The Center for Critical Mineral Solutions is supported by a range of institutes, programs, and industry partners. The center scope and mission have received broad campus support, including funding from multiple IRIs, collaborations with research centers, education resources, and industry advisors. Below are some of our collaborators and sponsors:
Research Centers
The Center for Critical Mineral Solutions will collaborate with several other research centers. These collaborations will focus on community engagement, developing decarbonized strategies, battery metal resources and recycling, and developing separation and purification strategies.
DirACC
Industry Advisors

Lee Lemke
Secretary, Georgia Mining Association

Prakash Malla
Director of R&D (retired), Thiele Kaolin Company

N.N. Nortey Yeboah
Principal Engineer, Southern Company
Interdisciplinary Research Institutes
Interdisciplinary Research Institutes (IRIs) bring together researchers from different disciplines to address topics of strategic importance to Georgia Tech. The Center for Critical Mineral Solutions is funded in part by the following Interdisciplinary Research Institutes.