Students and Professors Spend the Summer at Sandia under DOE’s WDTS Program

This past summer, the CRF was the research home to 11 students and 2 professors who participated in the DOE Office of Science’s Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists (WDTS) Program. By allowing students and professors to conduct research internships at national laboratories, this program is helping to develop the next generation of scientists, teachers,…

CRF researchers attend 2013 SAE World Congress

Various CRF staff members attended the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) 2013 International Congress from April 16–18 in Detroit, Michigan. Each year this event draws over 10,000 people from 45 countries, representing original equipment manufacturers, suppliers, academia, research and development, and government. Chuck Mueller and Jacqueline O’Connor each received an SAE Engineering Meetings Board Outstanding…

Leaner Lifted-Flame Combustion: An ideal companion for biofuels

When Aristotle said that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts, he probably wasn’t thinking of engines and biofuels. But his famous quote applies perfectly to the synergy between Leaner Lifted-Flame Combustion (LLFC) and oxygenated biofuels. Each technology has its own limitations, but combining the two may create something much greater –…