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The goal of this program is to demonstrate the fabrication of cubic-centimeter-scale permanently sealed and evacuated fused silica enclosures containing linear Paul traps for trapped-ion-related applications, such as quantum computing. The proposed miniature, highly optically-accessible enclosures will be attached to a small pumping system, or be equipped with an internal cryosorption pump capable ...

The U.S. Department of Energy – National Energy Technology Laboratory is currently sponsoring the development of several pilot plants that are expected to produce 1-3 tons per day of 75 wt% mixed rare earth oxide (MREO) powder in the near future sourced from coal and coal by-products. A significant remaining challenge is to process the MREO into individually separated, high purity (ISHP) REO pow ...

Recent years have seen an unprecedented need for new, inexpensive, and scalable data management solutions as a result of the accessibility of high-resolution sensing devices both at large DOE experimental facilities, such as the Advanced Light Source (ALS) and the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II), and, even more, for lower-tier devices for Computer Tomography, high-resolution photogr ...

As the world population increases and global GDP rises, the demand for energy is projected to increase dramatically. Fossil fuels are currently a leading energy source, approximately 50% of which is imported from foreign sources. A domestically produced, renewable energy source is needed to ensure the energy security of the United States. One source of domestic potential energy currently under- ...

In recent decades, High Performance Computing (HPC) has risen as one of the key enablers of innovation in science and engineering. However, complexity and cost of deploying applications impedes industrial adoption. Problems include the quality, speed, and flexibility of software tools and the specialized expertise required to adapt solutions given the profusion of hardware configurations. Efficien ...

The Particle Flux Analytics Inc. (PFA) Multi Angle Snowake Camera (MASC) has been operating at the DOE Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Oliktok Point site since 2015, providing the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement program community with unprecedented information about hydrometeor shape, size, and fallspeed. However, no technology currently exists for completing the critically needed suite of dat ...

Advanced modeling and simulation software, such as the Uintah Computational Framework (Uintah), has been developed in the US, through significant funding by the Department of Energy Office of Advanced Scientific Computing, but has been underutilized by US industry. We will leverage Uintah for commercial simulation of industrial flares on publicly available HPC facilities, and we will further devel ...

Currently spark ignition (SI) engines dominate the light vehicle market, with over 80 million light vehicle engines made worldwide. These SI engines experience exceptionally poor efficiency at low to medium loads and speeds, making it difficult to meet new fuel efficiency standards expected to be imposed in many countries. Low wall temperatures at the end of the combustion process leads to emissio ...

Problem to Be Addressed To meet performance and cost targets for electric vehicles, substantial improvement is still required in lithium-ion batteries. A low-cost, high-capacity silicon anode will greatly aid in this effort, but current methods for generating functional nano-silicon for anodes use expensive metallurgical, templating, gaseous, or other top-down engineering processes. Objective and ...

This project will contribute to establishing a resilient supply chain for rare-earth elements (REEs) and other critical materials in the U.S., significantly reducing the reliance that now leaves us highly vulnerable to foreign control of rare-earth metals—the ‘vitamins of a modern society.’ Rare-earth metals enable advanced manufacturing, clean transportation, efficient computing, power gene ...