2016 | U.S. DOE Office of Science (SC)

A Data-Cleaning Tool for Building Better Prediction Models

Software developed by computer scientists at Columbia University and University of California at Berkeley called ActiveClean analyzes a user’s prediction model to decide which mistakes to edit first, while updating the model as it works. With each pass, users see their model improve.

Next-Generation Thermoelectrics

Funded by a $900,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy, UC Santa Barbara chemical engineering professor Rachel Segalman and materials professor Michael Chabinyc will investigate ways of improving thermoelectric performance in polymeric materials.

Graduate Student to Study Prosthetic Implant Materials Through DOE Grant

Cassie Marker, a materials science and engineering doctoral candidate at Penn State University, received a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to investigate the properties of a variety of titanium alloys used in prosthetic implants.

Physics Professor John Price Receives Fourth DOE Grant to Continue Proton Research

John Price, professor of physics at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) has received a three-year, $235,000 grant from the Department of Energy (DOE) for his ongoing experimental nuclear physics program in proton research: “Photo- and Electroproduction of Multiply-Strange Hyperons at CLAS.”

Renewable Energy Leader

Dionisios G. Vlachos has been named the inaugural Allan and Myra Ferguson Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Delaware. He also has been appointed director of the UD Energy Institute.

Department of Energy's Office of Science Director Cherry Murray Visits MIT's Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC)

Dr. Cherry Murray, Director of the Department of Energy’s Office of Science, visited the Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC) on September 8. Murray, who’s office oversees the U.S. fusion energy research program, toured MIT’s Alcator C-Mod fusion experiment, led by the Center’s director, Nuclear Science and Engineering (NSE) professor Dennis Whyte.

Researchers Build World’s Largest Database of Crystal Surfaces and Shapes

Nanoengineers at the University of California San Diego, in collaboration with the Materials Project at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), have created the world’s largest database of elemental crystal surfaces and shapes to date.

Kerfeld Lab Reveals a New Light-Responsive Protein Family

Scientists at the Kerfeld Lab have identified a protein family, the Helical Carotenoid Proteins, which are ancestors to the modern protein that performs crucial light protection functions.

Sabbagh to Lead $3 Million International Grant on Sustained Tokamak Operation

APAM senior research scientist and adjunct professor Dr. Steven A. Sabbagh will lead a new joint international grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to study high performance tokamak plasma disruption prediction and avoidance in the long-pulse Korea Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research (KSTAR) located in Daejeon, South Korea.

Baylor Researchers Develop Hybrid Computational Strategy for Scalable Whole Genome Data Analysis

Researchers from Baylor College of Medicine’s Human Genome Sequencing Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, DNAnexus and the University of Texas Health Science Center have developed a novel hybrid computational strategy to address the challenge of volume when processing large data sets.

NYU Chemists Offer Enhanced 3D Look Inside Batteries

A team of chemists has developed a method to yield highly detailed, three-dimensional images of the insides of batteries. The technique, based on magnetic resonance imaging, offers an enhanced approach to monitor the condition of these power sources in real time.

WKU Signs Joint Faculty Agreement with Oak Ridge National Laboratory

The agreement between Western Kentucky Univeristy and UT-Battelle, which manages ORNL for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science, will provide new opportunities for research for faculty, said Dr. Cheryl Davis, Interim Associate Provost for Research and Creative Activity at WKU.