Polyphase wireless power transfer system achieves 270-kilowatt charge, s...
Dr. Patrick J. Mulholland of the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) recently was elected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).Election of Fellows in the AAAS in 1997 was limited to 270 of the 140,000 members. This honor recogni...
Dr. Michelle V. Buchanan of the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has been appointed to the Editorial Advisory Board of Fresenius' Journal of Analytical Chemistry, a well-known German-published journal.Buchanan joined ORNL in 1978 in the Chemical and Analytical Scien...
Dr. Michael Sale of the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has been selected as a fellow of the American Water Resources Association (AWRA).This recognition is given to long-term AWRA members who have served in leadership positions in the organization and have records...
A tribute to black inventors and scientists is planned from 9:30 a.m to 5:30 p.m Monday, Jan. 19, and Tuesday, Jan. 20, in the Knoxville Civic Auditorium as part of the observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Although the Daresbury Nuclear Structure Facility in England was closed in 1993, one of its nuclear physics instruments will have a second life at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The large, multi-million-dollar instrument will be used with ORNL's upgraded radioactive-ion
Automobile manufacturers must crash models of their cars to determine if they meet safety standards for protecting passengers during accidents. Because a single car crash test can cost $50,000 to $750,000, an attractive alternative to crunching metal is crunching numbers.Inexpensive car-crash simul...
Anna Swan, a Wigner Fellow, has joined the research staff at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in the Solid State Division's Particle-Surface Interactions Section. The Wigner fellowship, designed to provide research opportunities for exceptional young scient...
Robert L. Siegrist, a researcher and engineer at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), has been named chair of the Task Force on Contaminated Sites under the International Committee of the Water Environment Federation. The task force, comprised of members from more ...
Nic Korte of the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has been appointed to the editorial review board of the professional journal Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation. Korte heads ORNL's Environmental Sciences Division restoration and technology group, which is located in...
The Oak Ridge Science Semester Program is entering its 25th year at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). The program involves undergraduate participants from colleges of the Great Lakes College Association (GLCA) and the Associated Colleges of the Midwest (ACM). Deans...