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August 2024

Aug. 21, 2024

How 8 Hours of Constant Explosions Can Help Make Concrete Carbon Neutral

DTE Materials has access to NREL expertise and equipment through the Shell GameChanger Accelerator Powered by NREL (GCxN) program. DTE’s patented process, called Clearwash, is designed to make anatomical changes to biomass to make it integrate with ceramic binders more effectively.

Aug. 20, 2024

Inspiring and Creative: Three NREL Researchers Recently Honored by the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy

The Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) announced approximately $11.5 million in funding through its new Inspiring Generations of New Innovators to Impact Technologies in Energy 2024 (IGNIITE 2024) program. Three researchers from NREL are among the inaugural class of selectees.

Aug. 19, 2024

Chemist Rebecca Smaha Knows It: Next-Gen Clean Energy Technologies Hinge on Basic Materials Science

Call it fate or happenstance, but NREL's Rebecca Smaha found her chemistry specialization in an auditorium at Princeton University during her junior year.

Aug. 19, 2024

With Critical Systems Under Attack, a New Workplace Culture Could Be the Best Defense

The workforce in critical sectors is short-staffed and undertrained in cybersecurity. To address this gap, the U.S. government has taken steps to expand, diversify, and educate the critical infrastructure workforce, and that agenda is already in action at NREL.

Aug. 19, 2024

Kestrel Supercomputer Ready To Energize Renewable Energy Research

After more than two years of hard work, the Kestrel supercomputer completes its full buildout to reach 44 petaflops of computing power focused on renewable energy and energy efficiency research.

Aug. 14, 2024

Beneath the Surface: Anuj Sanghvi’s Journey From Toy Tinkerer to Cybersecurity Defender

Anuj Sanghvi, now an NREL cybersecurity researcher and network security engineer, always knew he wanted to work in engineering. He was one of those children—the ones who take toys and electronics apart to play with the circuit boards.

Aug. 8, 2024

Final Winners of Historically Black Colleges and Universities Energy Education Prize's Inspire Track Announced

DOE launched the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Clean Energy Education Prize through the American-Made program to address the growing need for a robust energy workforce. Today, the final winners of the HBCU Energy Education Prize in the Inspire Track were announced.

Aug. 8, 2024

Researcher Shafquat Khan Elevated to Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers Senior Member

Khan is a researcher within NREL's Center for Integrated Mobility Sciences and has been named a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

Aug. 8, 2024

Creative Services Group Manager Puts Humans Into Science

Bill Gillies was chosen as a 2024 Distinguished Member of Operations Staff for his contributions to the laboratory.

Aug. 6, 2024

NREL Buildings Research Is Helping US Navy Make Energy Efficiency Improvements

With more than 500,000 buildings and structures at more than 500 domestic and international naval sites, the U.S. Navy has an opportunity to achieve significant energy and cost savings by increasing efficiency.


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