Natick, MA April 5, 2010
For Immediate Release (PDF)

Metal Oxygen Separation Technologies, Inc. (MOxST, pronounced "most"), the leading company in clean metal production for clean energy, welcomes Dr. Robert Woodman and Dr. Soobhankar Pati to its engineering team. The two will play key roles in the development and scale-up of MOxST's Solid Oxide Membrane (SOM) Electrolysis technology for producing solar-grade silicon and magnesium directly from sand and magnesium oxide, with zero emissions and a by-product of pure oxygen. Woodman and Pati joined MOxST in late March and early April respectively.

Dr. Woodman brings to MOxST fourteen years of research experience in ceramics technology, metallurgy, and electrochemistry across academic, government laboratory, and industrial settings. Most recently, at Infoscitex Corporation in Waltham, he developed accelerated radiation test protocols for satellite solar cell coverglass development, alternative coverglass formulations, and an independent program applying computational thermodynamics to advanced ceramic materials development. Before that, at the Army Research Laboratory (ARL) in Aderdeen, MD, he developed metallic glasses for kinetic energy penetrators, studied the incorporation of carbon nanotubes into boron carbide armor tiles, and mapped the phase equilibria of binary and ternary hafnium alloy systems. His metallic glass development efforts received recognition as co-winner of the Army's Paul A. Siple Award for Best Paper at the 2004 Army Science Conference. Before ARL, Woodman held post-doctoral appointments at Caltech and Argonne National Laboratory. He earned his Ph.D. in Ceramics at Rutgers University in 1996, and is a member of six scientific research societies.

Dr. Pati earned his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Boston University (BU) in March 2010, where he developed a new technology for using the energy in industrial and municipal waste to directly make hydrogen gas at high efficiency. At BU, Pati's advisor was Uday Pal, the inventor of SOM Electrolysis. Pati's contributions led to breakthroughs which reduced the cost of pure oxygen production at the SOM anode, made gas handling in the process much simpler and more robust, and facilitated scale-up of the process from a few grams to kilogram scale.

MOxST CEO Steve Derezinski said, "We are excited to have such strong technical talent in our company as we build on the fundamental technology. Dr. Woodman and Dr. Pati bring their own unique and important talent to the team which is key for our successful growth."

About MOxST
MOxST was founded by CEO Steve Derezinski and CTO Adam Powell in 2008 to bring SOM Electrolysis technology to industrial scale. SOM Electrolysis is a patented breakthrough technology for making metals from their oxide ores with low capital, raw material and energy costs and zero chlorine or carbon emissions. In addition to lower industrial emissions and energy use, our metal products will drive innovation of a new generation of energy-efficient vehicles, and will help to accelerate the widespread deployment of solar energy by reducing its cost. Derezinski and Powell bring over 25 years of experience to MOxST in materials process development and technology entrepreneurship.

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