Old electronics and solar panels could become a new, domestic source for critical and strategic materials through Intel-E-Waste, a startup whose technology builds on foundational research from Penn State.
The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), through STRIDE Ventures, selected Intel-E-Waste as one of only eight winners of the inaugural Tech Metal Transformation Challenge, a national program designed to strengthen domestic supply chains for critical and strategic metals. Selected from 130 applicants nationwide, the Intel-E-Waste-led team is now in the first 10-month stage of the milestone-driven program, advancing prototype development, technical validation, and pathways to industrial deployment for complex electronic waste streams.
Penn State serves as a key research partner on the project through the work of Mohammad Rezaee, co-founder and chief technology officer of Intel-E-Waste and Centennial Career Development Professor of Mining Engineering at the University.
