Posts by Lisa McDonald
Better voltaics through titania
A major advantage of solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells is that they do not suffer problems with solvent leakage and corrosion.…
Read MoreDOE announces availability of $30M for small business materials-oriented tech commercialization
Materials folks – are you already working on a Phase II SBIR or STTR grants project and itching to take…
Read MoreARPA-E announces $92M in advanced energy science, materials awards
DOE’s ARPA-E program today announced it would be funding 43 new high-risk, high-reward energy projects to the tune of $92…
Read MoreBad news for advanced ceramic & glass world: China enforcing new rare earths export restrictions
According to new reports in BusinessWeek and Metal-Pages, China is cutting export quotas for the rare earths and metals –…
Read MoreDOE’s Nuclear Energy University program announces $18 million in scholarships and grants
There’s more than $18 million in new funding coming to students and U.S. university programs that are focusing on nuclear…
Read MoreFriday federal funding facts: Life in the slow lane
For a change, I am going to start my macro-level observations by looking at the National Science Foundation. As indicated…
Read MoreKudos: Dickey named Texas Tech engineering dean
Congratulations go out to ACerS member Elizabeth Dickey for being tapped as the next dean of the Edward E. Whitacre…
Read MoreSolar-assisted electric car charging stations break ground in Tennessee
The Department of Energy is teaming up with the Tennessee Valley Authority and Oak Ridge National Lab to make it…
Read MoreCO2 utilization versus sequestration: DOE funds research to put CO2 to use for products, energy
So far, nearly all of the discussion regarding what to do about high CO2 levels has focused on sequestration, i.e.,…
Read MoreNREL’s new AC process to ease the heat wave burden
I’m dreading my next electricity bill. With this heat wave, I don’t think my AC unit has stopped running once…
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