Friday, November 3rd, 2023
Srimoyee Chatterjee Charged with Felony Theft
Ms. Srimoyee Chatterjee is accused of Theft, a category C Felony under the Nevada Revised Statutes. Class C felony theft occurs when someone steals property or services worth at least $5,000 but no more than $25,000. The penalties for Class C felonies include a prison sentence between 1 and 5 years long and a fine worth up to $10,000. As per the court filing, defendant Chatterjee is charged with knowingly, felonious, and without lawful authority committing Theft of property having a value of $5,000 or greater but less than $25,000 belongingRead More
UNR Materials Engineering Professor Mano Misra and Team Begin Work to Develop an Environmentally Sensitive Lithium Extraction Process
Mano Misra, Pengbo Chu and Pradeep Menezes head up a $4.5 million, 3-year project with ABTC. Misra, along with Mechanical Engineering Professor Pradeep Menezes and Mining and Metallurgical Engineering Professor Pengbo Chu, are working with American Battery Technology Company (ABTC) to develop a proprietary, low-environmental-impact process that ultimately would be employed to extract 5,000 tons of lithium hydroxide yearly from a commercial facility in Nevada’s Smoky Valley, near Tonopah. The project involves characterization, process engineering and modeling to optimize a lithium extraction process that needs less water and less energy,Read More