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| | Fedsprout | Aalap Shah | President and CEO |
Small Business
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Other Energy Technologies
| As ARPA-E awardees embark on their projects, effective recordkeeping and project reporting become crucial for successful reporting and timely invoice payments. Fedsprout provides a comprehensive solution designed to support ARPA-E awardees throughout the entire period of project performance, offering a streamlined approach to invoicing and project reporting.
Fedsprout provides customizable reporting templates tailored to ARPA-E's specific reporting requirements. Fedsprout can assist awardees in generating detailed reports on project progress, milestones achieved, and financial performance. This flexibility ensures that reporting is accurate and aligns seamlessly with ARPA-E's expectations. Fedsprout creates invoices and assists the awardee in obtaining all relevant information to be submitted. Fedsprout validates invoices against project milestones, budgetary constraints, and other compliance parameters and keeps track of direct and indirect expenses.
Fedsprout's team of experts are well-versed in Federal Acquisition Regulations and the Code of Federal Regulations and several staff members have been past ARPA-E principal investigators. |
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| | AF Research Laboratory Materials & Manufacturing Directorate | Dan Miracle | Senior Scientist |
Federal Government
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Transportation
| Our research team represents one of the leading international competencies in the basic science, design and development of refractory complex, concentrated alloys (RCCAs), also known as refractory high-entropy alloys (RHEAs), for high-temperature applications. |
| OH |
| | RETECH Systems LLC | Aamir Abid | Director of Powder Products and New Product Develo |
Large Business
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Other Energy Technologies
| Since 1963, Retech Systems LLC has been a global leader in the supply of vacuum metallurgical equipment. Retech has developed advanced technologies for melting, refining, casting, and atomizing reactive and refractory metals (like Titanium & Titanium alloys), super alloys and rare earth metals. As the most fully integrated furnace manufacturer in the world, we provide customer access to a wide range of in-house resources, including technology and material development. Retech Research & Development capabilities allow customers to explore ideas and objectives with our experienced R&D staff, including pilot production, material development, process technology, and toll melting services can all be performed at our facility. We have the ability to melt and cast refractory alloys and to manufacture powder in small batches for custom alloys |
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| | OpenStar Technologies | Darren Garnier | Director - Plasma Science |
Large Business
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Other Energy Technologies
| The investigator led experiments on the Levitated Dipole Experiment, a joint project of MIT and Columbia University. OpenStar Technologies is a New Zealand startup that is taking up from where LDX ended a decade ago. In its next machine, OpenStar will produce fusion relevant plasmas and will need to solve its first wall problem. Dipoles, which are inherently steady state devices, will allow very long pulses where the plasma first wall must come into equilibrium, something not common on current and some future fusion devices. This allows meaningful experiments on first wall materials to be undertaken in dipoles. In addition, the large vacuum vessel and not interlocking coils, easy in iteration of first wall experiments in a dipole device. |
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| | North Carolina State University | Bharat Gwalani, Tim Horn, Liz Kautz, Florian Laggner (submitter) | Drs. |
Academic
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Other Energy Technologies
| Interests:
• Advanced manufacturing
• Materials mechanical testing and analysis
• Plasma erosion testing
• Tritium retention testing
• Rapid material synthesis and screening
Capabilities:
CAMAL Metal Additive Manufacturing Lab
- 6X Arcam Electron Beam Powder Bed Fusion AM systems (0A2, A2X, S12), customized and instrumented
- 1060nm 100W-500W Laser Powder Bed Fusion systems (EOS M280, M290 and Concept laser mlab)
- 500W Custom DED system
- Custom 150W 425nm (blue) laser
- 300W Aurora S-Titanium pro
- Numerous vacuum furnaces up to 1200°C
CAMAL Characterization Lab
- Laser diffraction powder size characterization (Micro Trac)
- Inert Gas Fusion (LECO oxygen/hydrogen)
- Wavelength Dispersive XRF
- Vacuum TGA/DSC
- Helium Pychnometry
- Metallography and sample Prep
- Optical Microscopy/Confocal Microscopy (Keyance)
- SEM with EDS (JEOL)
- 2 Fatigue frames (3000 and 5000 lb)
- Rotating beam fatigue
- Tensile/Compression frames (ATS 25000 lb) with DIC
Analytical Instrumentation Facility (Material Characterization):
- SEM/EDS/ESEM
- Field emission SEM with FIB, Gas ion imaging, EBSD
- Plasma FIB, EBSD
- TOFF-SIMS
- XPS
- TEM/STEM/EELS/ChemiSTEM
- XRD/High Temp XRD
- Zeiss X-radia microCT
Machine Shop
- Mazak Integrex 1100 Multi-Axis Mill-Turn
- Hass (Germany) 7 Axis CNC Grinder
- Citizen Swiss Screw Machine
- 8 Hass (US) VF2 and VF3 3+2 axis milling
- Hass UM 500 5 Axis CNC Mill
- 2 Hass turning centers
- 2 Industrial Injection Molders
- Mitsubishi Wire and Sinker EDMS
- Automation and Robotics Cluster Powder Atomization
- Friction Stir Welder
- Medium Pressure Cold Spray System
Plasma capabilities:
Plasma Exposure (20 kW RF ICP ion source under development)
Plasma sheath and ion energy diagnostics
Irradiation capabilities:
PULSTAR, a 1-MW pool-type nuclear research reactor |
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| | SRI International | Austin Wei | Senior Engineer |
Non-Profit
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Other Energy Technologies
| SRI has a diverse and strong portfolio in ceramic matrix composites including scalable, infiltration-free CMC (SIF CMC) manufacturing, CMC additive manufacturing, fiber-matrix interface coating, and environmental barrier coating.
The foundation of the SIF CMC is a preceramic polymer which maintains sufficiently low viscosity to impregnate the fiber tow and brings the char yield of the fiber-reinforced polymer to over 90%.
• SIF CMC is suitable for fabricating structures for the fusion first wall, replacing reduced-activation steel, due to its nature of high-temperature mechanical properties.
• Compared with other CMC manufacturing methods, SIF CMC is capable of fabricating large and complex-shaped structures because it can maintain the molded dimension by limiting the pyrolysis shrinkage.
• SIF CMC can incorporate specific materials to benefit the first wall with special neutron absorption, radiation stability, and moderation requirements.
SRI is interested in applying the SIF CMC as the structural material in the first wall with tunable properties to reduce plasma erosion.
We are looking for partners with expertise in the following areas: exploring ceramic options to improve their interaction with neutron, and testing and analyzing neutron/ceramic interaction. |
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| | University of Tennessee Knoxville | Livia Casali | Assistant Professor and Zinkle Faculty Fellow |
Academic
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Other Energy Technologies
| Fusion Energy Science, Plasma physics: plasma-material interaction, radiative and detached divertors, divertor optimization, pedestal dynamics and core-edge integration solution to achieve high core performance scenarios with mitigated heat loads in magnetically confined fusion devices. Development of integrated modeling from the edge to the core including AI/ML. Radiation Shielding for fusion reactors. Experiments and state-of-the-art computational modeling. Code capabilities include SOLPS-ITER, EIRENE, STRAHL, ASTRA,TRANSP, OpenMC. Interest in irradiation effects, erosion testing, physical and mechanical properties of metals and ceramics.Availability of Ion Source exposure stage, Ion Beam Material Lab on site at UTK group. |
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| | University California San Diego | Sergei Krasheninnikov | Professor |
Academic
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Other Energy Technologies
| Our Applied Plasma Theory Group at UCSD has a long history of the study of plasma interactions with plasma-facing components in both Magnetic and Inertial confinement fusion devices. Along with analytic and semi-analytic models, we are using the state-of-the-art plasma transport codes SOLPS-ITER and UEDGE coupled to our in-house dust transport code DUSTT, and the code FACE effectively describing the transport of hydrogen species and helium in the material of plasma-facing components in the MCF devices. This package allows us self-consistent simulation of plasma-wall interactions in magnetic fusion devices including wall erosion, re-deposition of eroded material, dust formation, dust dynamics and ablation in fusion plasmas, tritium retention, and helium bubble formation in the material of plasma-facing components.
Our in-house 0-D model of plasma-wall interactions in an ICF device utilizes our Collisional Radiative Atomic and Molecular Data (CRAMD) code and allows us to provide the calculations of both plasma heat and particle fluxes to the plasma-facing components and finile optics. This model could be relatively easily updated to 1D and coupled with our DUSTT and Face codes to account for dust formation and transport in the ICF chamber as well as tritium retention, and helium bubble formation in the material of plasma-facing components. |
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| | Kinectrics | Luke Bockewitz | Director, Advanced Nuclear Technology |
Large Business
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Other Energy Technologies
| Kinectrics, Inc. is a global Testing, Inspection, and Engineering company supporting clean energy technology development with over 1,300 staff and 30+ laboratories. Main service lines that support the development of fusion first wall technologies include:
Environmental Qualification - full suite of testing and expert staff to support all types of EQ needs: seismic, LOCA/HELB, steam, thermal cycling, thermal shock, humidity, vibration, radiation, and electromagnetic interference testing all in-house.
Advanced Materials - specializing in the analysis of novel materials and components by assessing the quality, durability, and compatibility of materials. Specialization in polymers and composites, insulation and shielding, irradiated materials, harsh environments and aging, metallurgy and alloys, carbon fiber, ceramics, refractory materials, coatings, and high-voltage/high-amperage components.
Radioactive Wastes and Isotope Engineering - assists in the management, characterization, and handling of radioactive waste. This involves evaluating the types and quantities of waste generated, ensuring proper packaging, storage, and disposal, and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements. Radiation monitoring, rad safety, decommissioning, tritium, lithium enrichment, and the design of innovative waste minimization techniques.
Ai/ML applications - as applied to data analysis and analytics, preventative maintenance schemes, and tools to support the automation of component monitoring and decision making. |
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| | Idaho National Laboratory | Masashi Shimada | Distinguished Staff Scientist |
Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC)
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Other Energy Technologies
| INL's Safety and Tritium Applied Research (STAR) facility hosts and operates various experiments that can help accelerate material testing for the ARPA-E Fusion First Wall Material Discovery FOA and the mission of SC Fusion Energy Sciences program.
Tritium behavior in materials determines two key safety evaluation source terms: in-vessel inventory source term (i.e., tritium retention) and ex-vessel release term (i.e., tritium permeation), which are used in reactor safety assessments for licensing fusion facilities.
INL's Fusion Safety Program has been measuring tritium retention and permeation in fusion material at the STAR facility from 1990's.
Brief description of INL's capabilities:
- The STAR facility is a DOE Less Than Hazard Category 3 nuclear facility located at the INL’s Advanced Test Reactor Complex. The STAR facility is licensed to handle tritium inventory up to 1.6 g (5.9x10^14 Bq) and moderately radioactive/neutron-irradiated materials. The STAR facility exists within a multi-room complex in two adjoining buildings located at INL’s Advanced Test Reactor Complex. This 4,000-square-foot tritium facility incorporates various high-risk radiological experiments to identify the potential risks and hazards associated with fusion safety, collect necessary data for safety analysis, and develop the fusion technologies needed to minimize the environmental impacts of fusion energy.
- Tritium Plasma Experiment (TPE) for exposing plasma facing component (PFCs) materials to
fusion divertor-relevant high-flux D/T/He plasma for plasma-material interaction study. This is the only existing linear plasma device that can introduce tritium in material, and also one of the only two existing linear plasma devices that can test neutron-irradiated materials in the world fusion community.
- Tritium Gas Absorption Permeation (TGAP) system for measuring diffusivity, solubility and
permeability of the radioactive isotope of hydrogen, tritium, in nuclear materials.
- Static Gas Absorption Permeation (SGAP) system for measuring absorption rate, diffusivity,
solubility and permeability of hydrogen and deuterium in nuclear materials
- Thermal desorption spectroscopy (TDS) system, for measuring total amount of H/D/He from
bulk materials
- Tritium Migration Analysis Program (TMAP), for analyzing tritium behavior in fusion material. TMAP8 is MOOSE-based open-source code that allows high-fidelity 3D molding with massivel parallel computation capability. |
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| | Alloyed Ltd | Andrej Turk | Alloy design engineer and steels lead |
Small Business
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Power Generation and Energy Production: Liquid and Gaseous Fuels/Nuclear
| Alloyed is an additive manufacturing company with deep expertise in alloy design. We can deliver consistent, complex parts built to tight tolerances which has enabled us to serve a number of large US corporations in aerospace and electronics. We also have unique capabilities in computational materials design via our in-house ABD platform and a well-equipped lab allowing the rapid production, characterisation and testing of new materials. We have used these capabilities to develop a broad portfolio of proprietary alloys including steels, aluminium alloys and others. Particularly relevant to this FOA is our extensive track record in the development of high-temperature alloys such as high-temperature coatings, nickel superalloys (including world's first AM superalloy), niobium alloys and refractories. We are no strangers to ARPA-E bids as we are currently developing ultra-high temperature refractories for gas turbines as part of a successful bid a few years ago.
We are currently applying our technology stack to provide solutions for the fusion industry. We are collaborating with UKAEA and several private players to scale up the process for 3D-printed parts made of RAFM steels but would like to expand our portfolio of fusion materials via this FOA.
We particularly keen to partner with entities able to carry out irradiation damage simulation and testing, Li corrosion testing as well as end users but all inquiries are welcome. |
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| | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | Yarom Polsky | Director, Manufacturing Science Division |
Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC)
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Other Energy Technologies
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s (ORNL) Manufacturing Science Division (MSD) and the Manufacturing Demonstration Facility (MDF), an Energy Efficiency Renewable Energy (EERE) user facility, offer demonstrated experience in the manufacture of difficult to process metallic, composite, and ceramic materials through a variety of advanced manufacturing (AM) process technologies. These include, but are not limited to, electron beam melting (EBM), laser powder bed fusion (LPBF), directed energy deposition (DED), binder-jet, filament extrusion, and ceramic fiber composite layup and processing. MSD staff are experts across a wide range of research areas e.g. AM process development, materials design and development, process modeling, subtractive manufacturing and finishing, digital platform for manufacturing, advanced multi-length scale characterization, and component certification and qualification pathways. Materials expertise includes steels, superalloys, refractory metals, ceramics, and composites. Inquiries of teaming interest will be routed to the best qualified subject area experts in MSD or other relevant organizations within ORNL. |
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| | UHV3D, Inc. | Simon Woodruff | President |
Small Business
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Other Energy Technologies
| UHV3D, Inc. is a technology company specializing in cutting-edge Ai-enabled computational design and simulation for fusion energy sector. We have a team of experienced researchers, engineers, and scientists who are dedicated to pushing the boundaries of what is possible in the field of fusion energy simulations for design and manufacturing. We are exploring partnerships with national labs and universities that are at the cutting-edge of fusion energy research. Our goals are aligned with ARPA-E's mission to support cutting-edge research and development efforts aimed at transforming energy systems and ensuring a sustainable and resilient future.
Areas of expertise:
Fusion phenomena simulation: Physics-based simulation of fusion phenomena including electromagnetic, fluidic, structural, thermal simulation of plasma and plasma facing structures.
Advanced manufacturing simulation and optimization: Simulation capabilities of additive manufacturing and other advanced manufacturing approaches to reduce cost and lead associated with creating accurate fusion energy components.
Surrogate modeling: Development of fast machine-learning based surrogate models for plasma physics and use in iterative schemes.
Design optimization: AI-enabled multiobjective gradient-based design optimization strategies that can generate multiple optimal complex geometries for the given fusion objectives and constraints. |
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| | Energy for the Common Good | Jane Hotchkiss | President and Co-Founder |
Non-Profit
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Other Energy Technologies
| Ms. Hotchkiss has 35 years of experience bringing new energy technologies to market. In the late 80’s she helped build a market for “fringe” technologies. Today we know them as renewables such as: geothermal, wind and solar. Her career spans regulation, advocacy and private sector power generation. With ECG she now dedicates her expertise to building a public roadmap for fusion as a regulated, accepted, and welcomed green commercial choice. After graduation with a BA in history from Yale College, Ms Hotchkiss was a cowgirl in Wyoming and a journalist in New York State. Throughout her career she has placed the public's role first in policies, incentives, and valuations. (something likle this, I am trying to insert the role as a necessary screen for the value of any one of the teams' approaches
Energy for the Common Good (ECG) is a non-profit organization uniquely positioned to advance the acceptance of fusion energy as an integral part of a clean energy economy, for the common good. Our belief that fusion is a climate mitigation necessity is founded by careers spanning all aspects of renewable and clean energy, from advocating for the policies and incentives creating early markets for renewables, to technical project development navigating the complexities of project financing, plant siting, and grid transmission needs. We are a team with a history and focus on building replacement markets for fossil fuel in response to an advancing climate change timeline. The persistent gap between renewable energy and fossil generation allows its continued dominance over the world’s expanding energy needs. Fusion’s ability to replace fossil demands that we launch a coordinated campaign to prepare its future market.
ECG is committed to implementing an accelerated and strategic roadmap to support the development, adoption, and expansion of this zero-carbon, dense, and efficient power source in the U.S. and abroad. Our strategy is a targeted “hearts and minds” social and economic engagement campaign to lay the groundwork for the future of fusion energy. ECG engages on the thinking behind what the the materials are and how they impact 1) regulation intersecting with 2) the ability to move forward with Codes and Standards all of which and more determine the earliest needs for technical workforce training, and the ability we have to promote climate solution materials (green concrete, resine strengthened low carbon rebar and steel...) |
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| | Sandia National Laboratories | Aidan Thompson | Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff |
Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC)
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Power Generation and Energy Production: Liquid and Gaseous Fuels/Nuclear
| I lead the development of the LAMMPS and FitSNAP codes for large-scale quantum-accurate atomistic simulations. Applications to fusion materials include both plasma facing materials and structural materials, interaction of hydrogen with tungsten, dispersoid strengthened tungsten composites, and beryllium and nitrogen surface deposits on tungsten and low-activation refractory alloys. |
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| | KVA Stainless / KVA Technologies | Daniel Codd | Principal Engineer |
Small Business
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Other Energy Technologies
| KVA is a materials processing development company, with expertise in advanced and additive manufacturing for high performance alloys. Our integrated thermal processing welding and deposition methods have been applied to difficult to process alloys, including martensitic, F/M, RAFM and graded geometries enabling microstructural control without conventional off-line thermal processing.
We have experience partnering with national labs, academia and industry for process development and characterization on new applications, including working with OEMs and regulatory committees for material and process approvals, and have prior DOE FES, NE and ARPA-E project experience. We envision partnering for new structural and plasma facing material process and prototype development, leveraging our network of industry and fabrication channels for a pathway to large-scale fusion materials demonstrations and eventual deployment. |
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| | Realta Fusion Inc. | Dominick Bindl | Director of Technical Development |
Small Business
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Power Generation and Energy Production: Liquid and Gaseous Fuels/Nuclear
| The primary mission of Realta Fusion - an early-stage, venture backed company spun out of the University of Wisconsin - Madison (UW) - is to deliver industrial process heat via fusion energy. Realta’s concept – the High-field Axisymmetric Magnetic Mirror Reactor (HAMMiR) – uses two simple, high-field axisymmetric mirrors at electron temperatures Te >20 keV to confine a thermonuclear central cell plasma in a tandem-mirror configuration. HAMMiR’s largest risks include plasma stability, plasma-facing-materials, and structural materials; risks which are exacerbated by Realta’s focus on high-grade process heat. Specifically, HAMMIR’s central cell first wall must contain a thermonuclear plasma, survive high neutron flux, high fusion product flux, and will operate near the blanket temperature (Tblanklet ~ 1000 ⁰C). HAMMiR uses direct-energy-conversion (DEC) systems to produce electricity directly from exhausted ions. This DEC system requires conductive components to withstand direct interaction with hot-ion jets in each of the two end-cells in continuous operation and with a high degree of operational availability.
Realta is leveraging a strong partnership with UW to de-risk HAMMiR and advance fusion science. Realta is also exploring collaborations with other universities, national labs, and private R&D firms. Specifically, Realta will benefit from sponsored research on WHAM, – Wisconsin High-field Axisymmetric Mirror. This simple-mirror fusion energy experiment will advance understanding of MHD stability in mirror plasmas and serve as a test-bed for plasma-facing materials including direct-energy conversion components in the end-cells. Beyond WHAM, Realta is designing the Break-Even Axisymmetric Mirror (BEAM), a prototype FES targeting first plasma in 2028 and expected to approach Qscientific = 1. BEAM will burn deuterium-tritium fuel with long pulse lengths. At such conditions, BEAM will serve as a volumetric neutron source and a platform for blanket and material testing. Realta’s R&D team is focused on HAMMiR’s materials science risks and expands on the subject matter expertise of Realta co-founder Prof. Oliver Schmitz, who works at the forefront of the plasma-first wall interactions, new material design, and innovation in manufacturing and maintenance methods. Realta will access 3rd party resources with complementary technologies and will entertain relationships in materials and design with the faculty experts at UW. |
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| | University of Wisconsin-Madison | Paul Wilson | Professor |
Academic
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Power Generation and Energy Production: Liquid and Gaseous Fuels/Nuclear
| * Development of modeling & simulation tools for fusion neutronics including complex geometries and activation
* Analysis of fusion energy first wall, blanket and shield systems
* Activation analysis of candidate fusion materials including shutdown dose rate and waste disposal ratings |
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| | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | Prasanna Balaprakash | Director, Artificial Intelligence Program |
Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC)
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Other Energy Technologies
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) offers broad expertise in the areas of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its application to discovery science. Advancing secure, trustworthy, and energy-efficient AI at scale for science, energy, and technology encapsulates the essence of the AI Initiative at ORNL. With a clear focus on elevating science, energy, and national security, this initiative is anchored by two pivotal elements: application-centric endeavors and cross-disciplinary foundational frameworks. The application-centric component is crafted to leverage AI's potential across scientific discovery, experimental facilities, and national security, ensuring a transformative impact in each domain. In tandem, the cross-disciplinary foundational framework is designed to guarantee the development of AI systems that are not only secure and trustworthy but also energy-efficient. Security is addressed through a multi-faceted approach, including alignment with scientific objectives, stringent cybersecurity protocols, and robustness against failures. Trustworthiness is built on the pillars of exhaustive validation and verification processes, advanced uncertainty quantification, and cutting-edge causal reasoning methodologies. Lastly, energy efficiency is realized through scalable solutions, edge computing, and a co-design strategy that optimally harnesses both software and hardware resources. Collectively, these elements coalesce to drive transformative advances in AI-driven applications. |
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| | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | Yutai Kato | Director, Materials Science and Technology Divisio |
Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC)
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Other Energy Technologies
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), including Materials Science and Technology Division (MSTD), offers a comprehensive range of science and technology expertise and unique capabilities in the areas of discovery materials science, materials design modeling, material synthesis & screening, alloy design & development, composite design & development, irradiation effects experiments & modeling, materials for advanced manufacturing, H/He interactions of materials including hydrogen isotope retention, mechanical and fracture behaviors, thermophysical properties, microstructural analysis, surface characterizations, corrosion & chemical compatibility, multi-material integration, application of AI/ML to materials science, materials database, high temperature design methodologies, and code qualification of nuclear materials. The materials science and engineering expertise offered include those related to advanced steels and ferrous alloys, refractory metals and alloys, ceramics, concentrated/multi-component alloys and ceramics, and refractory and/or ceramic composites. Inquiries of teaming interest will be routed to the qualified subject area experts in MSTD or other organizations of ORNL. |
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| | University of Alabama | Kasra Momeni | Associate Professor |
Academic
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Power Generation and Energy Production: Liquid and Gaseous Fuels/Nuclear
| Bio: With a profound expertise in Multiscale Mechanics, Material Science, and the Materials Genome, I have dedicated my career to the synergistic integration of computation, experimentation, and theoretical approaches for the design of advanced materials. My work emphasizes developing robust materials with superior functionalities, significantly reducing both cost and time-to-market. I specialize in creating experimentally validated theoretical and numerical tools to decipher materials' multiscale and multiphysics responses, employing atomistic-, meso-, and macro-scale models and simulations. My work is complemented by atomic-resolution experiments and machine learning models, aiming to optimize material performance across various scales.
My research has substantial implications for additive manufacturing, materials for energy applications, and materials in extreme conditions. I have successfully secured funding from various funding agencies, including the NSF-CAREER and DoE ARPA-E programs. I have authored a book, published 56 peer-reviewed journals, and delivered over 50 conference presentations. I am an active member of the editorial and advisory boards of three journals and have participated in several federal grants' advisory workshops.
Interest and Capabilities: I am particularly interested in the challenge posed by the need for structural materials capable of surpassing the performance of reduced-activation steels, especially in terms of high-temperature strength. My background in material design modeling and irradiation damage modeling positions me uniquely to contribute to this field. My capabilities extend to advanced manufacturing techniques, which are integral for producing novel materials with optimized properties. I am proficient in artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) methodologies, which I leverage for predictive modeling and optimization of material performance. Additionally, I have a strong background in materials database development and maintenance, ensuring that the data generated is standardized, accessible, and ready for integration into broader systems and life-cycle analyses.
I am eager to contribute to the discovery and development of advanced structural materials for fusion power plants. I am committed to interdisciplinary collaboration and believe that my unique skill set will be a valuable asset to the project teams formed in response to this FOA. |
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| | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | Jie Lian | Professor |
Academic
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Power Generation and Energy Production: Liquid and Gaseous Fuels/Nuclear
| Dr. Jie Lian is a faculty of Nuclear Engineering and Materials Science, RPI; His expertise is on materials under extreme environments, design and manufacturing of materials for advanced nuclear energy systems. radiation damage and irradiation effects, microstructure and mechanical property characterization, and ultra high temperature ceramics. He is currently leading a multidisciplinary NSF DMREF project: “Data-driven Materials Design and Discovery of Next Generation Environment Barrier Coatings”. He is also working functionally graded materials for plasma facing materials and design new structures and materials for lithium breeding materials for nuclear fusion. Unique capabilities have been developed to test materials behavior under extreme heat loading for nuclear fusion and transient behavior under simulating LOCA and RIA events for nuclear fission systems. |
| NY |
| | J. Foster & Associates. | Patrick Moo | R&D Engineer |
Small Business
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Power Generation and Energy Production: Liquid and Gaseous Fuels/Nuclear
| JFoster & Associates, LLC (JFA) is an 8(a) certified, women-owned small business and premier contractor located in Idaho Falls, Idaho. JFA provides the highest quality technical and professional services to DOE, DOD, other government customers, as well as commercial customers. JFA is active in developing technologies and rapid-turnaround experimental solutions for nuclear energy applications. This includes but is not limited to development of next-generation reactor materials, advanced fission-system fuels and fuel cycles, and other advanced manufacturing solutions in support of emerging nuclear technologies such as fusion. We're currently investigating novel manufacturing techniques for SFR and LWR fuels under two separate DOE SBIR awards. Our material R&D facility is equipped with state-of-the-art metal/ceramic injection molding systems, SLA 3D printer, powder milling and homogenization equipment, sample-prep, SEM, XRD, and high-temperature controlled atmosphere furnaces. Additionally, we are anticipating expansion into additional areas of metal/ceramic additive manufacturing and rapid material consolidation processes.
Areas of expertise include:
-Nuclear material manufacturing
-High temperature, high thermal conductivity composites
-Heterogeneous or compositionally graded materials
-Additive manufacturing of metals/ceramics/composites
-Spark plasma sintering (SPS)
-Powder injection molding
-Hybrid manufacturing processes
-Debind and sintering of metals/ceramics/composites
-Feedstock processing, characterization, and optimization
-Material characterization
-Nuclear modelling & simulation (neutronic, thermal, fluid, & material) |
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| | Virginia Tech | Jinsuo Zhang | Professor |
Academic
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Power Generation and Energy Production: Liquid and Gaseous Fuels/Nuclear
| The investigator's research group has been working on Material corrosion /degradation in molten salt and liquid metal, molten salt and liquid metal chemistry and properties since 2001 for advanced nuclear energy systems. The group has the following research capabilities: Molten salt chemistry control, salt purification and characterization, molten salt corrosion kinetics and long-term corrosion tests, flow-induced corrosion, and molten salt property measurements (density, heat capacity, vapor pressure, melting point, etc.) |
| VA |
| | General Atomics | Brian Grierson | Fusion Pilot Plant Director |
Large Business
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Other Energy Technologies
| General Atomics (GA), established in 1955, stands as a distinguished entity in the high-technology landscape of the United States. GA’s primary facility is located is located on a 120-acre site in San Diego, California, consisting of nearly one million square feet of cutting-edge engineering and testing facilities, precision manufacturing installations and advanced research laboratories.
At present, GA employs over 12,000 people and is a leading U.S. high-technology company specializing in diversified research and development in energy and other advanced technologies. On behalf of the Department of Energy, GA carries out the largest and most successful fusion program in private industry, operating the DIII-D National Fusion facility. This world-class laboratory explores a wide range of topics from fundamental plasma science to the design and operation of future fusion power plants. The company and its affiliates develop and build state of the art electronic components, conduct material research and exploration, provide systems for hazardous material destruction and many other products and services for government and industry.
GA’s pioneering technology development continues to create new business areas and the company is renowned for its cutting-edge capabilities in key material areas, among them:
• Advanced Manufacturing: GA is a pioneer in advanced manufacturing techniques, utilizing state-of-the-art methods to craft high-quality products.
• Modeling of the Material Environment: Through advanced simulations and analysis, we can predict material behavior in extreme conditions, leading to the development of superior materials and components.
• ML/AI Capability: At the forefront of technological innovation, we harness the power of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence to drive intelligent decision-making.
• Storage and Curation of Materials Data in Federated Data Platforms: Our data platforms are designed to facilitate easy access, analysis, and sharing of critical information, fostering collaboration and driving progress.
• Framework for Systems and Life-Cycle Analysis: GA has a robust framework for systems and life-cycle analysis. We comprehensively evaluate the performance, cost, and environmental impact of systems throughout their entire life cycle.
For this upcoming FOA, we are keenly interested to partner with companies, universities, and national labs to collaboratively advance the domain of materials. |
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