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Randolph Kirchain
Researcher at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Publications - 182
Citations - 5108
Randolph Kirchain is an academic researcher from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Scrap & Life-cycle assessment. The author has an hindex of 32, co-authored 177 publications receiving 4145 citations. Previous affiliations of Randolph Kirchain include Georgia Institute of Technology & Ford Motor Company.
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Evaluating rare earth element availability: a case with revolutionary demand from clean technologies
Elisa Alonso,Andrew M. Sherman,Timothy J. Wallington,Mark P. Everson,Frank R. Field,Richard Roth,Randolph Kirchain +6 more
TL;DR: Upper and lower bound usage projections for REE in automotive and wind applications were developed to evaluate the state of future REE supply availability and identify some key variables that could affect future rare earth markets and market behavior.
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A roadmap for nanophotonics
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors propose a cohesive plan for nanophotonics to maximize its impact on the market and the next generation of technology, by formulating a unified plan.
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Improving aluminum recycling: A survey of sorting and impurity removal technologies
TL;DR: An overview of upgrading technologies available at both the industrial and lab-scale to improve aluminum scrap purity and facilitate recycling can be found in this paper, where the authors provide a trade-off between cost and efficacy (tramp removal).
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Strategic Materials Selection In The Automobile Body: Economic Opportunities for Polymer Composite Design
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors find composites to have significant economic potential when considering emerging advances in the polymer composite body-in-white design against the mild-grade steel body currently on the road.
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Material Availability and the Supply Chain: Risks, Effects, and Responses
TL;DR: Private firm interests, when properly informed, can motivate strategies that drive toward sustainable materials use, which include improving production efficiency, developing technology to use more sustainable substitute materials, and facilitating a more effective materials recycling infrastructure.