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Meet the Scientists: Ayax Ramirez

Posted on November 10, 2014 by jtozer

Meet the Scientists: Ayax Ramirez explains how a choice between a motorcycle and a book changed his life forever.
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Hawaii’s Alternative Energy Program

Posted on April 30, 2014 by jtozer

Naval experts say that when it comes to developing alternative energy resources, what benefits the U.S. Navy will produce strong benefits for the world.
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Posted in Articles, Energy, Technology, Videos | Tagged APTEP, armed with science, Asia-Pacific Technology and Education Partnership, biofuels, Department of Defense, DOD Science, Dr. Richard Carlin, eco-friendly, energy goals, Marine Corps, Office of Naval Research, onr, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, U.S. Navy, United States Navy | Comments Off

From Algae to Oil in Minutes, Not Millions

Posted on January 1, 2014 by jtozer

Government scientists at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have devised a way to turn algae into crude oil in less than an HOUR.
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Posted in Articles, Energy, Featured, Videos | Tagged algae into crude oil, algae into oil, alternative fuel processes, alternative fuels, armed with science, base operations, biofuel revolutionaries, biofuels, crude oil, Department of Energy, ecofriendly, energy production, Genifuel, government alternative fuel sources, Jessica L. Tozer, Jim Oyler, military veteran, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, purpose-grown energy crops | 2 Comments

The Inevitable Demo Of The Great Green Fleet

Posted on July 19, 2012 by jtozer

In 2009, Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Ray Mabus announced five aggressive energy goals to reduce the Department of Navy’s (DON’s) consumption of energy, decrease its reliance on foreign sources of oil, and significantly increase its use of alternative energy. …
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Posted in Earth Sciences, Energy, STEM | Tagged 2012 Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC), Aircraft Energy Conservation Program, alternative fuel sources, biofuels, Department of Navy, DON, eco-friendly, energy, Gas Turbine On-Line Water Wash, going green, Great Green Fleet, Great White Fleet, i-ENCON, ncentivized Energy Conservation, President Theodore Roosevelt, RIMPAC, SECNAV, Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Ray Mabus, Shipboard Energy Dashboard, Smart Voyage Planning Decision Aid, Solid State Lighting, Stern Flaps | Comments Off

Scientists Turning a Fungus into Fuel

Posted on January 20, 2011 by Armed with Science

Daniel Spakowicz is a fourth-year student working towards a PhD in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale University. He is originally from Oshkosh, WI. I’m part of a team at Yale University that’s studying biofuels — we’re working to make …
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Posted in Earth Sciences, Life Sciences | Tagged biofuels, fossil fuels, fuel, national defense education program, National Security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellow, nsseff, Yale University | 1 Comment

DoD Awards $227 Million in Research Funding

Posted on July 20, 2010 by John Ohab

Dr. John Ohab is a new technology strategist at the Department of Defense Public Web Program. Autonomous systems, biofuels, superconducting semiconductors, animal-inspired robust flight, complex social networks, and “atomtronics” are just a few of the research areas that the Department …
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