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New perspective highlights promise of hybrid approach for cellulosic biofuel production

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

The rapid pace of global climate change has added urgency to developing technologies that reduce the carbon footprint of transportation technologies, especially in sectors that are difficult to electrify. In response, researchers collaborating through the Center for Bioenergy Innovation make the case that scientific advances support a hybrid approach using biological and catalytic methods for producing cellulosic biofuel for use in airplanes, ships and long-haul trucks.

Journal: Energy & Environmental Science
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

CBI early career program develops next generation of bioenergy leaders

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Participants in the Early Career Development program at the Center for Bioenergy Innovation at Oak Ridge National Laboratory relate their experience as both scientists and mentees, learning how to manage a multi-institutional, interdisciplinary research project.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

Bioenergy scientists discover genetic pathway for better biofuel processing

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

A team of researchers working with the Center for Bioenergy Innovation (CBI) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory has discovered a pathway to encourage a type of lignin formation in plants that could make the processing of crops grown for products such as sustainable jet fuels easier and less costly.

Journal: Science Advances

Smithsonian exhibit honors ORNL’s Amy Elliott with life-sized statue recognizing women in STEM

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientist Amy Elliott is one of 120 women featured in a new exhibit, IfThenSheCan, at the Smithsonian to commemorate Women's History Month. A life-size 3D printed statue of Elliott, a manufacturing scientist, is now on display in the Smithsonian Castle in Washington, D.C., through March 27.

Funder: Office of Science, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Advanced Manufacturing Office

Traffic-based analyses of buildings advance smart city capabilities

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

To determine how these daily mobility patterns affect energy usage, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory partnered with the Smart City Division within the City of Chattanooga’s Department of Information Technology. Benefits from this work could ultimately include more efficient heating and cooling of buildings based on their populations and faster, better informed responses in emergency scenarios.

Journal: Building Simulation
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

ORNL’s Brian Fricke named ASHRAE Fellow

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

The American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers, or ASHRAE, selected Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Brian Fricke as one of 25 members elevated to fellow grade during its 2022 winter conference.

Story tips: Beneath the skin, crustacean-inspired cotton, automating clean water, samples in space and capturing furnace emissions

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

ORNL story tips: Beneath the skin, crustacean-inspired cotton, automating clean water, samples in space and capturing furnace emissions

Journal: Science Translational Medicine
Funder: Office of Science, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Building Technologies Office, Advanced Manufacturing Office, NIH/National Institutes of Health, Advanced Scientific Computing Research

ORNL, TVA partner to drive decarbonization, explore carbon-free technologies

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Business Announcement

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Tennessee Valley Authority, or TVA, are joining forces to advance decarbonization technologies from discovery through deployment through a new memorandum of understanding, or MOU.

COVID-19 in the classroom: Simulating the spread

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

A team led by Rao Kotamarthi at the US Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory is using supercomputers at DOE’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory to study how aerosol viral particles are distributed in a ventilated classroom as part of COVID-19 research.

Funder: Biological and Environmental Research, Office of Science, Advanced Scientific Computing Research
Meeting: 74th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics

Carbon-negative platform turns waste gases into valuable chemicals

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

A team of scientists from LanzaTech, Northwestern University and the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed carbon capture technology that harnesses emissions from industrial processes to produce acetone and isopropanol, known as IPA. These widely used chemicals serve as the basis of thousands of products, from fuels and solvents to acrylic glass and fabrics.

Journal: Nature Biotechnology
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

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