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This proposal addresses the challenge of non-invasively measuring subsurface hydrogeologic properties that control the transport of contaminants and availability of groundwater resources, and efficiently mapping these properties over wide areas of the shallow subsurface (upper ~50m). General statement of how this problem is being addressed: We will develop rapid scanning nuclear magnetic resonanc ...

This proposal aims to develop a new, compact reactor for production of ammonia from air and water with renewable electricity. The conversion is carried out in a solid-state alkaline electrochemical cell at temperatures below 200oC and pressures below 10bar. Water vapor and N2 gas are fed into cathode side of the cell to form ammonia and hydroxide ions. As ammonia is produced from the cathode, the ...

Amethyst Research, in collaboration with InView, and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is developing an infrared imaging system to detect and quantify greenhouse gas emissions, to better understand their life cycle and role in global earth system dynamics.

Large-area, high-resolution hyperspectral imaging is needed to accurately understand the carbon-cycle between the atmosphere and terrestrial systems. To do this cost-effectively, small UAVs will be needed, for which there are currently no hyperspectral imagers that meet both the performance requirement of DOE and the size/weight requirements for deployment on small UAVs. How the Problem is Being ...

The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Nuclear Physics builds and maintains germanium gamma-ray detector arrays at national laboratories and universities as user facilities. The scale, capability and cost of these detector arrays will greatly improve from the availability of larger single crystal and detector sizes. General statement of how this problem is being addressed Fundamental Czochralsk ...

Second generation biorefiners must be able to accept and process the full range of regionally relevant biomass sources, including hardwoods, softwoods, and a rapidly expanding number of herbaceous species (corn, miscanthus, switchgrass, sorghum, etc). Comminution technologies are needed that can process dry, green, and high moisture baled herbaceous biomass into millimeterscale feedstock particles ...

Advanced high energy electron accelerators based upon laser plasma acceleration rely on using capillary discharges for both forming the plasma and providing a means for guiding the intense laser beam over distances much longer than the Rayleigh range. Scaling these devices to high energy levels requires using long capillary discharges with relatively low onaxis electron densities while still maint ...

Catalysts are crucial in accelerating many important industrial reactions that would otherwise be extremely slow or inefficient. This proposal focuses on the development of a tool that will allow high resolution electron microscopy images of photocatalytic processes to be captured. The results will allow scientists to design more efficient catalytic materials.

Continuous miniaturization of devices surrounding people demands for improvements in materials design and manufacturing, which in turn requires high resolution compositional and chemical analysis. This proposal focuses on the development of a tool for material property and structure characterization studies in the environment those materials operate using X-ray microscopy.

New pixelated high-resolution radiation detection systems will combine modular designs with advanced Nuclear-Physics array concepts to provide a greater understanding of fundamental Nuclear Structure while creating new imaging technology for applied fields such as Nuclear Security and Nuclear Medicine.