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In the Mountain West, a quantum computing collaboration announces major results

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Sandia National Laboratories, home to the DOE’s longest running quantum computing program, and tech company Quantinuum have published a paper in the scientific journal Nature that reports the performance of the company’s 98-qubit commercial system, Helios, which debuted last year.

Journal: Nature
Funder: U.S. Department of Energy

ORNL-developed cybersecurity framework graduates from lab to electric grid

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Business Announcement

A grid cybersecurity and verification framework developed at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has been licensed by GridForge Energy Solutions. The startup plans to explore ways the technology could boost real-time visibility of grid behavior for energy projects, grid management companies and utilities.

ORNL partnership helps ACP Technologies scale materials for graphite and carbon fiber

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Business Announcement

A long-running partnership between ACP Technologies and the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has helped move advanced pitch materials from laboratory development to pilot-scale production — supporting new domestic capabilities in synthetic graphite and carbon fiber manufacturing.

ORNL's Cait Clarkson earns SAMPE leadership award

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Cait Clarkson, an R&D staff scientist in Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Manufacturing Science Division, has received the Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE) Young Professional Emerging Leadership Award, which recognizes outstanding early-career leadership in materials and process engineering.

Innovation Crossroads celebrates 10 years of entrepreneurship at LEEP Demo Day

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Business Announcement

Entrepreneurs, researchers and program participants gathered on Wednesday, May 13, 2026 for the Department of Energy’s Lab-Embedded Entrepreneurship Program (LEEP) Demo Day, hosted by Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Innovation Crossroads at Covenant Health Park in Knoxville.

Sana Elyas elected SAMPE North America president

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

The Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering North America has elected Sana Elyas as president of the 2026-2027 North America Executive Cabinet. Her term will officially begin on July 1, 2026.

Advincula earns Frank Tiller award for filtration advances

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Rigoberto Advincula, a polymer researcher at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and a Governor’s Chair Professor at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has received the American Filtration and Separations Society’s Frank Tiller Award at FILTCON26 in Pittsburgh. The honor recognizes his lifetime leadership and scientific impact in fluid-particle separation, citing advances in new materials, 3D-printed membranes, and smart separation surfaces. A highly decorated fellow of multiple scientific societies, Advincula has authored 513 publications and holds 15 issued patents, with additional patents pending.

Grejtak earns STLE Early Career Award

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientist Tomas Grejtak has received STLE’s Early Career Award, honoring high-impact research in tribology (friction, wear, and lubrication), and will be recognized at the society’s May 18–21 annual meeting in New Orleans. His work focuses on wear, friction, deformation, and contact mechanics in materials used in nuclear, biomass, and automotive systems.

Hmeidat, Hubbard named outstanding manufacturing engineers

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Business Announcement

Nadim Hmeidat and Amber Hubbard, researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, have been honored with the 2026 Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award from the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, recognizing their contributions to advanced manufacturing research and engineering innovation.

AI’s eyes to help with component inspections

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Business Announcement

Sandia National Laboratories is incorporating artificial intelligence to help with inspections of ceramic components used in nuclear deterrence applications.

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