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![Scott Curran, group leader for Fuel Science and Engine Technologies Research at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been named a fellow of SAE International and ASME. Credit: ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2024-04/2022-P11499%20%281%29_0.jpg?h=98f45ff8&itok=yUORQ6qa)
ORNL's Scott Curran, group leader for Fuel Science and Engine Technologies Research, has been named a fellow of SAE International and ASME.
![Rigoberto Advincula has been elected to the to the AIMBE College of Fellows. Credit: Carlos Jones/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2024-04/Picture1_0.jpg?h=978cd9c8&itok=jzDitLYM)
Rigoberto “Gobet” Advincula, a scientist with joint appointments at ORNL and the University of Tennessee, has been named a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.
![Three ORNL researchers receive Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2024-04/2013-P05160-cropped_1.jpg?h=55be468c&itok=V0dSpq0r)
The Society of Manufacturing Engineers has honored three Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers with the 2024 SME Susan Smyth Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award.
![Forrest Hoffman](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2024-04/2021-P09697%20%281%29.jpg?h=49ab6177&itok=3hUiPtM2)
Forrest Hoffman, a distinguished scientist at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been named a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the world’s largest organization for technical professionals.
![ORNL’s Kate Evans has been awarded the 2024 Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematicians Activity Group on Mathematics of Planet Earth Prize.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2024-03/Evans_SIAM.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=2lgbSBjY)
Kate Evans, director for the Computational Sciences and Engineering Division at ORNL, has been awarded the 2024 Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematicians Activity Group on Mathematics of Planet Earth Prize.
![ORNL researchers achieved the highest wireless power transfer level for a light-duty passenger vehicle when the team demonstrated a 100-kW wireless power transfer to an EV using ORNL’s patented polyphase electromagnetic coupling coil. Credit: Genevieve Martin/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2024-03/2024-P00658%20%281%29.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=2gqTSOqI)
A team of researchers at ORNL demonstrated that a light-duty passenger electric vehicle can be wirelessly charged at 100-kW with 96% efficiency using polyphase electromagnetic coupling coils with rotating magnetic fields.
![Anuj Kapadia](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2024-03/kapadia.jpg?h=8f9cfe54&itok=M4gtR_dd)
Anuj J. Kapadia, who heads the Advanced Computing Methods for Health Sciences Section at ORNL, has been elected as president of the Southeastern Chapter of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine.
![New system combines human, artificial intelligence to improve experimentation](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2024-02/Screenshot%202024-02-14%20at%2011.37.46%20AM%20%281%29.png?h=e621a1e2&itok=N3lsBqrh)
To capitalize on AI and researcher strengths, scientists developed a human-AI collaboration recommender system for improved experimentation performance.
![Moriano awarded early career fellowship for underrepresented groups](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2024-02/Pablo-Moriano-Pic.jpg?h=4d38fa4a&itok=QTrNiMK-)
Pablo Moriano, a research scientist in the Computer Science and Mathematics Division at ORNL, was selected as a member of the 2024 Class of MGB-SIAM Early Career Fellows.
![Caption: Jaswinder Sharma makes battery coin cells with a lightweight current collector made of thin layers of aligned carbon fibers in a polymer with carbon nanotubes. Credit: Genevieve Martin/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2024-01/sharma1_1.jpg?h=f7dae89e&itok=JiSsMewF)
Electric vehicles can drive longer distances if their lithium-ion batteries deliver more energy in a lighter package. A prime weight-loss candidate is the current collector, a component that often adds 10% to the weight of a battery cell without contributing energy.