News Releases issued in: 2008

September 11, 2008
Steven Woodruff Co-Inventor of Laser Spark Distribution and Ignition System [PDF-44KB]
Steven Woodruff, a research chemist at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), is one of the inventors of a laser spark distribution and ignition system developed at NETL which has recently been issued a patent.

September 9, 2008
Zitney Wins R&D 100 Award [PDF-53KB]
Dr. Stephen E. Zitney is one of the developers of the Advanced Process Engineering Co-Simulator (APECS) which has been named a winner of a 2008 R&D 100 Award to be presented to the Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL).

September 8, 2008
Granite Winner of R&D 100 Award [PDF-27KB]
Dr. Evan Granite, a chemical engineer and research group leader at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), is one of the inventors of palladium-based high temperature sorbents which have been named a winner of a 2008 R&D 100 Award to be presented to NETL this year. The sorbents capture mercury, arsenic, and selenium.

September 4, 2008
Dustin McIntyre Co-Inventor of a Laser Spark Distribution and Ignition System [PDF-40KB]
Dustin McIntyre, a mechanical engineer at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), is one of the inventors of a laser spark distribution and ignition system developed at NETL which has recently been issued a patent.

August 15, 2008
Matranga Writes Chapter for "Chemistry of Carbon Nanotubes" [PDF-47KB]
The chapter, “Gas Interactions with Carbon Nanotubes,” appears in the three-volume set published by American Scientific Publishers.

July 31, 2008
Hustwit Awarded Department of Homeland Security Acquisition Award [PDF-26KB]
Craig Hustwit, the Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) Project Facilitator with the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), will be awarded a Department of Homeland Security Acquisition award for his contributions to the Coast Guard Super Energy Savings Performance Contracts (ESPC) project.

July 31, 2008
Janine Galvin Wins 2008 Best PhD Thesis Particle Technology Forum Award [PDF-27KB]
Janine Galvin, a chemical engineer with the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), won the 2008 Best PhD Thesis Particle Technology Forum Award for her thesis “On the Hydrodynamic Description of Binary Mixtures of Rapid Granular Flows and Gas-Fluidized Beds.”

July 2, 2008
Local College Student, Eva Salas, Interns at National Laboratory [PDF-9KB]
Eva Salas, a Denver, Colo., native, was selected as an intern under the U.S. Department of Energy’s Mickey Leland Energy Fellowship program.

July 2, 2008
Local College Student, Victoria McNeal, Interns at National Laboratory [PDF-9KB]
Victoria McNeal, a senior at Lincoln University of Pennsylvania, and a native of Brooklyn, N.Y., was selected as an intern under the U.S. Department of Energy’s Mickey Leland Energy Fellowship program.

July 2, 2008
Local College Student, Lauren Graeser, Interns at National Laboratory [PDF-9KB]
Lauren Graeser of Pittsburgh, Pa., was selected as an intern under the U.S. Department of Energy’s Mickey Leland Energy Fellowship program

July 2, 2008
Local College Student, Katherine Gatian, Interns at National Laboratory [PDF-9KB]
Katherine Gatian of Morgantown, W.Va., was selected as an intern under the U.S. Department of Energy’s Mickey Leland Energy Fellowship program

July 2, 2008
Local College Student, Bethzaely Feliciano, Interns at National Laboratory [PDF-10KB]
Bethzaely Feliciano, a junior at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, was selected as an intern under the U.S. DOE’s Mickey Leland Energy Fellowship program.

June 19, 2008
NETL Student Collaborator Earns Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering [PDF-38KB]
Nate Black Successfully Defends Thesis Based on Energy Department

June 18, 2008
Master's Candidate Gaining Work Experience at NETL [PDF-51KB]
Ricardo Velez is working this summer as a student trainee in the the National Energy Technology Laboratory’s Office of Research and Development.

May 23, 2008
NETL Researcher Presented with Prestigious Technology Transfer Award [PDF-28KB]
Dr. Madhava Syamlal, a chemical engineer with the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), was recently presented with a 2008 Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) Excellence in Technology Transfer Award

May 23, 2008
NETL Researcher Presented with Prestigious Technology Transfer Award [PDF-28KB]
Evan Granite Awarded for Commercialization of Innovative Mercury-control Technology

May 23, 2008
NETL Researcher Presented with Prestigious Technology Transfer Award [PDF-28KB]
Chris Guenther Awarded for Commercialization of Innovative Chemical Engineering Software

May 23, 2008
NETL Researcher Presented with Prestigious Technology Transfer Award [PDF-28KB]
Henry Pennline Awarded for Commercialization of Innovative Mercury-control Technology

March 7, 2008
NETL Researcher Named to Mechanical Engineers Advisory Committee [PDF-30KB]
Dr. Randall Gemmen, a mechanical engineer at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), has been selected to a prestigious advisory committee of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) for an upcoming international fuel cell conference set for June 16-18 in Denver, Colo.