Advanced Manufacturing Office Funded Cyclotron Road Program Announces Second Cohort of Innovators

The Cyclotron Road program through Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, has announced the selection of nine new members to make up its second cohort of innovators. Several of the new members hold Ph.D.’s in a variety of engineering fields and are all first-time entrepreneurs. This announcement comes after a four month selection process and members are expected to start work with Berkeley Lab in May. Projects include next generation batteries, advanced materials, biomanufacturing, and solar technologies.

To view the full announcement, please click here.

NOTICE OF INTENT: Industrial Assessment Centers

The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) intends to issue, on behalf of the Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO), a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) entitled “Industrial Assessment Centers.” The goal of the Industrial Assessment Center (IAC) program is twofold: first, to assist small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), currently defined as having gross annual sales below $100 million, fewer than 500 employees, and annual energy bills between $100,000 and $2.5 million, to increase their energy efficiency, productivity, sustainability and competitiveness; and second, to help address a growing shortage of engineering professionals with applied energy-related skills.

For additional information on this notice of intent, please click here.

WORKSHOP: Solutions in Process & Advanced Materials for Today’s Composites Manufacturer

Composites One in partnership with The Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI) will be hosting a free workshop Tuesday, April 5th and Wednesday, April 6th in Knoxville, TN. Discussion topics will include process evolution, products and processes, and traditional and high tech tooling.

For additional information on this workshop, please click here

The Advanced Manufacturing Office Welcomes Dr. Sudarsan Rachuri

The Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) is excited to welcome Dr. Sudarsan Rachuri as a Technology Manager in the R&D Facilities group as of February 22, 2016. Prior to joining AMO, Dr. Rachuri worked as an industrial engineer with the Life Cycle Engineering Group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Not only is Dr. Rachuri an expert in Smart Manufacturing, he is also an American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Fellow.

To access Dr. Rachuri’s full bio, please click here.

The Department of Energy Kicks Off My Brother’s Keeper Week at the National Labs

This week, The Energy Department, along with seven other federal agencies, is inviting students to National Laboratories and Federally Funded Research and Development Centers in hopes of creating opportunity bridges to careers in STEM. This year, 11 labs will welcome students from My Brother’s Keeper (MBK) Challenge communities. Los Alamos, Sandia, Oak Ridge, Brookhaven, Lawrence Livermore, the National Energy Technology Lab, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility and Princeton Plasma Physics lab will all be hosting local groups of students and giving presentations that range from cryogenics experiments to simulating particle collisions to giving a tour of a 3D-printed house. Fermilab and PNNL will also be hosting MBK visits later this spring.

Click on a blog from DOE to learn more about the My Brother’s Keeper initiative.