John Michael Ramsey, a University of Tennessee-Battelle corporate fellow with the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has earned the 2003 American Chemical Society Division of Analytical Chemistry Award in Chemical Instrumentation.The award, sponsored by the Dow Chemical Foundatio...
The Welding Institute of the United Kingdom has presented an award to Sudarsanam Suresh Babu of the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory for his contributions to welding technology.
Paul F. Becher, a corporate fellow and research group leader at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been named to the National Materials Advisory Board of the National Research Council of the National Academies.The board is the principal source of objective, independent an...
Steve J. Zinkle, a researcher at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been elected a fellow of ASM International, the Materials Information Society.
Hua-Tay Lin of the Metals and Ceramics Division of the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has been recognized on three fronts for his research.Lin was elected a fellow of the American Ceramic Society, chair of the organization's Engineering Ceramics Division and was appointed chai...
A potentially inexpensive miniature sensor able to detect tiny amounts of airborne plastic explosives in just seconds could make it possible to safeguard virtually all airports and key public facilities in the United States. The ORNL micromechanical system (MEMS) has several advantages over conventi...
Transmission - Three times the efficiency Next-generation power lines that are lighter and can transmit far more electricity will likely play a role in modernizing the nation's power grid. The new transmission lines, made of 3M Nextel 610 ceramic fibers embedded in an aluminum matrix, are un...
Ridding natural gas of sulfur and other impurities means cleaner air, and it is the focus of a project that would take advantage of two technologies developed at ORNL. The goal is to build and demonstrate a low-cost regenerative desulfurizer based on the carbon fiber composite molecular sieve and el...
Power blackouts need not interrupt normal routines such as keeping phone circuits and hotel electric systems operating. Using energy sources produced through the concept of distributed generation, Verizon Communications and a Hilton Hotel outside of Gary, Ind., may soon be able to operate reg...
Military helicopters, combat vehicles and limousines could be made safer with an improved armor developed by researchers at ORNL. Tests at the lab show that tiles made of ORNL's boron carbide ceramic and facings made of polymer matrix composites provide superior armor-piercing bullet-stopping abilit...