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"To enable the future needs of efficient computing for edge data centers, Flexnode and its partners, the University of Maryland (UMD), Boeing, Iceotope, SHoP Architects, and Arup, propose to develop a prefabricated modular micro data center with unprecedented energy efficiency and power density. The proposed system leverages four key component and system-level technology advancements: (a) a novel, ...

Statement of the Problem: Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is a set of technologies used to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from large point sources, such as power plants and industrial facilities. CCS involves capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from these sources before they are released into the atmosphere, transporting the CO2 to a storage location, and securely storing it deep undergroun ...

Focused ion beams (FIBs) employing a plasma ion source are employed in research and industrial applications, including nanotechnology, biotechnology, semiconductor manufacture, and energy exploration. Noble gas ion beams of argon, krypton, and xenon are of particular importance in preparation of samples for high-precision microscopy. Today’s noble gas ion sources excel at preparation of these sa ...

C56-01a-273183 The convergence of operational technology and information technology systems has left many critical infrastructure deployments vulnerable to cyber-attack. Defensive guidelines from organizations such as the United States National Institute of Standards and Technology call for the implementation of device authentication. However, there are no technologies currently available to provi ...

Performance of cells with a garnet electrolyte at low temperatures is of critical importance to deployment of solid-state cells in electric vehicles (EV). Though numerous attempts have been made to develop catholytes with low-temperature performance capabilities, the compatibility between catholytes and garnet under low-temperature conditions has not been explored. Realizing low temperature capabl ...

WH-Power (WattHour-Power, or WHP) and University of Maryland (Profs. Chunsheng Wang and Laingbing Hu) propose to produce a high entropy electrolyte (HEE) and pulp based low-cost zinc battery with –80 ˚C to 80 ˚C operation temperature range for stationary storage (grid and residential energy storage). The zinc-pulp battery is inherently safe, the cost to produce and use the battery is low, and ...

DOE’s high flux sources enable faster data collection than before, but the existing furnaces and cryostats used for heating and cooling the samples significantly prohibit the efficient utilization of the valuable neutron beam time for experiments. An advancement in the technology and design of neutron scattering compatible cryostats and furnaces that can speed up the cooling and heating is neede ...

Current COTS scintillation detectors are still not ideal for applications that simultaneously require non-hygroscopicity, high density, fast timing, radiation hardness, cost-effectiveness and with dual gamma-neutron detection capability as in nuclear physics research and other advanced modern scientific research. An alternative solution is thus needed, as called for by the DOE. Brimrose Technology ...

High performance computing (HPC) infrastructure and software scanning methods and tools vary broadly across the industry. Various requirements for organizations and networks are often not aligned which can lead to gaps in cybersecurity, oversights resulting in the need for re-architecture, astronomical expenses, amongst other issues. The tool solves these issues as it provides an automated, full-s ...

We propose an infrastructure to collect, transport, store, manage, and retrieve data as a general platform for the development of data science and machine learning applications necessary for the control and diagnosis of large particle accelerator facilities, and associated beamline instrumentation. We aim to acquire data at sampling capacities required for real-time (i.e., online) control applicat ...