January 2012

January 17 Transportation Energy Center Director, Bob Carling, conducted the CRF portion of the Leadership Livermore Annual Tour. Leadership Livermore is a program created by the Livermore Chamber of Commerce in partnership with the City of Livermore to bring different individuals and organizations together to get a “behind the scenes” look at the community. The…

Sandia researchers, UK partners publish groundbreaking work on Criegee intermediates in Science magazine

In a breakthrough paper published in this week’s issue of Science magazine, researchers from Sandia’s Combustion Research Facility, the University of Manchester and Bristol University report direct           measurements of reactions of a gas-phase Criegee intermediate using photoionization mass spectrometry. To read further, and to see a video of the Sandia…

Sandia transportation fuels expert advises CA state lawmakers on practical approaches to reach new energy goals

A transportation fuels expert from Sandia National Laboratories says policy makers should consider such practical issues as the number of gas stations selling ethanol and how long it takes to get new transportation technologies to market as they introduce aggressive federal and state energy policies. “Policymakers need to have ways to think about the evolution…