News from June 2023
Graduate Student Spotlight: Daven Khana
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 16, 2023
Our graduate students and postdoctoral researchers play an enormous role in the transition to a sustainable, resilient, and affordable energy future that is centered on social and economic equality
Study reveals new ways for exotic quasiparticles to “relax”
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 16, 2023
New findings from a team of researchers at MIT and elsewhere could help pave the way for new kinds of devices that efficiently bridge the gap between matter and light.
Penn State’s Jean Paul Allain to lead DOE Fusion Energy Sciences program
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 16, 2023
Jean Paul Allain, head of the Ken and Mary Alice Lindquist Department of Nuclear Engineering at Penn State, has been appointed associate director for fusion energy sciences (FES) within the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science.
Finding “hot spots” where compounding environmental and economic risks converge
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 16, 2023
A computational tool developed by researchers at the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change pinpoints specific counties within the United States that are particularly vulnerable to economic distress resulting from a transition from fossil fuels to low-carbon energy sources.
CEE Graduate Students Sienna White and Mohit Dubey Receive DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowship
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 16, 2023
ENV graduate students Sienna White and Mohit Dubey were selected to receive the DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowship from the Krell Institute.
MSE Ph.D. student selected for DOE's Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 16, 2023
MSE doctoral student Daniel Hong will be heading to Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) this summer to continue his thesis research thanks to the Department of Energy's Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program.
Engineering student chosen for prestigious Department of Energy research program
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 16, 2023
Lili Rassouli, a PhD candidate at the University at Buffalo, was among just 87 graduate students recently selected from applicants across the United States to conduct research at a Department of Energy (DOE) facility.
Stretching metals at the atomic level allows researchers to create important materials for quantum, electronic, and spintronic applications
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 16, 2023
A University of Minnesota Twin Cities-led team has developed a first-of-its-kind, breakthrough method that makes it easier to create high-quality metal oxide thin films out of “stubborn” metals that have historically been difficult to synthesize in an atomically precise manner
WVU researcher searching for ‘holy grail’ of sustainable bioenergy
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 16, 2023
Searches for sustainable bioenergy and climate change solutions may be one in the same, according to a West Virginia University researcher.
Illinois researchers create 3D images of C4 plant cellular components
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 16, 2023
A team from the University of Illinois has quantified the plant cell properties in two C4 species, including cell shape, chloroplast size, and distribution of cell-to-cell connections called plasmodesmata, providing information that can change how people model photosynthesis thanks to their 3D reconstructions.
High energy physics experts network, collaborate at UH-hosted symposium
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 16, 2023
More than 100 experts in the field of high energy physics gathered at the East-West Center for the 45th meeting of the U.S.-Japan Science and Technology Cooperation Program in High Energy Physics, hosted by the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, May 22–23.
Barrasso Bill Would Protect Availability of Critical Transformers
By DOE Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), today introduced S. 2036, the Protecting America's Distribution Transformer Supply Chain Act. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) is an original cosponsor of the legislation.
Chairs Rodgers, Griffith Announce a Subcommittee Hearing to Examine MACRA
By DOE Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chair Morgan Griffith (R-VA) today announced a subcommittee hearing titled “MACRA Checkup: Assessing Implementation and Challenges that Remain for Patients and Doctors."
Unlocking the power of photosynthesis for clean energy production
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 16, 2023
A new grant will allow Rochester researchers to leverage bacteria and nanomaterials to mimic photosynthesis and produce clean-burning hydrogen fuel.
A particular ‘sandwich’ of graphene and boron nitride may lead to next-gen microelectronics
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 16, 2023
Moiré patterns occur everywhere. They are created by layering two similar but not identical geometric designs.
David Krasowska and Kirill Nagaitsev Awarded DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowships
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 16, 2023
Northwestern Engineering computer science PhD students David Krasowska and Kirill Nagaitsev have been awarded Department of Energy (DOE) Computational Science Graduate Fellowships (CSGF).
Chairs Rodgers, Griffith Announce a Subcommittee Hearing to Examine MACRA
By DOE Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chair Morgan Griffith (R-VA) today announced a subcommittee hearing titled “MACRA Checkup: Assessing Implementation and Challenges that Remain for Patients and Doctors."
Scholars Explore Future Careers at National Labs Day
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 16, 2023
UC Merced’s Graduate Division hosted its third National Labs Day on April 21.
Two grad students earn research recognition from the Department of Energy
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 16, 2023
Two NAU students were selected for a prestigious research program through the U.S. Department of Energy, which will give them the opportunity to do groundbreaking research in a national lab.
Demystifying vortex rings in nuclear fusion, supernovae
By DOE Newswire Report | Jun 16, 2023
Better understanding the formation of swirling, ring-shaped disturbances—known as vortex rings—could help nuclear fusion researchers compress fuel more efficiently, bringing it closer to becoming a viable energy source.