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The JLab Electron-Ion Collider (JLEIC) is proposed to collider spin-polarized beams of electrons and ions at high energy and high luminosity- Sustaining high luminosity requires the use of bunched-beam electron cooling to control emittance growth in the circulating ion beam- The electron cooling requires that a bunched electron beam be coalesced with the ion bunches so that they travel with the sa ...

Current computational predictive tools are not benefited from state-of-the-art algorithms and hardware to simulate complex physical-chemical processes which occur in various material and energy systems- These simulation software: 1) simplify complex geometries, 2) model either physical or chemical processes, 3) are incapable of capturing physical and chemical properties which span vast length scal ...

Shale oil and natural gas, recovered mainly via hydraulic fracturing, has a significant role in meeting the U-S- energy demand in near future- Characteristics and properties of injected fluids used in hydraulic fracturing directly affect the amount of recovery- Since current injection fluid technologies result in low recovery factors, oil and gas industry is seeking new injection fluids to increas ...

The proposed activities focus on the development of an innovative compact high-resolution Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) device- Specifically, this NMR device will be capable of rural and autonomous operation and become the first lab to field survey instrument for high-resolution characterization of biological processes in living organisms- The high-resolution NMR will feature advanced supercond ...

Mass spectrometric measurement of elemental isotopic ratios from solids has been mostly obtained by secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) which has a sensitivity for almost all elements superior to Xray fluorescence and laser desorption ICPMS- In SIMS elemental and molecular ions are liberated from the near surface of a solid by energetic micron or submicron focused ion beams and extracted with a ...

Hydrocarbons will remain an important energy source for the foreseeable future- Unconventionals are plentiful but decline quickly- Successful application of AERO Technology can recover a significant portion of this enormous resource into the world's energy marketplace- AERO technology acts via interfacial tension alteration and bio-diversion of fluids to improve oil mobility and sweep efficiency â ...

The next generation of X-ray free-electron lasers will provide temporally coherent light using a variety of schemes, several of which rely on multi-pass oscillator configurations- Accurately modeling these systems over thousands of passes is computationally expensive- Faster methods for accurately modeling the free-electron laser amplifier and X-ray optics will allow more efficient design studies ...

Next-generation light sources will rely on tightly arranged sequences of high-field magnets to reach ambitious beam parameters and brightness- Codes available for 3-D modeling and design of electromagnet systems are inadequate for capturing the overlapping fields from these dense arrays of magnets- Moreover, these codes suffer from poor parallel performance, leading to long turn-around times, whic ...

Despite its potential to lower costs and increase throughput, roll-to-roll nanomanufacturing has yet to become widely used by the private sector due to a lack of industry standardization and the dearth of available data on roll-to-roll process limits- To address this knowledge gap and increase roll-to-roll adoption, a high-performance computing simulation tool will be developed- This tool will pro ...

Rare earth metals are valued for their unique magnetic, optical and catalyst properties- These materials are used in many clean energy technologies including wind turbines, electric vehicles, photovoltaic thin films and fluorescent lighting- Coal and coal ash are potentially economical sources of REE and many studies of REE concentrations in these materials have been reported- In both mining and r ...