![In a win for chemistry, inventors at ORNL have designed a closed-loop path for synthesizing an exceptionally tough carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer, or CFRP, and later recovering all of its starting materials.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2024-08/23-G07927-Closed-Loop-Recycling-of-CFRP-pcg-v6_0.jpg?h=5c2f3caf&itok=x_dply5n)
In a win for chemistry, inventors at ORNL have designed a closed-loop path for synthesizing an exceptionally tough carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer, or CFRP, and later recovering all of its starting materials.
![ORNL’s Sholl elected to National Academy of Engineering](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2024-02/2021-p04915.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=S6_rKkDd)
David Sholl, director of the Transformational Decarbonization Initiative at ORNL, has been elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering for his contributions in addressing large-scale chemical separation challenges, including carbon dioxide capture, using quantitative materials modeling.
![Materials clerk Julie Givens converses with Lab Director Stephen Streiffer at the drop-off for Angel Tree gifts. Credit: ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2024-01/stephen_handshake_blurred.jpg?h=05622c50&itok=a10keRn2)
ORNL employees contributed over $828,000 to local nonprofits through the lab’s employee giving programs in 2023. ORNL’s managing contractor, UT-Battelle, provided an additional $139,600 in support of employee efforts. In addition, ORNL employees recorded over 1,497 volunteer hours, serving 56 nonprofits. With the value of these volunteer hours estimated at $36,232, total employee-led contributions for 2023 were valued at more than $1 million.
![Dignitaries at announcement of EPB and Oak Ridge National Lab quantum science and energy resilience event](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2024-01/1o7a8235-edit.jpg?h=a141e9ea&itok=vHUC2TY3)
EPB, ORNL announce plans for research collaborative focused on energy resilience, quantum technology
EPB and ORNL marked 10 years of collaboration with the announcement of the new Collaborative for Energy Resilience and Quantum Science. The new joint research effort will focus on utilizing Chattanooga’s highly advanced and integrated energy and communications infrastructure to develop technologies and best practices for enhancing the resilience and security of the national power grid while accelerating the commercialization of quantum technologies.
![ORNL's Kyle Gluesenkamp received the FLC Outstanding Researcher Award.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2024-01/gluesenkamp1_0.jpg?h=319b3f54&itok=kpelvP3i)
Four ORNL teams and one researcher were recognized for excellence in technology transfer and technology transfer innovation.
![ORNL Associate Laboratory Director for Computing and Computational Sciences. Credit: Carlos Jones/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2024-01/tourassi.jpg?h=55be468c&itok=AvEfpuPK)
Gina Tourassi, associate laboratory director for computing and computational sciences at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been named a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the world’s largest organization for technical professionals.
![The Oppenheimer Science and Energy Leadership Program has selected Yarom Polsky and Jim Serafin as fellows for its 2024 cohort. Credit: Carlos Jones/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2024-01/photo_0.jpg?h=c673cd1c&itok=yI6MTfE1)
The Oppenheimer Science and Energy Leadership Program, or OSELP, has selected Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Yarom Polsky, left, and Jim Serafin as fellows for its 2024 cohort.
![Robert Wagner headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2024-01/2022-p00081_0.jpg?h=8f0b2d98&itok=QGR2O9l0)
The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has named Robert Wagner associate laboratory director for the Energy Science and Technology Directorate, effective Feb. 1.
![Researchers at Corning have found that understanding the stability of the rings of atoms in glass materials can help predict the performance of glass products.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2024-01/picture2.png?h=342db57d&itok=yUdVp1Za)
Corning uses neutron scattering to study the stability of different types of glass. Recently, researchers for the company have found that understanding the stability of the rings of atoms in glass materials can help predict the performance of glass products.
A carbon-reducing engine simulated on the world’s fastest supercomputer, a new center to lead research in artificial intelligence coming online and a power record set by the world’s top producer of pulsed neutrons were among the topics featured in Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s most popular news stories of 2023.