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More wins DOE Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Program R&D Award
ORNL Today, May 20, 2013 - Karren L. More of the Materials S&T Division has received the 2013 DOE Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Program R&D Award in recognition of outstanding achievements in leading ORNL's project on Microstructural Characterization of Fuel Cell Materials and in her role as a subcontractor on multiple DOE-funded fuel cell R&D projects.

Lin to receive Honor Medal of Aurel Stodola
ORNL Today, May 20, 2013 - D r. Hua-Tay Lin, of ORNL's Materials Science and Technology Division, has been selected to receive the 2013 Honor Medal of Aurel Stodola by the Slovak Academy of Sciences. Lin is being recognized for his research activities and significant contributions in sciences on high temperature mechanical behavior of ceramics and composites.

ORNL microscopy uncovers "dancing" silicon atoms in graphene
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., April 3, 2013 - Jumping silicon atoms are the stars of an atomic scale ballet featured in a new Nature Communications study from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Energy Department Launches New Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative
Mar. 26, 2013 - As part of the Obama Administration's commitment to revitalizing America's manufacturing sector, today the Energy Department launched the Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative (CEMI), a new Department initiative focused on growing American manufacturing of clean energy products and boosting U.S. competitiveness through major improvements in manufacturing energy productivity.

Women in STEM

K. L. More, L. R. Walker, Y. Wang, E. Lara-Curzio, and T. Brummett, was awarded the IGTI/ASME Ceramic Committee's "Best Paper Award" entitled, "Microstructural and Mechanical Characterization of a Hybrid Oxide CMC Combuster Liner After 25,000-hour Engine Test," to be presented at the IGTI TurboExpo2010 Meeting in Glasgow, Scotland. March 2010.
S. Sham, Certificate of Appreciation for the Outstanding Materials & Fabrication Paper at the 2007 Pressure Vessels & Piping (PVP) Conference in San Antonio (2008).