Clean coal technology that’s good for the environment and the economy

University Distinguished Professor Roe-Hoan Yoon is focused on developing clean coal technologies to capture value from coal refuse materials while reducing the environmental impacts. They hold the promise of rare earth element extraction of elements that are critical to some of our most important global industries. Over the course of his forty-plus year tenure at Virginia Tech, Dr. Yoon has been a champion of technology commercialization, working to develop several commercially successful endeavors including large-scale demonstration projects with positive environmental and social impact.