The University of Arkansas is uniquely positioned to partner with businesses and offer solutions - from sustainable lithium extraction to production and deployment through the supply chain, to providing the workforce that drives us forward.
As a land grant and the state’s only Carnegie R1 Very High Research university, the U of A reaches every corner of Arkansas through its innovation, outreach and economic development. We stand ready to work with you in the growing lithium market.
Engage With Us
The Office of Industry and Community Engagement fosters strategic partnerships with industry and community organizations in the region and across the state to help them navigate and engage campus – a concierge service to create deeper ties with units across campus, facilitating holistic partnerships by understanding unmet needs.
Erik Pollock
Director
University of Arkansas Stable Isotope Lab (UASIL)
Trace Element and Radiogenic Isotope Lab (TRAIL)
epolloc@uark.edu
World-Class Researchers
Resources Sciences
The Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies (CAST) possesses world class geospatial and data analytics abilities. The geoscience department has research strengths in geophysics, geochemistry and hydrogeology, providing multiple tools for below ground analysis. The combination of data acquisition and modeling provides both predictive and provenance results.
Separation Sciences
A unique group of researchers at the U of A specialize in the separation and purification of products and resources. They employ a range of technologies from electrodeionization, functional membranes and instability driven separations. Emerging adaptive separation methods allow for changing separation behaviors in response to system changes. Expertise from front-end product concentrating to waste clean up strategies.
Materials Sciences
The U of A has a spectrum of materials scientists who work from the quantum and nanoscale to the analysis of novel materials and the synthesis of new electrode chemistries. Our research activities include advanced materials for packaging, control analysis, high resolution and device characterization, advanced coatings and surface engineering, photovoltaic materials, thermoelectric materials, nanotribology and bioinspired functional surfaces and materials.
Supply Chain and Transportation Logistics
The College of Engineering and the Sam M. Walton College of Business have been national leaders in supply chain and transportation logistics for more than 20 years. Researchers work at every stage to optimize planning and forecasting to sourcing, purchasing, shipping and storage. Strengths include distribution, transportation, information technology and software solutions, and maritime and multimodal transportation.
Leading-Edge Centers and Institutes
CAST
Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies
Research is focused on the acquisition, aggregation, analysis and application of geospatial data
MAST
Membrane Science Engineering and Technology Center
An NSF Industry and University Cooperative Research Center that has been conducting industrially relevant precompetitive research for over 30 years
NANO
Institute for Nanoscience & Engineering
Materials growth and characterization, protein transportation, nano-biophotonics, theoretical modeling, tribology and materials manufacturing
North America’s Top Supply Chain and Logistics Management Program
The J.B. Hunt Transport Department of Supply Chain Management has been named the top undergraduate supply chain program in North America two of the past three years for its “inclusion of global content, great popularity within the industry, robust program size, strong internship and/or co-op participation, and starting salary.”
Work-Ready Workforce
U of A students and graduates in engineering, physics, geosciences and supply chain management benefit from rigorous coursework, world-class faculty and hands-on research. Their U of A experience prepares them to hit the ground running in their careers.