News & Events

Workshop in Novel Emitters and Nanostructured Materials

The Solid-State Lighting Science Energy Frontier Research Center (SSLS EFRC) is hosting a workshop in conjunction with CINT’s Annual User Conference on September 14, 2011.

Stories of Discovery & Innovation: Peering into a Quantum Well

Supercomputer simulation illuminates mysterious "droop" in solid-state lighting. This work, featured in the Office of Science’s Stories of Discovery & Innovation, was supported by the Center for Energy Efficient Materials (CEEM), an EFRC led by John Bowers at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Stories of Discovery & Innovation: Beating Nature at her Own Game?

New catalyst speeds conversion of electricity to hydrogen fuel. This work, featured in the Office of Science’s Stories of Discovery & Innovation, was supported by the Center for Molecular Electrocatalysis (CME), an EFRC led by Morris Bullock at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

Stories of Discovery & Innovation: Trapping the Light Fantastic

New solar cell design uses advanced optics and nanotechnology to maximize performance and minimize cost. Discovery moves from lab bench to initial commercial scale-up inside a year. This work, featured in the Office of Science’s Stories of Discovery & Innovation, was supported by Light-Material Interactions in Energy Conversion (LMI), an EFRC led by Harry Atwater at Caltech.

Department of Energy Hosts Inaugural Energy Frontier Research Center Summit

On Wednesday, May 25, U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu will welcome nearly 1,000 of America's top energy researchers to Washington, D.C. for the inaugural Science for the Nation's Energy Future: The Energy Frontier Research Centers Summit and Forum.

Stories of Discovery & Innovation: Scientists Create World’s Smallest Battery

Effort yields insights that could improve battery performance. This work, featured in the Office of Science’s Stories of Discovery & Innovation, was supported by Nanostructures for Electrical Energy Storage (NEES), an EFRC led by Gary Rubloff at the University of Maryland.

May 2011 EFRC Newsletter

Life at the Frontiers of Energy Research Video Contest

The Office of Science announced the winners of the Energy Frontier Research Centers Video Contest and the start of the People’s Choice Contest. The video with the most votes by 5:00 pm on May 24, 2011 will receive the People’s Choice Award. Be sure to vote for your favorites. The winning videos will be shown during an awards ceremony at the EFRC Summit on May 25, 2011.

Princeton-CEFRC Summer Program on Combustion: 2011 Session

2011 The Combustion Energy Frontier Research Center at Princeton University will host a summer program on Combustion.

DOE Announced the EFRC Summit & Forum

The U.S. Department of Energy announced the first Science for Our Nation's Energy Future: Energy Frontier Research Centers Summit & Forum to be held on May 25 - 27, 2011.

Science for Our Nation's Energy Future

Science for Our Nation’s Energy Future, the inaugural Energy Frontier Research Centers Summit and Forum will be held on May 25 - 27, 2011 at the Renaissance Penn Quarter Hotel in Washington, DC.

Joint Summer School on "The Evolution and Impact of Microstructural Defects on In-Reactor Material Response"

The International Summer School, "The Evolution and Impact of Microstructural Defects on In-Reactor Material Response", at Idaho National Laboratories on June 6-10, 2011 will be sponsored by the Center for Materials Science of Nuclear Fuel (Idaho National Laboratory), the Center for Defect Physics in Structural Materials (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), the Center for Materials at Irradiation and Mechanical Extremes (Los Alamos National Laboratory), the Materials Science of Actinides (University of Notre Dame), the Advanced Test Reactor National Scientific User Facility (Idaho National Laboratory), the Consortium for Advanced Simulation of Light Water Reactors (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), and the DOE Office of Nuclear Energy Fuel Cycle Research & Development Program.