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North American Workshop on Critical Minerals
Start:August 13, 2025 at 8:00 am
End:
August 14, 2025 at 5:00 pm
Location:
Thompson Center
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Critical minerals are essential for a host of modern technologies including cellphones, electric vehicles, semiconductors, solar power and batteries. As demand for these technologies increases, so does the demand for critical minerals. However, these elements often come from countries that the U.S. considers foreign adversaries, which makes their supply chains vulnerable. To ensure the security of the supply, it’s essential for the U.S. to bolster its own critical minerals resources.
The goal of this event is to bring together professionals from different backgrounds to work toward a common goal: securing a U.S. supply of critical minerals. The workshop is one of few venues where geologists, engineers, metallurgists, environmental scientists, political scientists, and others interested in any part of the critical mineral supply chain can convene on this topic.
Over the course of two days, participants will be able to attend keynote addresses, oral and poster presentations, and breakout sessions on various topics such as geology, mineral exploration technologies, mineral processing focused on recycling technologies, workforce development and policy. For example, the implications of the recent presidential executive order “Immediate Measures to Increase American Mineral Production” will be a topic of discussion, with the goal of kickstarting interdisciplinary collaborations between participants.
There will also be a dinner in the Great Hall of the Texas Science & Natural History Museum, beneath the “Texas Pterosaur” Quetzalcoatlus northropi. The dinner is sponsored by ElementUSA, a company that specializes in producing critical minerals from recycled waste.
This workshop is open to the public. Learn more on the event webpage: https://www.jsg.utexas.edu/critical-minerals-workshop/
North American Workshop on Critical Minerals
Start:August 13, 2025 at 8:00 am
End:
August 14, 2025 at 5:00 pm
Location:
Thompson Center
View Event
Critical minerals are essential for a host of modern technologies including cellphones, electric vehicles, semiconductors, solar power and batteries. As demand for these technologies increases, so does the demand for critical minerals. However, these elements often come from countries that the U.S. considers foreign adversaries, which makes their supply chains vulnerable. To ensure the security of the supply, it’s essential for the U.S. to bolster its own critical minerals resources.
The goal of this event is to bring together professionals from different backgrounds to work toward a common goal: securing a U.S. supply of critical minerals. The workshop is one of few venues where geologists, engineers, metallurgists, environmental scientists, political scientists, and others interested in any part of the critical mineral supply chain can convene on this topic.
Over the course of two days, participants will be able to attend keynote addresses, oral and poster presentations, and breakout sessions on various topics such as geology, mineral exploration technologies, mineral processing focused on recycling technologies, workforce development and policy. For example, the implications of the recent presidential executive order “Immediate Measures to Increase American Mineral Production” will be a topic of discussion, with the goal of kickstarting interdisciplinary collaborations between participants.
There will also be a dinner in the Great Hall of the Texas Science & Natural History Museum, beneath the “Texas Pterosaur” Quetzalcoatlus northropi. The dinner is sponsored by ElementUSA, a company that specializes in producing critical minerals from recycled waste.
This workshop is open to the public. Learn more on the event webpage: https://www.jsg.utexas.edu/critical-minerals-workshop/
DeFord Lecture | Thomas HarterDecember, 04 2025Time: 3:30 PM - 4:30 PMLocation: Boyd Auditorium (JGB 2.324) |
UTIG Seminar Series: James Thompson, BEGDecember, 05 2025Time: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AMLocation: PRC 196/ROC 1.603 Speaker: James Thompson, Research Assistant Professor, Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas at Austin Host: Danielle Touma Title: High-Resolution Infrared Remote Sensing of Geohazards from Volcanoes to Wildfires Abstract: How can recent improvements in the spatial and spectral resolutions of infrared remote sensing datasets enhance our ability to observe and analyze geological hazards (volcanoes and wildfires)? Will a more accurate quantification of thermodynamic processes across scales (mm to km) improve our interpretations of pre-, syn-, and post-hazard influences and feedbacks? Over the last few decades, resolution improvements of infrared remote sensing data have enabled observations at smaller scales previously unattainable, providing the detail necessary to advance hazard models and surface process interpretations (e.g., lava flow propagation dynamics and wildfire front convective dynamics). These improvements lead to a better understanding of hazard feedbacks and risk assessments for both populations and ecosystems. For our volcanic work, we show how new ground and airborne (both Crewed and Uncrewed Aerial Systems) multispectral thermal infrared instruments are used to observe subtle variations in heat flux and crustal development in lava flows, which were later used to improve runout distance models and more accurately predict risks to local populations. These systems are also deployed to wildfires to characterize the dynamics of fire fronts to increase understanding of heat flux, which can significantly influence spreading rates and the overall restoration of the landscape. Further, data from infrared instruments are used to improve estimations of gas fluxes from both volcanoes and wildfires, with implications for localized microclimate variability and health impacts on populations. Finally, these high-resolution observations are both (1) scaled to satellite observations to provide more wholistic interpretations of the hazards and (2) compared with other observations (e.g., soil physics, meteorology, flora characteristics, morphology) to identify positive and negative feedbacks within the terrestrial processes. The results provide a discernable increase in accuracy of thermodynamic models and insights into thermal and gas fluxes influences on landscape conditions. |
Bureau of Economic Geology Seminar SeriesDecember, 05 2025Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PMLocation: BEG VR Room 1.116C Microstructural analysis of sedimentary and volcanic rocks presented In Person by Dr. Robert Reed Research Scientist Associate V, BEG |
UTIG Seminar Series: Student AGU Practice TalksDecember, 12 2025Time: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AMLocation: PRC 196/ROC 1.603 Each year, the week before AGU’s Fall Meeting, we invite UTIG student researchers to practice their AGU talks. Each presenter will be given 11 minutes, as per AGU’s oral presentation for 2024, followed by a few minutes for Q&A and feedback. The details of this year’s speakers are currently underway. Come back to this page for new updates. |
Bureau of Economic Geology Seminar SeriesDecember, 12 2025Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PMLocation: BEG VR Room 1.116C Environmental and aqueous geochemistry; Critical mineral presented In Person by Dr. Daniel Alessi Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Jackson School of Geosciences Getty Oil Company Centennial Chair in Geological Sciences (Holder) |