Post, March 12, 2014 • Adam Wahab 9/16/2013-1/21/2014 Host: Wayne Staats During a several-month visit, Adam Wahab assisted Wayne Staats, Jeff Koplow, Justin Vanness, and Ryan Gorman in developing a new lighting technology that uses a variant of the Sandia Cooler—a highly efficient heat exchanger for microelectronic devices—to cool the LED array. Specifically, Adam created...
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CRF Visitors, July and August 2013
Post, November 21, 2013 • Russell Fitzgerald 6/3/13-7/26/13 Host: Isaac Ekoto General Electric (GE) research scientist and former Sandian Russell Fitzgerald came to the CRF for two months to work with Isaac Ekoto to evaluate the suitability of employing an in situ carbon monoxide (CO) detection technique in an optically accessible gas turbine test rig...
CRF Visitors, March 2014
Post, May 5, 2014 • Xinyu Zhao Xinyu Zhao 1/13/14-3/7/14 Host: Jackie Chen Xinyu Zhao is a roving postdoctoral fellow at the Combustion Energy Frontier Research Center (a DOE-funded center led by Princeton University focused on predictive modeling to improve the design of advanced engines) who is co-mentored by Dan Haworth of Pennsylvania State University...
CRF Visitors, September 2013
Post, November 21, 2013 • Niels Leermakers 5/1/2013-9/13/2013 Host: Mark Musculus Niels Leermakers, a Ph.D. candidate from Eindhoven University of Technology in The Netherlands, visited the CRF for four months to collaborate with Mark Musculus on a DOE project to better understand details of the temporal and spatial evolution of soot and soot precursors under...
Criegee intermediate research featured in Science Roundup
Post, May 14, 2013 • Craig Taatjes and Davis Osborn’s paper, “Direct Measurements of Conformer-Dependent Reactivity of the Criegee Intermediate CH3CHOO,” was one of 12 papers featured in the April Science Roundup, a monthly review of highlights for AAAS members. The paper was published in the April 12 edition of Science magazine. In the paper,...
Daniel Dedrick serves on California Energy Commission’s 10th Integrated Energy Policy Report Workshop Panel
Post, April 28, 2014 • Daniel Dedrick On April 10, Daniel Dedrick participated in the California Energy Commission’s (CEC) 10th Integrated Energy Policy Report Workshop, "The State of Alternative Transportation Technologies Over the Next 10 Years." Daniel was a member of the Hydrogen Fueling Systems Panel, along with Aaron Harris of Air Liquide; Matt McClory...
David Chandler Named IAMS Advisory Board Member
Post, October 18, 2013 • Sandia chemist David Chandler has been named to the 7th Advisory Board of the Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences (IAMS). Dr. Chandler’s term will run from September 2013 through August 2016. Advisory Board members review research programs at IAMS and recommend scientific directions. IAMS is one of 24 research...
Dawn Manley supports Senatorial visit to China
Post, May 10, 2012 • Dawn Manley with Senator Bingaman (photo courtesy of Jonathan Black) Senior Manager Dawn Manley accompanied Senior New Mexico Senator Jeff Bingaman on his recent trip to Hong Kong and China to discuss their clean-energy landscape. The U.S. delegation sought to learn more about the policies and incentives that Hong Kong...
Dedication, curiosity earn chemist DOE Early Career Award
Post, June 16, 2022 • CRF Scientist Krupa Ramasesha Each year, the Department of Energy awards five-year, $2.5M, Early Career Award grants to young scientists, chosen through a highly competitive research proposal selection process. For CRF scientist Krupa Ramasesha, winning the Department of Energy’s Early Career Award means that she can launch an in-depth study...
Dennis Siebers hosts Advanced Engine Combustion program review
Post, April 8, 2013 • Engine Combustion manager Dennis Siebers hosted an Advanced Engine Combustion program review meeting from Feb. 5-7. Participants included researchers from the national labs, academia, and industry. Jackie O’Connor, Paul Miles, John Dec, Lyle Pickett, Cosmin Dumitrescu, Julien Manin, Magnus Sjoberg, Dipankar Sahoo, and Scott Skeen gave presentations on their research.
Dennis Siebers Leaves Behind a Lasting Legacy in Engine Combustion Research
Post, July 8, 2014 • Dennis Siebers Nearly 40 years ago, Dennis Siebers was drawn to Sandia for the opportunity to perform “exceptional service in the national interest.” In July, his 38-year career at Sandia, most of it spent in the CRF, came to a close with his retirement. “It’s difficult to measure the impact...
DOE Office of Basic Energy Science program managers and reviewers visit the CRF
Post, June 8, 2013 • Program managers Dr. Michael Casassa and Dr. Wade Sisk of the DOE Office of Basic Energy Sciences (BES) and eight peer-reviewers visited the CRF from March 20–22. Over their three-day visit, Dr. Casassa, Dr. Sisk, and the reviewers met with managers and staff funded by BES, listened to staff presentations...
DOE Office of Basic Energy Sciences program managers visit the CRF
Post, June 26, 2012 • Program managers Dr. Wade Sisk and Dr. Mark Pederson of the DOE Office of Basic Energy Sciences (BES) made a recent visit to the CRF. Over their two-day visit, Dr. Sisk and Dr. Pederson met informally with managers of BES-funded projects. The BES program supports fundamental research to understand, predict,...
Download a Special Edition of the CRF News
Post, October 22, 2014 • Download a special edition of the CRF News. This printable pdf newsletter includes coverage of the 35th International Symposium on Combustion, Robert Barlow's Alfred C. Egerton Gold Medal from the Combustion Institute, the CRF's 2014 Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists Program, Dennis Seibers' retirement, and more.
EERE Officials Visit CRF
Post, May 21, 2014 • Paul Miles leads David Danielson, on the far left, and the rest of the group through the small-bore diesel/light-duty diesel laboratory. On April 14, officials from the DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) visited the Combustion Research Facility. The guests included David Danielson, EERE Assistant Secretary;...
ExaCT holds all-hands meeting at CRF
Post, June 8, 2013 • On May 14, the Center for Exascale Simulation of Combustion in Turbulence (ExaCT) held its biannual all-hands meeting at the CRF. The meeting was attended by computer scientists, applied mathematicians and computational combustion scientists from ExaCT, and high-performance computing (HPC) vendors and computer scientists associated with DOE’s X-Stack program (aimed...
ExaCT offers “proxy apps”
Post, May 22, 2012 • This month, we debuted the new website for The Center for Exascale Simulation of Combustion in Turbulence (ExaCT). The ExaCT group is actively developing a number of “proxy apps” that represent key aspects of structured-grid adaptive PDE-based combustion simulations. A subset of these proxy apps are available to the public....
ExaCT offers "proxy apps"
Post, May 22, 2012 • This month, we debuted the new website for The Center for Exascale Simulation of Combustion in Turbulence (ExaCT). The ExaCT group is actively developing a number of “proxy apps” that represent key aspects of structured-grid adaptive PDE-based combustion simulations. A subset of these proxy apps are available to the public....
ExaCT Website Debuts
Post, May 8, 2012 • Last month we talked about Exascale Computing and Sandian Dr. Jackie Chen’s collaborative grant with Dr. John Bell of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory to establish the Center for Exascale Simulation of Combustion in Turbulence (ExaCT). Our new ExaCT website is now live and full of detailed information on the people,...
Fabulous at Forty!
Post, April 5, 2021 • Fueling the Future Established at Sandia National Laboratories in Livermore, California, as the first U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) user facility, since the early 1980s the Combustion Research Facility (CRF) has served as a national and international leader in combustion science and technology for more than 40 years. As the...
Faculty and Students Pursue CRF Research under DOE Programs
Post, July 17, 2014 • Under the supervision of mentor Ethan Hecht, Samira Iqbal of Las Positas College works on a reactor that is used to characterize the kinetics of pulverized coal oxy-combustion under pressure. The DOE Office of Science Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists (WDTS) initiative maintains a decades-long legacy of developing the...
February 2012
Post, April 25, 2012 • Senior manager of the Livermore Valley Open Campus, Andy McIlroy, presented a poster at the Industry-National Laboratory Workshop on Materials for Energy held at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory from January 30-February 1. The poster, entitled “Clean and Efficient Combustion for Energy Security,” was featured in the session on Energy: grid, carbon...
February CRF Visitor Departures
Post, April 17, 2014 • Xiaoying Han Xiaoying Han 2/3/2014-2/14/2014 Host: Habib Najm As part of an ongoing collaboration with Habib Najm, Professor Xiaoying Han of Auburn University (Alabama) returned to the CRF to continue research on methods for model reduction in stochastic chemical systems. Prof. Han’s work is focused on developing a theoretical framework...
Finding a molecular needle in a haystack
Post, July 7, 2017 • Bálint Sztáray, left, from the University of the Pacific, and Sandia National Laboratories chemist David Osborn display the PEPICO instrument. Sandia Labs creates better ‘fingerprints’ to detect elusive, valuable chemical compounds By Sarah Sewel Imagine being able to see the entire Statue of Liberty and a small ant on its...
First Kevin E. Strecker Award Presented at Rice University
Post, May 30, 2014 • Joseph Barchas (middle) receives congratulations from Michelle Strecker and Randy Hulet, who was Kevin Strecker’s graduate advisor. The Combustion Research Facility (CRF) sends warm congratulations to Joseph Barchas of Rice University, the first recipient of the Rice University’s Kevin E. Strecker Award. Joseph received the $2,000 award from the Department...
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