News & Events

NPR's Science Friday discussed lighting economics with Sandia National Laboratory's EFRC

Jerry Simmons, director of the EFRC for Solid-State Lighting Science at Sandia National Laboratory, discussed the economics of LED lighting on the September 10th edition of NPR's Science Friday. The story was also covered by Scientific American, The Economist, and The New York Times.

"Fundamental Challenges in Solar Energy Conversion" workshop hosted by LMI-EFRC

Light-Material Interactions in Energy Conversion EFRC at the California Institute of Technology will host a one day "Fundamental Challenges in Solar Energy Conversion" workshop on July 7, 2010 for faculty, staff, postdoctoral, and graduate researchers from EFRCs focused on solar energy conversion.

"Frontiers in Bioenergy Symposium" co-hosted by C3Bio and IACT

The Center for Direct Catalytic Conversion of Biomass to Biofuels (Purdue University) and the Institute for Atom-efficient Chemical Transformations (Argonne National Laboratory) will co-host the 5th annual "Frontiers in Bioenergy Symposium" at Purdue University from May 24 - May 25, 2010.

Joint Summer School on "Atomic-level Response of Materials to Irradiation"

Joint Summer School on "Atomic-level Response of Materials to Irradiation" will be hosted by the Center for Materials at Irradiation and Mechanical Extremes (Los Alamos National Laboratory), the Center for Defect Physics in Structural Materials (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), and the Center for Materials Science of Nuclear Fuel (Idaho National Laboratory) on June 20 - 25, 2010.

"Solar Fuels and Energy Storage: The Unmet Needs" conference sponsored by UNC: EFRC

The Solar Fuels and Next Generation Photovoltaics EFRC (University of North Carolina) organized the "Solar Fuels and Energy Storage: The Unmet Needs" conference on January 14 - 15, 2010 which brought together nearly 100 solar researchers from the southeast and across the country.

Princeton-CEFRC Summer Program on Combustion: 2010 Session

The Combustion Energy Frontier Research Center at Princeton University will host a summer program on Combustion from June 27 - July 3, 2010.

EFRC Director's Meeting

The second Energy Frontier Research Center Director's meeting was held in North Bethesda, MD on March 1, 2010

FY 2011 Funding Request Released

The FY 2011 funding request for Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) is $140,000,000, which includes an increase of $40,000,000 over the FY 2010 appropriations.

Notre Dame EFRC featured during nationally televised football half-time show

NBC aired a video feature of the EFRC Materials Science of Actinides, directed by Peter Burns at Notre Dame, during the half-time of the November 21, 2009 Notre Dame football game.

Associated Press Reports On The SNL EFRC

Sandia wants to improve the world's lighting by the Associated Press highlights the work of the Sandia National Laboratories EFRC for Solid State Lighting Science directed by Jerry Simmons. The story was picked up by over 100 news agencies including ABC News, Forbes, and The New York Times.

President Obama Visits MIT EFRC

President Obama spoke with Marc Baldo, director of the Center for Excitonics, and EFRC member Vladimir Bulovic about their clean energy research during his visit to MIT.

EFRCs Launched

Funding of the 46 EFRC awards that were announced in April is now complete following the conclusion of negotiations between DOE and each of the EFRC home institutions on the terms and conditions of the grants.