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Established programs in lightweight materials, intelligent vehicle systems and advanced diesels place the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) firmly in the cab when it comes to the 21st Century Truck Partnership. The partnership, which combines the resources and capabilities ...
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Hank Cochran, senior research staffer in the Chemical Technology Division of the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), has been appointed to the Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. The organization accredits eng...
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Steve Pennycook, group leader in the Solid State Division of the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has earned the Institute of Physics' Thomas Young Medal and Prize. The honor, awarded by the institute since 1907, recognizes distinguished work in the field of optics.P...
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A new refueling station to provide alternative Ethanol-85 (E-85) fuel to vehicles in the fleet at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) was dedicated here today.Participating in the dedication ceremony were U.S. Rep. Zach Wamp of Tennessee and officials from the Depa...
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Four awards for excellence in technology transfer have been earned by the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) from the Federal Laboratory Consortium.Thirty-five teams from DOE's national laboratories are being honored with these awards. Rules stipulate national labs ca...
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Entries from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) won five awards at recent international competitions sponsored by the Society for Technical Communication (STC). First-place winners in regional competition are eligible for international judging.
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Arthur Stewart of the Environmental Sciences Division of the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has been named editor of "Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. "The publication is an international journal dedicated to advancing the sciences of environmental toxicolog...
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Edmund Wise, physician assistant in the Health Division of the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), has received a certificate of completion for his participation in the first postgraduate occupational and environmental medicine program offered at Duke University.Wise ...
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Lars Petersen, a Wigner fellow working with the Solid State Division at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), has earned an award from the Danish Academy of Natural Sciences for his outstanding doctoral thesis of 1999.The title of the thesis is "Scanning Tunneling M...
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The Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is a collaborator on six of 13 university-led projects that have received funding from DOE's Energy Efficiency Science Initiative. The projects promote the more-efficient production and use of energy. The projects, their total budgets (...