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![To understand the electronic structures of solids and predict their properties, ORNL’s Valentino Cooper uses density functional theory (DFT), which models how many electrons are in a region rather than where those electrons are. “DFT essentially presents one electron existing in a ‘sea foam’ and tells how dense that foam is,” he said. Credit: Carlos Jones/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2020-02/2019-P18109_0.jpg?h=aa35fa95&itok=t045nmpS)
Valentino (“Tino”) Cooper of the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory uses theory, modeling and computation to improve fundamental understanding of advanced materials for next-generation energy and information technologies.
![Edge computing is both dependent on and greatly influencing a host of promising technologies including (clockwise from top left): quantum computing; high-performance computing; neuromorphic computing; and carbon nanotubes.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2020-02/Jones%20image%202-12-20.png?h=2e876d46&itok=fT3y4uz9)
We have a data problem. Humanity is now generating more data than it can handle; more sensors, smartphones, and devices of all types are coming online every day and contributing to the ever-growing global dataset.
![Examples from the ORNL Overhead Vehicle Dataset, generated with images captured by GRIDSMART cameras. Image: Thomas Karnowski/ORNL](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2020-02/truckgrid-corrected-1024x745.png?h=bc62b519&itok=HY9xstgl)
Each year, approximately 6 billion gallons of fuel are wasted as vehicles wait at stop lights or sit in dense traffic with engines idling, according to US Department of Energy estimates.
![ORNL senior research scientist Baohua Gu has been named fellow by two geochemistry organizations.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2020-02/Gu%202016-P07185.jpg?h=e4c65b60&itok=ZeLWK85H)
Baohua Gu, a senior research scientist in the Environmental Sciences Division at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been elected fellow of the Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry.
![Ben Betzler, a reactor physics nuclear engineer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2020-02/Betzler200_0.jpg?h=854a7be2&itok=zIgLNjU3)
As a reactor physics nuclear engineer, Ben Betzler leverages and develops computational methods to solve questions across nuclear energy—whether it’s finding the best design of a reactor core or repurposing an old tool for a new analysis.
![ORNL’s Samantha Erwin has received a Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Science Policy Fellowship.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2020-02/2019-P16769.jpg?h=c5e60c9f&itok=dgOyiHMl)
Samantha Erwin of the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has received a Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) Science Policy Fellowship.
![Michael Brady](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2020-02/2018-P09417.png?h=49ab6177&itok=UUSTmzc9)
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Feb. 12, 2020 -- Michael Brady, a researcher at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been named fellow of the National Association of Corrosion Engineers, or NACE International.
![The image visualizes how the team’s multitask convolutional neural network classifies primary cancer sites. Image credit: Hong-Jun Yoon/ORNL](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2020-02/shot_0.png?h=49ab6177&itok=IXL5Ingy)
As the second-leading cause of death in the United States, cancer is a public health crisis that afflicts nearly one in two people during their lifetime.
![ORNL’s Thomas Kurfess has been elected to the National Academy of Engineers.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2020-02/2018-P07982.png?h=3f45acce&itok=biW4vd-X)
Thomas Kurfess, chief manufacturing officer and senior distinguished scientist for manufacturing at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering for his contributions
![Peter Wang](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2020-01/2019-P18026_0.jpg?h=8f9cfe54&itok=_gPTJOy-)
Peter Wang is focused on robotics and automation at the Department of Energy’s Manufacturing Demonstration Facility at ORNL, working on high-profile projects such as the MedUSA, a large-scale hybrid additive manufacturing machine.