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It’s been 10 years since the US Department of Energy first established a BioEnergy Science Center (BESC) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), and researcher Gerald “Jerry” Tuskan has used that time and the lab’s and center’s resources and tools
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Finding new energy uses for underrated materials is a recurring theme across Amit Naskar’s research portfolio. Since joining Oak Ridge National Laboratory in 2006, he has studied low-cost polymers as carbon fiber precursors, turning lignin−a byproduct of biofuel production−into renewable thermoplastics and creating carbon battery electrodes from recycled tires.
![Santos-Villalobos Santos-Villalobos with a camera array in an Imaging, Signals, and Machine Learning lab. Santos-Villalobos Santos-Villalobos with a camera array in an Imaging, Signals, and Machine Learning lab.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/news/images/HectorCameraArray.jpeg?itok=6VOtD6pN)
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Growing up in South Carolina, Ryan McManamay enjoyed a nature-rich upbringing. Both of his parents are retired teachers from the public school system and instilled in him early an appreciation for immersive learning as well as a love of the outdoors. His father, a biology teacher,...
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![Claus Daniel, director of the Sustainable Transportation program at ORNL. Photo by Carlos Jones, ORNL. Claus Daniel, director of the Sustainable Transportation program at ORNL. Photo by Carlos Jones, ORNL.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/claus16-P07076.jpg?itok=ybLvpBHM)
Claus Daniel was initially attracted to the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory by its reputation as a world leader in materials research. What has kept him at the lab is the opportunity to work with experts across many disciplines using the latest tools to convey ba...
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Xin Sun spent her early career helping define a new scientific field, and now she plans to use her technical and managerial experience to expand the capabilities of Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s (ORNL) Energy and Transportation Science Division (ETSD) as she steps in as division director. Xin t...
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While serving in Kandahar, Afghanistan, U.S. Navy construction mechanic Matthew Sallas may not have imagined where his experience would take him next. But researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory certainly had the future in mind as they were creating programs to train men and wome...
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