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Craig Taatjes To Be Awarded Polanyi Medal for Pioneering Work in Combustion Chemistry

Post, November 27, 2013 • Sandia combustion chemist Craig Taatjes, whose groundbreaking work on Criegee intermediates has provided scientific insight into hydrocarbon combustion and atmospheric chemistry, has been selected to receive the prestigious Polanyi Medal at the 23rd International Symposium on Gas Kinetics and Related Phenomena, which will be held on July 20–25, 2014, in...

CRF Researchers Awarded the David A. Shirley Award for Outstanding Scientific Achievement

Post, November 29, 2012 • Outstanding Scientific Achievement Award Winners The CRF is pleased to announce that researchers Craig Taatjes and David Osborn, along with collaborators at the University of Manchester and the University of Bristol, were awarded the 2012 David A. Shirley Award for Outstanding Scientific Achievement at LBNL’s Advanced Light Source (ALS). The...
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CRF Researchers Make Direct Kinetic Measurements of Criegee Intermediate

Post, May 29, 2013 • Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories’ Combustion Research Facility, the University of Manchester, Bristol University, University of Southampton, and Hong Kong Polytechnic have successfully measured reaction rates of a second Criegee intermediate, CH3CHOO, and proven that the reactivity of the atmospheric chemical depends strongly on which way the molecule is twisted....
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David Osborn Receives Lockheed Martin NOVA Award

Post, September 7, 2013 • David Osborn Chemist David Osborn was recently awarded a Lockheed Martin NOVA Award. This award honors individuals who have made outstanding contributions to Lockheed Martin’s mission and business objectives in the four categories of exceptional service, leadership, teamwork, and technical excellence. David received a Technical Excellence Award for his groundbreaking...

VFP Professor Balint Sztaray Continues CRF Collaboration

Post, July 24, 2014 • Balint Sztaray, a professor of Chemistry at University of the Pacific Over the past two summers and a sabbatical semester in 2013, University of the Pacific (UOP) chemistry professor Balint Sztaray and his research group have been working with the CRF’s David Osborn on a project to improve the selectivity...
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