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Hara Honored with 2018 Department of Energy Early Career Research Program Award

Dr. Ken Hara, assistant professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University, has been recognized with a 2018 Department of Energy (DOE) Early Career Research Program Award for his achievements and future potential in fusion energy sciences.

University of Minnesota-based Center Awarded $12 Million to Continue Energy Materials Research

The University of Minnesota announced that it has received a $12 million grant over four years from the U.S. Department of Energy to continue leading the discovery of a new class of materials used in energy research.

Taming Fusion with Machine Learning

MIT postdoc Cristina Rea is exploring ways to predict disruptions in the turbulent plasma that fuels fusion tokamak reactors at the Institute's Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC).

Methane-Producing Microbial Communities Found in Fracking Wells

New research has uncovered the genetic details of microbes found in fracking wells. Not only do a wide array of bacteria and viruses thrive in these crevices created by hydraulic fracturing – they also have the power to produce methane, according to a study led by scientists at The Ohio State University.

Stanford AI Recreates Chemistry’s Periodic Table of Elements

In a first step toward generating an artificial intelligence program that can find new laws of nature, a Stanford team created a program that reproduced a complex human discovery – the periodic table.

Quantum Magnets Attract Department of Energy Funding

Colorado State University physicist Kate Ross studies exotic states in quantum magnets under extreme conditions. Her work in this area was recently funded by an Early Career Research Program grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The award of $750,000 will fund her research in “non-equilibrium effects in quantum magnets” through 2023.

Microbiologists and Plant Scientists Find Secret to Tackling Cholera

While cholera rages across many regions of the world, a team of microbiologists and plant scientists from Michigan State University and Tufts University, has pinpointed a genetic weakness in the pandemic’s armor, which could lead to future treatments.

UTA physicist Benjamin Jones awarded $750,000 from Department of Energy Early Career Research Program

The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded UTA assistant professor of physics Benjamin Jones $750,000 to develop a sensor for particle experiments that focus on the neutrino, a subatomic particle that may offer an answer to the lingering mystery of the universe’s matter-antimatter imbalance.

A Multifunctional, Multiscale, Reconfigurable Surface

An international team of researchers, led by Harvard University, have developed a dynamic surface with reconfigurable topography that can sculpt and re-sculpt microscale to macroscale features, change its friction and slipperiness, and tune other properties based on its proximity to a magnetic field.

MatSE Professor Nicola Perry Receives Department of Energy Early Career Research Award

Materials Science and Engineering (MatSE) Professor Nicola Perry has received a Department of Energy (DOE) Early Career Research Program grant for her proposal “Chemo-Mechanically Driven In Situ Hierarchical Structure Formation in Mixed Conductors.”

Texas A&M Chemistry's David Powers Honored With 2018 Department of Energy Early Career Research Award

Powers, whose research focuses on developing new catalysts to address unsolved problems in chemical synthesis and energy conversion, is one of two Texas A&M faculty (along with the Department of Aerospace Engineering's Dr. Ken Hara) and 84 scientists nationwide -- six total in the state of Texas -- selected to receive funding under the DOE's Early Career Research Program.

Silberstein Wins DOE Grant to Study Polymer Membranes

Meredith Silberstein, assistant professor in the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, is one of 84 scientists chosen by the U.S. Department of Energy to receive funding as part of the DOE Office of Science’s Early Career Research Program.