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Ames Laboratory Scientists Win R&D 100 Award for Virtual Engineering Software- 7/23/09

Ames Laboratory researchers Mark Bryden and Doug McCorkle have won an R&D 100 Award for the Virtual Engineering Process Simulation Interface (VE-PSI), a software application that will help engineers design the next generation of highly efficient and low-emission power plants. (Read more)

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VE-PSI combines different types of engineering data to illustrate power plant designs in a virtual environment. This is a detailed look at a heat recovery steam generator.

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Magnets Attract Researchers for Cooling Talk
(May 12, 2009 - Chicago Tribune)

The Chicago Tribune carries an Associated Press story on magnetic refrigeration and an international conference being held in Des Moines to discuss the topic. Ames Lab and Iowa State University are hosting the 3rd International Conference on Magnetic Refrigeration (Thermag III) and conference co-chair and Ames Lab senior scientist Vitalij Pecharsky is interview by AP's Mike Crumb. (Go to story)

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Ames Lab Staffers Harness the Wind (6/09)

Two Ames Laboratory staffers, John Clough and Rebecca Shivvers, recently installed wind turbines at their homes in rural Nevada and rural Ames. (Read more).

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