggrePlex LLC | William Cialone | Business Development Manager |
Small Business
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Other
| AggrePlex | AggrePlex produces PozzoDyneâ„¢, an Activated Ground Glass Pozzolan (AGGP) made from diverted landfill waste glass. This innovative SCM serves as an alternative to Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) and effectively mitigates Alkali-Silica Reaction (ASR). Complying with ASTM C1866/C1866M-20C standards, AGGP meets the growing demand for SCMs amid clean energy shifts and SCM shortages like fly ash and slag.
Key Features:
- Derived from finely ground waste glass (<20 microns), with over 50% being 5 microns or finer, enhancing concrete performance.
- Manufactured using Microtec's advanced technology, ensuring high throughput, energy efficiency, and reduced capital intensity.
- Reduces carbon emissions by 92% per ton compared to traditional cement production, lowering concrete's global warming potential by up to 20%.
- Validated by major industry players (Ozinga, CEMEX, Titan America, etc.) and leading universities (MIT, University of Miami).
Expansion Plan:
- Establishing 100,000-ton/year AGGP facilities in Florida, California, Georgia, Texas, Pennsylvania, and Illinois (just to start, these are areas w/ a high concentration of glass).
- Processing post-consumer container glass and expanding to other types (windshield, solar panel, fiberglass).
Benefits:
- More landfill space and a reduction in the emission of CO2 which stems from OPC production.
- Improved seismic resistance, thermal insulation (R-Value), durability, and effective in mitigating ASR.
- Eligibility for LEED credits and lower insurance costs, and opportunities for cost-effective green-financing alternatives.
Established Leadership Team:
AggrePlex's leadership team includes experienced executives from the resource extraction, waste, and recycling sectors, with Kevin Crutchfield as CEO, Anthony Cialone as President, James Burnham as EVP, Josef Fischer as CTO, Herb Northrop as Director of Business Development, David Petroni as Director of Plant Operations, and Koren Wah as Director of LEAN Manufacturing & Quality Production.
AggrePlex is committed to a circular economy, increasing glass recovery rates from 25% to 75%, creating high-paying technical jobs, and supporting sustainability throughout the entire United States. |
| FL |
| | Lakril Technologies Corporation | Christopher P Nicholas | President and Co-Founder |
Small Business
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Industrial and Heat
| Chemicals and Refining - Industrial Decarbonization | Låkril Technologies delivers Industrial Decarbonization through disruption of the petrochemical industry. We believe in a world where bio-based sugars are the backbone of tomorrow's high volume chemicals. We are working to deliver catalysts and processes to the processing industries, thereby linking together the agricultural and chemicals markets.
We have a fully operational Chicago based R&D facility with catalyst preparation and XRD analytical capabilities as well as catalytic testing and separations capabilities at up to kg scale. We principally seek partnership and/or contract research opportunities, but are also willing to consult on conversion of existing equipment to multi-product biorefineries should the proper opportunity become available.
Låkril's primary business is to provide competitive alternatives to high volume petrochemicals to help decrease the world's COâ‚‚ intensity. Our revolutionary catalyst technology for catalytic dehydration of α-hydroxy acids allows the supply of sustainable, bio-based acrylic acid and acrylate derivatives as drop-in replacements to the paints, coatings, adhesives, and superabsorbents industries at cost parity. |
| IL |
| | Thornton Tomasetti | Emily Kunkel | Vice President – Applied Science |
Large Business
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Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage
| Carbon Capture | Thornton Tomasetti's Applied Science practice is dedicated to reducing emissions from energy and industrial facilities alike, via means like carbon capture, hydrogen fuels, energy storage, electrification, etc. We aim to help facilities understand their options to mitigate or capture CO2 emissions to achieve a more sustainable process and reduce environmental product declarations (EPDs) of the materials they produce. In turn this helps us inform clients that are developing new buildings to understand how they can source low embodied carbon materials produced with CCUS or utilize captured CO2 in building materials. We have expertise in carbon capture technologies, helping our clients identify which technology is the most appropriate for their application (e.g. amine, membranes, etc.) as well as performing technical assessment for integration into the existing facility as part of pre-FEED studies. Together the technical analysis provides a context for lifecycle analysis (LCA) which will determine how effective the new product will be at reducing the facility's Scope 1 emissions and other's Scope 3 emissions. We also provide cost-effectiveness and market analysis to provide case studies for end uses - ensuring expected cost of materials/products are still within price margins for new developments (e.g. "green premium"). |
| IL |
| | University of Florida | Kyle Riding | Professor |
Academic
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Other
| Cement and Concrete | Dr. Kyle A. Riding is a Professor and Department Head of Civil and Coastal Engineering at the University of Florida and Interim Director of the University of Florida Transportation Institute. He received his M.S.E. and Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. He worked as a post-doctoral researcher at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology at Lausanne studying the mechanism of strength enhancement of grinding aids on blended cement systems. His research includes ASCMs, early-age concrete behavior, mass concrete, concrete durability, test methods, and constructability. Dr. Riding served as the chair of the American Ceramic Society Cements Division from 2013-2014. He has served as chair of the Precast/ Prestressed Concrete Institute Concrete Materials Technology committee since 2016. Dr. Riding is very active in ACI and is a voting member of ACI committees 201 Durability of Concrete, 236 Material Science of Concrete, 318A Structural Concrete Building Code General, Concrete and Construction, and is the chair of 231 Properties of Concrete at Early Ages. |
| FL |
| | Stevens Institute of Technology | Weina Meng | Associate Professor |
Academic
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Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage
| Collaborative Alignment on Decarbonation of Concrete and Cement Industry | Dr. Weina Meng, an Associate Professor at Stevens Institute of Technology, brings a wealth of experience and expertise to the topic of decarbonizing the concrete and cement industry. With a strong background in developing sustainable and resilient civil engineering materials, she has led research initiatives focused on reducing the carbon footprint of concrete. Her work includes the development of ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC) with enhanced sustainability and the creation of low/negative carbon concrete through innovative methods such as waste utilization and CO2 sequestration.
Dr. Meng's research has been supported by significant external funding, including a prestigious NSF CAREER award, and has resulted in over 70 peer-reviewed journal articles, with her work being widely cited in the field. She has also collaborated with industry partners to accelerate the adoption of low-carbon cement and concrete technologies. Her experience in managing large-scale research projects and her technical expertise in advanced materials make her well-equipped to contribute to the commercialization and real-world application of sustainable cement products.
Dr. Meng is particularly interested in aligning her research efforts with the broader goals of industry consortia and groups focused on decarbonization. She aims to leverage her knowledge and collaborative experience to promote the use of sustainable concrete solutions, thereby facilitating their procurement and commercialization. Her commitment to sustainability and her proven track record in both research and industry collaboration position her as a valuable contributor to advancing decarbonization in the concrete and cement sectors. |
| NJ |
| | Sutter Engineering LLC | Lawrence Sutter | Principal |
Individual
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Other
| Concrete and Cement | Larry Sutter serves as the Principal of Sutter Engineering, LLC, providing consulting services on concrete durability, forensic analysis, and specifying concrete-making materials. He is also a Professor Emeritus and Research Professor in the Materials Science & Engineering Department at Michigan Technological University. He specializes in supporting development and implementation of alternative cementitious materials (ACMs) and alternative supplementary cementitious materials (ASCMs). He is a registered professional engineer in Michigan.
He has over 40 years of experience in material characterization, concrete materials engineering and testing, and concrete pavement durability, and has done extensive research on various recycled and secondary materials including fly ash, blast furnace slag, and municipal solid waste incinerator ash, in addition to conventional construction materials such as aggregates, concrete and asphalt. Significant projects have included extensive studies of the effects of chloride deicers on concrete pavements and development of tests for application in fly ash specifications. He has performed research projects for the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP), Federal Highways Administration (FHWA), the CPTech Center at Iowa State University, and numerous DOTs investigating concrete pavement durability and performance.
Dr. Sutter is a Fellow of ASTM International and is Vice-Chair of Committee C01 (Cement) and also Vice-Chair of Committee C09 (Concrete). He serves as Chairman of Subcommittees C01.14 (Non-hydraulic Cement), C01.27 (Strength), and C09.24 (Supplementary Cementitious Materials). Dr. Sutter serves on numerous other ASTM subcommittees.
Dr. Sutter is a Fellow of the American Concrete Institute (ACI) and a Director on the Institute’s Board of Direction. He serves as Chairman of 321 Concrete Durability Code, Vice-Chairman of 232 on Fly Ash and Secretary of 201 Durability. He is a member of ACI Committees 130, 221, 225, 233, 239, 240, 242, and E701. He currently is President of the Board for the ACI Center of Excellence for Carbon Neutral Concrete (NEU). He is a past member of the Educational Activities Committee (EAC) and served as Chair and lead author for ITG-10 Alternative Cements and was instrumental informing Committee 242.
Dr. Sutter serves in other organizations including: the National Concrete Consortium and the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO). |
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| | Tennessee Tech University | Ethan Languri | Director of IAC and Professor |
Academic
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Industrial and Heat
| | I specialize in industrial energy management, energy assessment, and decarbonization, focusing on reducing energy consumption and carbon footprints. My expertise includes advanced computational methods and the development of nanodiamond-enhanced phase change materials for energy storage. I also work on thermal management for Li-ion batteries to enhance performance and safety. My goal is to promote sustainable industrial energy use by reducing carbon emissions and optimizing energy systems for enhanced performance and environmental responsibility.
I've been with DOE-funded Industrial Assessment Center for over 10 years. As the Director of Tennessee's IAC, I'm heavily involved in providing training and energy assessment to manufacturing facilities. I use variaus tools developed in house or by federal and state agencies to implement decarbonization and energy reduction projects in industry.
Please feel free to contact me via email to start a conversation for a potential collaboration on a proposal on this topic. |
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