The goal of this project was to validate the results of the Interagency Screening Tool created by the National Science and Technology Council Subcommittee on Critical and Strategic Mineral Supply Chains in order to improve its ability to detect for potential material criticality as tool helps to create policies that effect critical materials. We worked with the Office of Energy Policy and Systems Analysis in the Department of Energy to research historic cases of material market anomalies, that were compared the tool's results, and used to find new avenues for determining potential material criticality. The gathered data allowed suggestions for the methodology, interface, and scope of the tool to be created into order to improve performance and usability of the tool.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Truong, Tung
• Sansoucy, Drew Pare
• O'Shea, Christopher
• Washburn, Rory Eamon

Subject

• Industry
• Sustainability
• Security

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-121416-124159

Keyword

• Risk management
• Marketing

Advisor

• Hanlan, James P.
• McCauley, Stephen M.

Year

• 2016

Center

• Washington, DC Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Bauer, Diana
• US Department of Energy
• Fields, Fletcher

Date created

• 2016-12-14

Location

• Washington

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright