ASU News
Copper has recently been added to the U.S. critical minerals list as one of the minerals that are most vital to life in America. ASU is partnering with the metals company Freeport-McMoRan to develop advanced technologies to make domestic copper mining more efficient. Among those involved are Yuri Korobeinikov, a metals expert and assistant research professor in the School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy, and Wenlong Zhang, an associate professor of manufacturing engineering and the research director in the School of Manufacturing Systems and Networks. Both schools are a part of the Fulton Schools. Zhang will work with Binil Starly, director of the School of Manufacturing Systems and Networks, to integrate robotics and AI in into project.
