{"669919":{"#nid":"669919","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Coal Ash Could Be the Next Great Source of Clean Tech Raw Materials","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESince leaving Georgia Tech, Laura (Mast) Stoy, PhD EnvE 21, has continued to pursue her research, this time as an entrepreneur.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe environmental engineering graduate founded \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.rivaliachemical.com\/\u0022\u003ERivalia Chemical Co.\u003C\/a\u003E with her sights set on commercializing her work as a PhD student. Over the past two years, Stoy has been selected for a competitive business incubator and a prestigious fellowship for entrepreneurs.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EStoy and her advisor, Turnipseed Family Chair and Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ce.gatech.edu\/directory\/person\/ching-hua-huang\u0022\u003EChing-Hua Huang\u003C\/a\u003E, discovered that by applying an ionic liquid directly to solid coal fly ash, rare-earth elements (REEs) can be successfully removed in a safe process that creates little waste.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ce.gatech.edu\/news\/2023\/09\/alumni-spotlight-laura-stoy-transforms-research-clean-technology-startup\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERead more on the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering website.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAlumna Laura Stoy is working to commercialize a process born from her Ph.D. research that can extract rare earth elements from coal fly ash.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Alumna Laura Stoy is working to commercialize a process born from her Ph.D. research that can extract rare earth elements from coal fly ash."}],"uid":"27446","created_gmt":"2023-09-25 18:59:11","changed_gmt":"2023-09-25 19:04:06","author":"Joshua Stewart","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-09-06T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-09-06T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"671821":{"id":"671821","type":"image","title":"Laura Stoy Techstars","body":"\u003Cp\u003ELaura Stoy gives a presentation as part of the Techstars Alabama EnergyTech Accelerator.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","created":"1694026765","gmt_created":"2023-09-06 18:59:25","changed":"1695668365","gmt_changed":"2023-09-25 18:59:25","alt":"Laura Stoy speaks on stage nex to large letters spelling \u0022techstars\u0022 as part of the Techstars Alabama EnergyTech Accelerator.","file":{"fid":"254956","name":"Laura-Stoy-Rivalia-rare-earth-elements-techstars-presentation-t.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/09\/25\/Laura-Stoy-Rivalia-rare-earth-elements-techstars-presentation-t.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/09\/25\/Laura-Stoy-Rivalia-rare-earth-elements-techstars-presentation-t.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":519644,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2023\/09\/25\/Laura-Stoy-Rivalia-rare-earth-elements-techstars-presentation-t.jpg?itok=emnzh8zC"}}},"media_ids":["671821"],"groups":[{"id":"1237","name":"College of Engineering"},{"id":"289141","name":"Women in Engineering (WIE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"144","name":"Energy"}],"keywords":[{"id":"594","name":"college of engineering"},{"id":"1922","name":"environmental engineering"},{"id":"4776","name":"civil and environmental engineering"},{"id":"4198","name":"coal"},{"id":"192996","name":"rare earth elements"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:melissa.fralick@ce.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EMelissa Fralick\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nSchool of Civil and Environmental Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["melissa.fralick@ce.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}