Cleaner Copper and Energy Capture

Professor Dominic Gervasio and principal research specialist Hassan Elsentriecy are making mining more environmentally sound with a toxin-free method of extracting copper metal from raw ore using high-temperature molten salts. In collaboration with professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering Peiwen "Perry" Li, they have also found a way to recover and store some of the energy created in the smelting process.

The team is working with Tech Launch Arizona to bring the technologies to market through the startup MetOxs Electrochemical.