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  • Students Complete General Atomics' DOE-Sponsored Science Undergraduate Lab Internship Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Students Complete General Atomics’ DOE-Sponsored Science Undergraduate Lab Internship Program

    A new batch of General Atomics summer interns has completed the Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship program that the Energy Department‘s office of science has financed as a program sponsor. The company said Friday 10 interns worked at its DIII-D magnetic fusion energy facility and inertial fusion technologies program to support the advancement of fusion as a safe, non-carbon emitting source […] More

  • Ceres Power, Cummins to Build Data Center Fuel Cell Tech Under DOE Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ceres Power, Cummins to Build Data Center Fuel Cell Tech Under DOE Contract

    Cummins and Ceres Power will collaborate to develop fuel cell power generation technology for potential use in data centers under a $4.9 million contract awarded by the Energy Department. The partnership seeks to create a modular solid oxide fuel cell system in efforts to increase the efficiency of electrical systems by at least 60 percent and support distributed power applications up to 100 kilowatts, Ceres Power said Thursday. “This is […] More

  • Siemens, Omnetric Group Test Renewable Software Platform at Duke Energy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Siemens, Omnetric Group Test Renewable Software Platform at Duke Energy

    Siemens and Omnetric Group have collaborated to install and test a renewable software technology at utility company Duke Energy as part of a project managed by the Energy Department‘s National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Omentric assessed the technical feasibility of the Open Field Message Bus architecture in conjunction with Siemens’ Microgrid Management Software designed for weather and load behavior forecasting, Siemens said Wednesday. The […] More

  • DOE Awards Geothermal Energy Research Funds to Sandia Labs, University of Utah - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DOE Awards Geothermal Energy Research Funds to Sandia Labs, University of Utah

    The Energy Department has allocated $29 million in total funds for two separate geothermal systems research efforts led by the University of Utah and the Sandia National Laboratories. Eeach team will receive funds to instrument, define and permit candidate sites for an underground laboratory as part of DOE’s Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy program, the department said Wednesday. […] More

  • Antonio Rucci Joins Information International Associates as Info Security Program Chief - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Antonio Rucci Joins Information International Associates as Info Security Program Chief

    Antonio Rucci, owner and principal of Insider Threats Consulting, has been named head of the information security program at Information International Associates. Bonnie Carroll, founder and CEO of IIa, said Rucci’s experience in program management, cybersecurity governance and policy development will help IIa expand its threat intelligence footprint, build up its cybersecurity programs and service […] More

  • ORNL's Trim & Drill Tool for Boeing Sets Guinness World Record for Largest 3D-Printed Item - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ORNL’s Trim & Drill Tool for Boeing Sets Guinness World Record for Largest 3D-Printed Item

    A trim-and-drill tool created by researchers at the Energy Department‘s Oak Ridge National Laboratory for Boeing has set a new Guinness World Record as the largest solid three-dimensionally printed item. ORNL said Monday the laboratory worked over 30 hours to print the tool that is 17.5 feet long, 5.5 feet wide and 1.5 feet tall with a weight of approximately 1,650 pounds. Boeing will use the trim […] More

  • DOE Selects 43 Small Businesses for Clean Energy Projects Under 2nd Round of SB Vouchers Pilot - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DOE Selects 43 Small Businesses for Clean Energy Projects Under 2nd Round of SB Vouchers Pilot

    The Energy Department has selected 43 small businesses to collaborate with 12 national laboratories to develop next-generation clean energy technology as part of the $8 million second round of the Small Business Vouchers pilot program. The small businesses will each receive vouchers worth up to $300,000 and the opportunity to work with the various national laboratories, DOE said Thursday. “We need […] More

  • Intel's Jason Kimrey on Supercomputing at Federal Agencies & Industry's Role in Cyber Framework Adoption - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Intel’s Jason Kimrey on Supercomputing at Federal Agencies & Industry’s Role in Cyber Framework Adoption

    Jason Kimrey is a 13-year veteran of Intel and serves as the chip maker’s U.S. federal area director, where he leads a business development team focused on technology products and services for defense and civilian agencies. Intel’s focus areas for federal agencies include high-performance computing as the company is partnering with the Energy Department and national laboratories to […] More

  • Energy Dept to Invest $137M in Vehicle Efficiency Tech Projects - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Energy Dept to Invest $137M in Vehicle Efficiency Tech Projects

    The Energy Department plans to invest up to $137 million in two technology development programs that aim to increase energy efficiency of trucks and passenger cars. DoE said Tuesday it will award $20 million in federal funds to Cummins, Daimler Trucks North America, Navistar and Volvo Technology of America as part of the SuperTruck II initiative. The four companies will match DoE’s investment to help develop […] More

  • Battelle to Receive Applications for FY 2017 Idaho Nat'l Lab Campaigns - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Battelle to Receive Applications for FY 2017 Idaho Nat’l Lab Campaigns

    Battelle‘s energy alliance business that oversees the Energy Department‘s Idaho National Laboratory has opened the application process for two fiscal year 2017 campaigns that each focus on a distinct audience and purpose. INL said Monday it will accept proposals for charitable donations for the Fiscal Year 2017 Community Giving Campaign and Fiscal Year 2017 Technology-based Economic Development Campaign until October […] More

  • Purdue University Prof Receives Energy Dept Grant to Support Aluminum Research - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Purdue University Prof Receives Energy Dept Grant to Support Aluminum Research

    The Energy Department‘s Office of Basic Energy Sciences has awarded a $450,000 grant to Xinghang Zhang, a professor at Purdue University’s school of materials engineering, to support his three-year research project on the strength of aluminum. Purdue said Aug. 9 the “Deformation Mechanisms of Nanotwinned Aluminum and Binary Aluminum Alloys” project will use a transmission electron microscope to analyze the […] More

  • DHS Seeks Wearable First Responder Tech From Startup Companies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS Seeks Wearable First Responder Tech From Startup Companies

    The Department of Homeland Security currently explores startup-developed wearable technologies that work to support first responders through a business accelerator program of the DHS science and technology directorate. DHS said it seeks startup companies that can provide body-worn electronics, advanced sensors and gear-embedded voice and data communication technologies as part of the EMERGE 2016: Wearable Technology accelerator program. The department added the […] More