Project Grant FG0208ER85200

This federal Project Grant award of $168,243.00 from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) supports research conducted by Aimilight Sensors And Intelligent Systems Inc. to develop a real-time tritiated gas composition analysis system using waveguide enhanced optical spectroscopy. The project aims to advance fusion fuel cycle technologies through the creation of an innovative gas analysis platform. The award period extends from February 18,...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E, CFDA 81.135) has awarded a $499,946 Cooperative Agreement to Exofusion, Inc. for the development of novel liquid metal plasma facing component (PFC) alloys. This project aims to create new materials that can optimize core confinement and divertor plasma performance, which is critical to improving the economic viability of fusion power plants. The two-year project, running from January 2025 to January 2027, will...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) Project Grant award of $239,087 to Purdue University, titled "EAGER: QUANTITATIVE SPECIES AND TEMPERATURE IMAGING IN FLAMES OF NEXT-GENERATION FUELS VIA WAVELENGTH-MODULATED LASER-INDUCED FLUORESCENCE", will develop new diagnostic tools for quantitative imaging of gas temperature and composition in combustion flames. The primary goals are to: (1) develop the first quantitative and calibration-free gaseous...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management awarded a $7,500,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Fossil Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.089) program to Dumarey USA LLC (UEI: M8KLDKAB11B9), a subsidiary of Mahle Powertrain, LLC. The objective of this project is to demonstrate at-scale, electrically heated methane oxidation catalysts capable of achieving at least 8,000 hours of longevity and high conversion efficiencies to enable widespread adoption in...

The Department of Energy's Office of Science has awarded a $3,288,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for the "FIRE COLLABORATIVE: RAPID HIGH-FIDELITY BULK IRRADIATED MATERIALS DATA GENERATION TO ACCELERATE SOLUTIONS FOR COMMERCIAL FUSION ENERGY SYSTEMS" project. This award is part of the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which supports fundamental scientific research across various disciplines, including fusion...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Fossil Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.089) awarded a $1,619,426 Cooperative Agreement to RTX Corporation's Raytheon Technologies Research Center to advance the technology readiness level of an electrochemically activated oxygen sorbent and reactor system. The project aims to develop a scalable, efficient, and durable electrochemical oxygen separation technology to enable high-quality syngas production and carbon capture for hydrogen production...

This $600,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Physics supports research to develop a high-density, axially homogeneous helicon plasma source for the AWAKE (Advanced Proton Driven Plasma Wakefield Acceleration Experiment) project at CERN. The research aims to qualify the helicon plasma generation technology for application in next-generation particle accelerator systems, which could significantly reduce the size and cost of future linear accelerators...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) awarded a $1,060,833 Cooperative Agreement to Genalpha Nuclear Technologies LLC to develop a "Structured Plasma Cell Thermionic Energy Conversion (SPACE-TEC)" system. This groundbreaking nuclear fuel technology is designed to directly convert nuclear heat into electricity, eliminating the need for a conventional power generation system such as a turbine generator. The project, titled "High-Efficiency...

This $171,593 National Science Foundation project grant will fund research to indirectly measure combustion reaction rates through laminar flame speed measurements. The NSF Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded this funding under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). California State University, Los Angeles will utilize a meso-scale diverging channel to measure laminar flame speeds of rich ethylene flames. These measurements taken at atmospheric...

Aerodyne Research Inc. was awarded a $206,394 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science's Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop a low-cost hydrogen monitor for continuous quantification of facility emissions. The grant has a project period from July 10, 2023 to April 9, 2024. As a manufacturer of advanced sensor and software products for atmospheric monitoring, Aerodyne Research Inc. will leverage its expertise in areas such as air quality monitoring,...