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NIAS-IISc Policy Dialogue on Frontier Technologies

Critical Minerals: Energy Security, Supply Chain Challenges & Industry-Academia Convergence

3 March 2025

By Dr Thomas Lograsso

Director, Critical Materials Innovation Hub, Ames National Laboratory, US

                               
 

National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS)
NIAS-IISc Policy Dialogue on Frontier Technologies 

Critical Minerals: 
Energy Security, Supply Chain Challenges & 
Industry-Academia Convergence
Lecture by 
Dr Thomas Lograsso
Director, Critical Materials Innovation Hub, Ames National Laboratory, US

Organised by
National Institute of Advanced Studies
&
Indian Institute of Science
 in collaboration with 
US Consulate General Chennai
&
Indo-American Chamber of Commerce

Date & Venue
03 March 2025, Monday, 1600-1730hrs
Lecture Hall, National Institute of Advanced Studies 
 
About Dr  Thomas Lograsso 
Dr Thomas Lograsso is currently the Director at the Critical Materials Innovation Hub, Ames National Laboratory, US. 

At Ames Lab, Dr Lograsso led a BES Synthesis & Processing effort on Novel Materials Preparation and Processing Methodology. He is also co-inventor of a rare-earth free substitute for the magnetostrictive alloy Terfenol-D (contains the critical elements Tb and Dy).  He received his education in metallurgical engineering at Michigan Technological University, earning his PhD in 1986.  

Programme
1600-1615 hrs: Welcome and Introduction
Prof VS Ramamurthy, Professor Emeritus NIAS & Former Secretary, Department of Science & Technology, Govt of India

Prof TA Abinandanan, Professor, Department of Materials Engineering & Coordinator, DST-Centre for Policy Research, IISc

Mr Stephen Mathias, Chairman, Indo-American Chamber of Commerce (Karnataka Branch)

Mr Eric Atkins, Public Diplomacy Officer, US Consulate General Chennai

1615-1645 hrs: Special Lecture 
Dr Thomas Lograsso, Director at the Critical Materials Innovation Hub, Ames National Laboratory, US

1645-1725 hrs: Q&A

1725-1730 hrs: Conclusion & Vote of Thanks

1730 hrs: High Tea
 

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