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DOE's EERE program officials visit ORNL
We hosted several DOE program sponsors during February, including Steven Chalk, deputy assistant secretary for Transportation; Michael Berube, director of the Vehicle Technologies Office; Jonathan Male, director of the Bioenergy Technologies Office; Timothy Unruh, deputy assistant secretary for Renewable Energy; and Alejandro Moreno, director of the Water Power Technologies Office, in DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE). Thank you to all staff who contributed to and supported these visits by our key sponsors.
Top, L-R: Chalk and Berube discuss catalysis and emissions research during a presentation by ORNL's Todd Toops at the National Transportation Research Center. Bottom, L-R: ORNL's Georgios Polyzos demonstrates superhydrophobic materials for Unruh and Moreno.
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Awards included—Large Area Additive Manufacturing Technologies, co-developed and licensed to Cincinnati Incorporated and Strangpresse; Aluminum Cerium Alloys, co-developed by the Critical Materials Institute, Eck Industries, Ames Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and licensed to Eck; Atmospheric-Pressure Plasma Oxidation Oven, co-developed by and licensed to RMX Technologies; and Low-Cost Carbon Fiber Technology, licensed to four small and large businesses. All four technologies were developed with support from DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
Congratulations to the DAAC [Distributed Active Archive Center for Biogeochemical Dynamics] team for their receipt of the William T. Pecora Award, given jointly by NASA and the U.S. Department of Interior to researchers who excel in the use of satellite or aerial remote sensing.
Kudos as well to Jerry Tuskan, Lee Gunter, Wellington Muchero, and Priya Ranjan for receiving the Silver Award from The Plant Journal on their publication detailing new insight into the moss genome.
During February, we also hosted visitors from the Qatar Foundation, Chattanooga Electric Power Board, and a delegation of regional business and community leaders led by Congressman Chuck Fleischmann. These visits highlight the important work of the lab and place us in a good position to take on new research opportunities. I look forward to our continued, collective efforts to deliver scientific excellence and organizational performance for our sponsors.
Safety is a core value in everything we do. Please be mindful of best safety practices and be proactive in addressing areas of concern whenever they arise. Safety is everyone's responsibility. —Moe
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Gene improves plant growth and conversion to biofuels Read more
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It's elemental: Designing the perfect biofuel catalyst Read more
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GM revs up diesel combustion modeling on Titan Read more
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Particulate filter research targets more fuel-efficient vehicles Read more
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Sugar release and growth of biofuel crops are improved by downregulation of pectin biosynthesis | Ajaya Biwal, Miguel Rodriguez, et al, Nature Biotechnology, 12 February 2018. Read more
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Experimental evaluation and thermodynamic system modeling of thermoelectric heat pump clothes dryer | Viral Patel, Kyle Gluesenkamp, Dakota Goodman, Anthony Gehl, Applied Energy, 28 February 2018. Read more
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Catalytic exhaust gas recirculation-loop reforming for high efficiency in a stoichiometric spark-ignited engine through thermochemical recuperation and dilution limit extension, part 1: Catalyst performance | Yan Chang, James Szybist, Josh Pihl, D. William Brookshear, Energy & Fuels, 19 December 2018 Read more
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Heterogeneity in nitrogen sources enhances productivity and nutrient use efficiency in algal polycultures | Shovan Mandal, Jonathan Shurin, Rebecca Efroymson, Teresa Mathews, Environmental Science & Technology, American Chemical Society, 21 February 2018 Read more
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Single crystal to polycrystal neutron transmission simulation | Luc Dessieux, Alexandru Stoica, Philip Bingham, AIP Review of Scientific Instruments, February 2018. Read more
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Understanding chemistry-specific fuel differences at a constant RON in a boosted SI engine | James Szybist, Derek Splitter, Fuel, 2 January 2018 Read more
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Missing pieces to modeling the Arctic-Boreal puzzle | Joshua B. Fisher, Daniel J. Hayes, Stan D Wullschleger, et al, Environmental Research Letters, 13 February 2018. Read more
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Microbial functional gene diversity predicts groundwater contamination and ecosystem functioning | Zhili He, Andrea Rocha, David Watson, Terry Hazen, et al, mBio, American Society for Microbiology, 20 February 2018. Read more
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MATERIALS: Supertough bioplastic
A novel method developed at ORNL creates supertough renewable plastic with improved manufacturability. Working with polylactic acid, a biobased plastic often used in packaging, textiles, biomedical implants and 3D printing, the research team added tiny amounts of silicon-based materials called silanes to design a new polymer. Read more
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BUILDINGS: The right stuff
A new system being developed at ORNL will help builders and home designers select the best construction materials for long-term moisture durability. Researchers will couple input from structural and materials experts with data gleaned from running approximately 800,000 building envelope simulations on ORNL’s Titan supercomputer, accounting for choice of materials, climate, orientation, air tightness and indoor conditions. Read more
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Green Car Congress
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Dan Jacobson: Embracing complexity in biological systems
Dan Jacobson is illuminating the workings of biological systems from the molecular scale up by leveraging ORNL’s supercomputing resources to create machine- and deep-learning techniques more easily understood by humans—an evolving field called explainable artificial intelligence (AI). Read more
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Heather Buckberry: Helping homes get smart
Heather Buckberry is project manager for ORNL’s involvement in industry partner Southern Company’s Smart Neighborhood, the Southeast’s first community custom-built to generate, store, and use its own electricity—a system known as a microgrid. Read more
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Area students had an opportunity to "Get into Green" at the EESD Science Fair trailer during the Knox County Schools Career Expo in February.
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ESD's Peter Thornton recently presented the lab's earth system modeling research to a community audience in Oak Ridge.
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