In March, 2013, the Advanced
Research Projects Agency Energy (ARPA-E) intends to issue a new Funding
Opportunity Announcement (FOA) entitled “Modern Electro/Thermochemical Advances
in Light-metal Systems” (METALS) (formerly A-TEME), DE-FOA-0000882. The
objective of the METALS FOA will be to identify transformational concepts for
extraction and recycling of light metals (aluminum, magnesium, and titanium). Specific
areas of interest include: (1) new routes to produce primary Al, Mg, and/or Ti
(powder, including Titanium Hydride powder) that incorporate one or more of the
following: variable energy inputs, renewable energy inputs, high temperature
heat capture, high temperature thermal storage, and utilization of domestically
abundant ore; and (2) technologies that enable rapid, precision, and automated
sorting of Al, Mg, and Ti alloy scrap.
ARPA-E strongly encourages
outstanding scientists and engineers from different organizations, scientific
disciplines, and technology sectors to form new project teams.
Interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral collaboration spanning organizational
boundaries enables and accelerates the achievement of scientific and
technological outcomes that were previously viewed as extremely difficult, if
not impossible.
ARPA-E is issuing this
Announcement to facilitate the formation of new project teams. Specifically,
ARPA-E intends to publish a list of potential teaming partners for the METALS
FOA on ARPA-E eXCHANGE (http://arpa-e-foa.energy.gov), ARPA-E’s online application portal, in March,
2013.
Any organization that would like
to be included in this list should complete all required fields in the
following link: https://arpa-e-foa.energy.gov/Applicantprofile.aspx. Requested information includes: Organization Name, Contact Name, Contact
Address, Contact Email, Contact Phone, Organization Type, Focus Area, and Brief
Description of Capabilities. ARPA-E is particularly interested in receiving
responses from organizations with expertise in Focus Areas including, but not
limited to the following: metallurgy; electrochemistry; thermochemistry;
chemical engineering; high temperature materials; applied physics, thermal
storage; heat capture; heat exchanger design; thermal engineering; renewable
energy; solar thermal engineering; metals recycling; spectroscopy; process and
control; transport phenomena; materials science; and process engineering.
By submitting a response to this
Announcement, you consent to the publication of the above-referenced
information. The Federal Government will not pay for the provision of any
information, nor will it compensate any respondents for the development of such
information. Responses submitted to other email addresses or by other means
will not be reviewed or considered.