Research Opportunities in the DOE Office of Science

Harriet KungAssociate Director of the Office of Science

Office of Science

for Basic Energy Sciences

University of Missouri and the National Association of CollegeUniversity of Missouri and the National Association of College and University Business Officers Federal Update Webinar

November 2 2011November 2, 2011Washington, D.C.

Outline

• Office of Science Overview• Funding Overview and Opportunities• Science for Clean Energy• Core Research Opportunities in Office of Science ProgramsCore Research Opportunities in Office of Science Programs• Other Opportunities for Getting Involved

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Our Generation’s Sputnik Moment

“This is our generation's Sputnik moment. Two years ago, I said that we needed to reach a level of

h d d lresearch and development we haven't seen since the height of the Space Race.

…[this] budget to Congress helps us meet that goal. We'll invest in bi di l h i f tibiomedical research, information technology, and especially clean energy technology—an investment that will strengthen our securitythat will strengthen our security, protect our planet, and create countless new jobs for our people.”

Remarks of President Barack ObamaState of the Union Address to the Joint Session of CongressTuesday, January 25, 2011

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Office of Science Research Underpins the President’s Goals

• The Office of Science commands an arsenal of basic science capabilities—major scientific user facilities, national laboratories, and

h th t i t b k d th b i tresearchers—that we are using to break down the barriers to new energy technologies.

• We have focused these capabilities on critical national needs, e.g., through the Bioenergy Research Centers, the Energy Frontier Research Centers, and the new Energy Innovation Hub—the Joint C t f A tifi i l Ph t th iCenter for Artificial Photosynthesis.

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Office of ScienceScience to Meet the Nation’s Challenges Today and into the 21st Century

The Frontiers of ScienceThe Frontiers of Science Supporting research that led to over 100 Nobel Prizes during the past 6 decades—22 in the past decade alonep

Providing 45% of Federal support of basic research in the physical sciences and key components of the Nation’s basic research in biology and computing

Supporting over 27,000 Ph.D.s, d t t d t d d tgraduate students, undergraduates, 

engineers, and support staff at more than 300 institutions

21st Century Tools of Science21st Century Tools of Science Providing  the world’s largest collection of  scientific user facilities to over 26 000 users each yearto over 26,000 users each year

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S i i h b i f h l d d i ll f h k f

Science, Innovation, and DOE’s Office of Science

• Science is the basis of technology and underpins all of the work of DOE.

• Science of the 20th century brought us the high standard of living we• Science of the 20th century brought us the high standard of living we now enjoy. Today, we are laying the foundations for the new technologies of the coming decades.

• Progress in science and technology depends on continuing advances in, and replenishment from, basic research, which is the federal government’s—and SC’s—special role. g p

• A highly trained work force is required to invent the future—scientists and engineers trained in the most modern science and technologies and with access to the best tools.

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Continuum of Research, Development, and Deployment

TechnologyMaturation& Deployment

AppliedResearch

DiscozveryResearch

Use-InspiredBasic Research

Goal: new knowledge / understanding Goal: practical targets

Office of Science Applied ProgramsARPA-E*

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Proof of new, hi h i k tfundamental new

understanding on materials or systems that may revolutionize or transform today’s

fundamental new understanding, usually with the goal of addressing scientific showstoppers on

goal of meeting technical milestones, with emphasis on the development, performance, cost reduction, and

Small-scale and at-scale demonstration Cost reduction Manufacturing R&D

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address fundamental limitations of current theories and descriptions of matter in the energy

higher-risk concepts Prototyping of new

technology concepts Explore feasibility of

scale-up of transform today s energy technologies

showstoppers on real-world applications in the energy technologies

reduction, and durability of materials and components or on efficient processes

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matter in the energy range important to everyday life –typically energies up to those required to break chemical b d

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Office of Science Merit Review Criteria

• The Office of Science peer review process evaluates the following four criteria, which are listed in order of decreasing importance:1. Scientific and/or technical merit of the project; 2. Appropriateness of the proposed method or approach;3. Competency of the personnel and adequacy of proposed resources; and4. Reasonableness and appropriateness of the proposed budget.

• The criteria for a review may also include other appropriate factors established and announced by the Office of Science.

• Proposals are reviewed generally within six months and no longer• Proposals are reviewed generally within six months and no longer than twelve months from the date of receipt.

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Office of Science Open Solicitation

• Starting in FY 2011, the Office of Science will issue one cross-cutting solicitation that is open year-round: – Continuation of Solicitation for the Office of Science Financial Assistance

PProgram

• The open solicitation is:– an ongoing solicitation that is tied to the federal budget cyclean ongoing solicitation that is tied to the federal budget cycle.– for the submission of new, renewal, and supplemental applications.

• Previously, renewals and submittals were submitted separately from new applications.

• As with all applications, submission is through Grants.gov. More info at http://science doe gov/grants/announcements aspat http://science.doe.gov/grants/announcements.asp

• FOAs can also be focused on a specific topic. The Office of Science issues about 40 FOAs per year.p y

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Specific Funding Opportunities on Program Websites

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Specific Funding Opportunities on Program Websites

• Advanced Scientific Computing Research– http://science.energy.gov/ascr/funding-opportunities/

• Basic Energy Scienceshtt // i /b /f di t iti /– http://science.energy.gov/bes/funding-opportunities/

• Biological and Environmental Research– http://science.energy.gov/ber/funding-opportunities/

• Fusion Energy Sciences• Fusion Energy Sciences– http://science.energy.gov/fes/funding-opportunities/

• High Energy Physics– http://science energy gov/hep/funding-opportunities/http://science.energy.gov/hep/funding opportunities/

• Nuclear Physics– http://science.energy.gov/np/funding-opportunities/

• Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientistso o ce e e op e t o eac e s a d Sc e t sts– http://science.energy.gov/wdts/

• Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR)

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– http://science.energy.gov/sbir/funding-opportunities/

A li i f 21 i l di b i i

Science for Clean Energy

• Applications of 21st century science to long-standing barriers in energy technologies: employing nanotechnology, biotechnology, and modeling and simulation

• Examples:– Materials by design using nanoscale structures and syntheses for:

carbon capture; radiation-resistant and self-healing materials for the nuclear reactor industry; highly efficient photovoltaics; and white-light emitting LEDs.

– Biosystems by design combining the development of new molecular toolkits with testbeds for the design and construction of improvedtoolkits with testbeds for the design and construction of improved biological components or new biohybrid systems and processes for improved biofuels and bioproducts.

– Modeling and simulation to facilitate materials and chemistry by design g y y gand to address technology challenges such as the optimization of internal combustion engines using advanced transportation fuels (biofuels).

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Science for Clean Energy: Materials by Design

• Research to establish materials design rules to launch an era of predictive modeling, changing the paradigm of materials discovery from serendipity to rational design.

• Discovery of new materials has been the engine driving science frontiers and fueling technology innovations The U S has the world’s most powerful suite of tools fortechnology innovations. The U.S. has the world s most powerful suite of tools for materials synthesis, characterization, and computation.

• Research Focus:

Synthesis: Rational molecular scale design guided– Synthesis: Rational molecular-scale design guided by simulation.

– Characterization and Testing: Verify & validate computational designs and software, including i it t i tin situ measurements using x-ray, neutron, microscopy, and nanoscience facilities.

– Theory/Simulation: New methods and algorithms for complex, multi-scale systems. Development of

ft d t lkit th h t k d b d Testsoftware and toolkits through a networked, broad community. Emphasis areas include: catalysis, light-weight materials, and materials for energy applications including radiation-resistant materials, carbon capture, batteries, liquid fuels, and

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p , , q ,photocatalysis.

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Science for Clean Energy: Biosystems by Design

• Research to establish biological design rules to enable the predictive design of innovative natural and hybrid systems for clean energy production.

• Discovery and synthetic redesign of plant and microbial systems pushes science frontiers and paves the way for sustainable production of advanced biofuels andfrontiers and paves the way for sustainable production of advanced biofuels and bioproducts. Leverages strong U.S. resources and leadership in fundamental biological research and industrial biotechnology.

• Research focus:

– Synthesis: New methods for high-throughput data acquisition to catalogue components of biological systems. Develop genetic toolkits to measure rates and magnitudes of processes, and identify regulatory control points in metabolic p y g y ppathways and cellular networks. Apply fundamental biological design rules for predictive integration of components and processes, including potentially new cellular functions.

– Characterization & Testing: Verify & validate computer-aided C a acte at o & est g e y & a date co pute a deddesign toolkits for improved genetic manipulation of plants and microbes and design of hybrid biosystems , building on knowledge of the natural world. Develop new testbeds to prototype and validate performance and function.

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Science for Clean Energy: Modeling and Simulation

• The Cray XT5 (Jaguar) at ORNL and the IBM Blue Gene/P (Intrepid) at ANL will provide ~2.3 billion processor hours in FY12 to address science and engineering problems that defy traditional methods of theory and experiment and that require the most advanced computational powerthe most advanced computational power.

• Peer reviewed projects are chosen to advance science, speed innovation, and strengthen industrial competitiveness.

• Among the topics supported in FY11:Advancing materials for lithium air batteries solar cells & superconductors

Argonne Leadership Computing Facility

– Advancing materials for lithium air batteries, solar cells, & superconductors – Exploring carbon sequestration – Improving combustion in fuel-efficient, near-zero-emissions systems – Understanding how turbulence affects the efficiency of aircraft and other

transportation systems – Designing next-generation nuclear reactors and fuels and extending the lifeIn FY 2012 th A LCF ill b d d ith

Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility

Designing next generation nuclear reactors and fuels and extending the life of aging reactors

– Developing fusion energy systems – Understanding the roles of ocean, atmosphere, land, & ice in climate change

In FY 2012, the Argonne LCF will be upgraded with a10 petaflop IBM Blue Gene/Q. The Oak Ridge LCF will continue site preparations for a system expected in FY 2013 that will be 5-10 times more capable than the Cray XT-5.

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Biofuels Energy Storage MaterialsNuclear Reactor Simulation Fusion Plasmas Nanoscale Science Turbulence

Office of Science

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Advanced Scientific Computing Research

• Mission: – To discover, develop, and deploy computational and networking capabilities to analyze, model,

simulate, and predict complex phenomena important to the Department of Energy. • Scientific Challenges:

– Deliver next-generation scientific applications using today’s petascale computers– Discover, develop and deploy tomorrow’s exascale computing and networking capabilities– Develop, in partnership with U.S. industry, next generation computing hardware and tools for

science– Discover new applied mathematics and computer science for the ultra-low power, multicore-

computing future– Provide technological innovations for U.S. leadership in Information Technology to advance

competitiveness• Research Areas:

– Applied Mathematics– Computer Science– Computational Science– Network-Environment Research

• Director:– Dr. Daniel Hitchcock (Acting)

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Investments for Exascale ComputingAccelerating the Frontiers of Science through High Performance Computing

DOE ti iti illWh E l ? DOE activities will:• Leverage new chip technologies from the

private sector to bring exascale capabilities within reach in terms of cost, feasibility, and energy utilization by the end of the decade;

Why Exascale?• SCIENCE: Computation and simulation

advance knowledge in science, energy, and national security; numerous S&T communities and Federal Advisory groups have energy utilization by the end of the decade;

• Support research efforts in applied mathematics and computer science to develop libraries, tools, and software for these new technologies;

and Federal Advisory groups have demonstrated the need for computing power 1,000 times greater than we have today.

• U.S. LEADERSHIP: The U.S. has been a leader in high performance computing for

• Create close partnerships with computational and computer scientists, applied mathematicians, and vendors to develop exascale platforms and codes cooperatively.

decades. U.S. researchers benefit from open access to advanced computing facilities, software, and programming tools.

• BROAD IMPACT: Achieving the power efficiency reliability and programmability goalsefficiency, reliability, and programmability goals for exascale will have dramatic impacts on computing at all scales–from PCs to mid-range computing and beyond.

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High Performance Computing: SmartTruck/DOE PartnershipAerodynamic forces account for ~53% of long haul truck fuel use.

Cl 8 i t k (300 000 ld• Class 8 semi trucks (300,000 sold annually) have average fuel efficiency of 6.7 MPG

• Used ORNL’s Jaguar 2.3 petaflop computer for complex fluid dynamics analysis – cutting in half the time needed to go from concept to production design

• Outcome: SmartTruck UnderTray add-on accessories predict reduction of drag of 12% and yield EPA-certified 6.9% increase in fuel efficiency.

• If the 1.3 million Class 8 trucks in the U.S. had these components, we would save 1.5 billion gallons of diesel fuel annually (~$4.4B in costs and 16 4M tons of CO2) Con-way Freight Inc. is

the first corporation to install the SmartTruckUnderTray system.

16.4M tons of CO2)

• Awarded as one of the “Top 20 products of 2010” from Heavy Duty Trucking magazine

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Advanced Scientific Computing Research

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Basic Energy Sciences

• Mission:– To support fundamental research to understand, predict, and ultimately control matter and

energy at the electronic, atomic, and molecular levels in order to provide the foundations for new energy technologies and to support DOE missions in energy, environment, and national securitysecurity.

• Scientific Challenges:– Synthesize, atom by atom, new forms of matter with tailored properties, including nano-scale

objects with capabilities rivaling those of living thingsDirect and control matter and energ flo in materials and chemical assemblies o er m ltiple– Direct and control matter and energy flow in materials and chemical assemblies over multiple length and time scales

– Explore materials functionalities and their connections to atomic, molecular, and electronic structuresExplore basic research to achieve transformational discoveries for energy technologies– Explore basic research to achieve transformational discoveries for energy technologies

• Research Areas:– Materials Sciences and Engineering– Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences – Scientific User Facilities-Related Research

• Director:– Dr. Harriet Kung

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Withi 6 th f l ti LCLS i

Nature Publishes First Bioimaging Results from the LCLSThe World’s First Hard X-ray Laser

Within 6 months of completion, LCLS is being used to study a wide array of science topics, including:• Hollow atoms• Magnetic materials• Structure of biomolecules in nano-

crystals• Single shot images of viruses and• Single shot images of viruses and

whole cells

LCLS instruments provide new approach to bi i ix-ray bioimaging:

• Liquid or aerosol injection• Very low noise, high-frame-rate CCD

detectors• Integrated computing infrastructure to

manage gigabytes of data per day

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Energy Frontier Research CentersAdvancing Energy Technologies

• World’s smallest battery placed inside an electron microscope yields images of electrochemistry at atomic scales

N i i ht i t l t h i l• New insight into electrochemical processes at the nanoscale:

– Nanowires can sustain large stresses (>10 GPa) caused by Li+ transport ( ) y pwithout breaking—good candidate for battery

– Elongation and twisting of nanowiresduring charging may lead to a shortduring charging may lead to a short circuit and failure of the battery, a key factor to consider during design

Research at SNL supported by the Center for Science of Precision Multifunctional Nanostructures for Electrical Energy Storage (an EFRC led by University of Maryland) and inStorage (an EFRC led by University of Maryland) and in collaboration with PNNL and university contributors

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Jian Yu Huang, et al., Science 330, 1515 (2010)

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Fuels from Sunlight Energy Innovation Hub Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis (JCAP)

• The design of highly efficient, non‐biological, molecular‐level “machines” that generate fuels directly from sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide is the challenge.

• Basic research has provided an understanding of the complex photochemistry of the natural photosynthetic system and the use of inorganic photo‐catalytic methods to split p y y g p y pwater or reduce carbon dioxide – key steps in photosynthesis.

• JCAP Mission: To demonstrate a scalable, manufacturable solar-fuels generator using Earth-abundant elements, that, with no wires, robustly produces fuel from the sun 10 times more efficiently than (current) cropstimes more efficiently than (current) crops.

• JCAP R&D focuses on:– Accelerating the rate of catalyst discovery for solar fuel reactions– Discovering earth-abundant, robust, inorganic light absorbers with optimal band gap– Providing system integration and scale-up

• Begun in FY 2010, JCAP serves as an integrative focal point for the solar fuels R&D community – formal collaborations have been established with 20 Energy Frontier Research CentersResearch Centers.

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Batteries and Energy Storage Energy Innovation HubTransform the Grid and Electrify Transportation

• Improved energy storage is critical for the widespread use of intermittent renewable energy, electric vehicles, and efficient and reliable smart electric grid technologies.

• The Hub, proposed for FY 2012, will develop electrochemical energy storage systems that safely approach theoretical energy and power densities with very high cycle life.

• The Hub will address key fundamental questions in energy storage including:– Can we approach theoretical energy density?Can we approach theoretical energy density? – Can we safely increase the rate of energy utilization? – Can we create a reversible system with minimal energy loss?

• The Hub will link fundamental science, technology, and end-users, and it will collaborate with relevant Energy Frontier Research Centers, ARPA-E and EERE.

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Batteries and Energy Storage: Critical Research Issues

• Batteries used in mobile (vehicles) and stationary (grid) applications differ in requirements for device size and weight.weight.

• But critical issues that need to be addressed are the same—electrodes, electrolytes and interfaces.y

• Achieving breakthroughs requires understanding atomic and molecular processes that occur across these three pcomponents.

• This will allow materials to be designed at the nanoscale, with architectures and ,functionalities to optimize charge storage and transfer.

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Basic Energy Sciences

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Biological and Environmental Research

• Mission:– To advances world-class biological and environmental research programs and

scientific user facilities to support DOE’s energy, environment, and basic research missions.

• Scientific Challenges:– Understand how genomic information is translated with confidence to redesign

microbes, plants or ecosystems for improved carbon storage, contaminant remediation and sustainable biofuel productionremediation, and sustainable biofuel production

– Understand the roles of Earth’s biogeochemical systems (atmosphere, land, oceans, sea ice, subsurface) in determining climate so we can predict climate decades or centuries into the future, information needed to plan for future energy

d dand resource needs• Research Areas:

– Biological Systems ScienceClimate and Environmental Science– Climate and Environmental Science

• Director:– Dr. Sharlene Weatherwax

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Bioenergy Research CentersAdvancing Energy Technologies

I th fi t th f ti th BRC t thIn the first three years of operations, the BRCs together had 66 inventions in various stages of the patent process, from disclosure to formal patent application, and over 400 peer-reviewed publications.

• Developed new strains of ethanol-producing microbes with enhanced tolerance to stresses associated with i d t i l bi f l d tiindustrial biofuels production.

• Used synthetic biology toolkit to construct the first microbes to produce an advanced biofuel (biodiesel) directlyan advanced biofuel (biodiesel) directly from biomass.

• Characterized impacts of biomass crop agriculture on marginal landscrop agriculture on marginal lands, studying shifts in microbial community and potential for changes in greenhouse gas emissions.

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ACRF id th ld’ t

Tackling Major Climate Uncertainties:The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Climate Research Facility (ACRF)

• ACRF provides the world’s most comprehensive 24/7 observational capabilities for obtaining atmospheric data for climate change research.data for climate change research.

• ACRF data have transformed our understanding of aerosol-cloud interactions and built the mostinteractions and built the most advanced parameter-izations of atmospheric radiative transfer.

ACRF t hi hl i t t dScanning Cloud Radar with Data Plot• ACRF operates highly instrumented

ground stations worldwide to study cloud formation and aerosol processes and their influence on radiative

Radar with Data Plot

transfer.

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The challenge of studying radiative transfer on land-ice-atmosphere-water in the Arctic

Biological and Environmental Research

Offi f Bi l i l & E i t l May 2011

Associate Director Office Staff Contacts

Michael RichesSr. Technical Advisor

David ThomassenChief Scientist

Office of Biological & Environmental Research

Sharlene WeatherwaxAssociate Director

Kathy Holmes, Administrative Specialist

Biological Systems ScienceDivision

Climate and Environmental Sciences Division

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Todd Anderson, Acting DirectorJoanne Corcoran, Program Support Specialist

Terry Jones, SecretaryShireen Yousef, Scientific Program Specialist

Gary Geernaert, DirectorKaren Carlson-Brown, Program Support Specialist

Leslie Runion, Program Support SpecialistVacant, Secretary

Patrick Horan, Scientific Program Specialist

Atmospheric System Foundational &

Analytical GenomicJoint Genome Institute JGI

Computational Biosciences

Climate Information & Data

Subsurface Bi h i l

EarthSystem Modeling

Dorothy Koch

Atmospheric Radiation

Measurement Infrastructure

Wanda Ferrell

t osp e c SysteResearch

Ashley WilliamsonVacant, Physical Scientist

Analytical Genomic Science

Joseph GraberSusan GregurickRoland Hirsch

Arthur KatzVacant, Molecular

BiologistPablo Rabinowicz, IPA

Institute—JGIDan Drell

Susan Gregurick

Radiochemistry and ImagingPrem Srivastava

Dean Cole

Structural BiologyInfrastructure

Roland Hirsch

BiosciencesSusan Gregurick

& Data ManagementWanda Ferrell

Global Change Education

Rick Petty

BiogeochemicalResearch

Todd AndersonDavid Lesmes

Paul Bayer

Bioenergy Research Wanda FerrellRick Petty

Human SubjectsElizabeth WhiteMedical Applications

Artificial RetinaDean Cole

Lab & Facility SafetyMichael Teresinski

Radiobiology Research

Noelle Metting

Terrestrial E t S i

Integrated A t

SBIR/STTRRick Petty

Environmental Molecular Sciences

LaboratoryPaul Bayer

BER General Plant Projects/

General ProjectEquipment

Paul Bayer

SBIR/STTR

CentersJoseph GraberJohn HoughtonCathy Ronning

Michael Teresinski

Metabolic Synthesis and Conversion

Regional Climate Modeling

Renu Joseph

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ELSIElizabeth White

Ecosystem ScienceMike Kuperberg

Dan Stover

AssessmentRobert Vallario

Rick PettySBIR/STTRJohn Houghton

Dean Cole

Joseph GraberArthur Katz

Cathy Ronning

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Fusion Energy Sciences

• Mission:– To expand the fundamental understanding of matter at very high temperatures and

densities and to develop the scientific foundations needed to develop a fusion energy source.gy

• Scientific Challenges:– Control a burning plasma state to form the basis for fusion energy– Develop materials that can withstand the harsh heat and neutron irradiation in

f i f ilitifusion facilities– Manipulate and control intense transient flows of energy and particles– Control the interaction of matter under extreme conditions for enabling practical

inertial fusion energygy• Research Areas:

– Fusion Science– Enabling Research and Development

• Director:– Dr. Edmund Synakowski

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Progress on the ITER Project

• ITER’s goal: first demonstration of high-gain fusion energy production—fusion power 10 times greater than that used to heat the plasma.

– The U.S. is a member to the ITER partnership, formed by seven governments representing more than half the world’s population. It is a 10-year construction activity in France.

• This past year, the U.S. led initiatives to put in place a world-leading management team for the construction phase of ITER and to establish the cost and schedule baselines.

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Site construction is underway in Cadarache, FranceThe ITER Device

Fusion Energy Sciences

Office of Fusion Energy SciencesEdmund Synakowski, Associate Director

Al OpdenakerFESAC, System Studies

Office of Fusion Energy Sciences

Shahida AfzalAdministrative Specialist

Pamela MillerProgram Analyst for Budget

Research Division ITER & International DivisionJames W. Van Dam, Director Edmund Synakowski, Acting Director

Marty CarlinAdministrative Specialist

Sandy Newton, Administrative SpecialistYvette WalkerAdministrative Specialist

John SauterProg Analyst ProcurementsAdministrative Specialist Administrative Specialist Prog. Analyst, Procurements

John MandrekasTheory, SciDAC 

Fusion Simulation Program

Steve EckstrandNSTX,  International Tokamaks

P PVacant

John GlowienkaITER Program ManagerGene Nardella

Materials and Technology

Tom VanekSenior Policy AdvisorSamuel Barish 

3‐D topologies, Stellarators, HBCU

Mark FosterDIII‐D and C‐Mod

Curt Bolton*

Education & Outreach, Atomic Processes , Theory

Peter PappanoFusion Materials Science and 

Enabling Technology

Nirmol PodderMST, General Plasma Science

ITER Science Officer

Edward StevensARRA Projects (NDCX‐II, MECI)

Debra FrameInternational Agreement 

Administration

HBCU

Sean Finnegan High Energy Density Plasmas, 

Theory

Barry SullivanESH, Facility Upgrades, Heating and Fueling;

SBIR/STTR

Francis ThioPlasma Science Centers

DiagnosticsEdward StevensITER constructionAnn Satsangi

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Satsa gHigh Energy Density Plasmas General Plasma Science * On detail to the Office of Nuclear Energy, NE-51

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Nuclear Physics

• Mission:– To discover, explore, and understand all forms of nuclear matter.

• Scientific Challenges:– Understand the existence and properties of nuclear matter under extreme conditions, including g

that which existed at the beginning of the universe– Understand the exotic and excited bound states of quarks and gluons, including new tests of

the Standard Model– Understand the ultimate limits of existence of bound systems of protons and neutrons– Understand nuclear processes that power stars and supernovae, and synthesize the elements– Understand the nature and fundamental properties of neutrinos and neutrons and their role in

the matter-antimatter asymmetry of the universe• Research Areas:

– Medium Energy Nuclear Physics– Heavy Ion Nuclear Physics– Low Energy Nuclear Physics– Nuclear TheoryNuclear Theory– Accelerator Research & Development– Isotope Development and Production

• Director:Dr Timothy Hallman– Dr. Timothy Hallman

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A h l t ith t i

Discovery of Element 117

A new super heavy element with atomic number 117 was discovered by a Russian-U.S. team by the bombardment of a Berkelium target by 48-Ca. The existence and properties of super heavy elements p p p yaddress fundamental questions in physics and chemistry:– How big can a nucleus be?– Is there a “island of stability” of yet

undiscovered long lived heavy nuclei?undiscovered long-lived heavy nuclei?– Does relativity cause the periodic table to

break down for the heaviest elements?

• Experiment conducted at the Dubna Cyclotron (Russia) with an intense 48-Ca beam

Rare short-lived 248-Bk was produced at HFIR and processed i I t P h t ll f iliti t ORNL t if th 22

(Russia) with an intense 48 Ca beam• Berkelium target material produced and

processed by the Isotopes Program at ORNL• Detector and Electronics provided by U.S.

collaborators were used with the Dubna Gas-

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in Isotope Program hot cell facilities at ORNL to purify the 22 mg of target material used for the discovery of element 117. Filled Recoil Separator

Nuclear Physics

Director’s Office StaffSenior Advisor

(vacant)Financial Advisor

Joanne WolfeTimothy J. Hallman, Associate Director

Cathy Slaughter, Administrative Specialist

Office of Nuclear Physics

Program AnalystCathy Hanlin

Program AnalystBrenda May

Physics Research Division

Vacant, DirectorChristine Izzo, Program Assistant

Facilities & Project Management Division

Jehanne Gillo, Director Cassie Dukes, Program Support Specialist

Isotopes ExecutiveVacant, Program Director

Luisa Romero, Program Analyst

Medium Energy Nuclear PhysicsTed Barnes (Acting

Nuclear Physics Instrumentation

Nuclear Physics FacilitiesJames Sowinski

Heavy Ion Nuclear Physics

Low Energy Nuclear PhysicsCyrus Baktash

Advanced Technology R & D Manouchehr Farkhondeh

Lino Miceli (Detailee)

Helmut MarsiskeSergio Zimmermann (Detailee)

Gulshan Rai Isotope FacilitiesMarc Garland

Isotope R&D

Nuclear Theory & Nuclear DataGeorge FaiTed Barnes

Lino Miceli (Detailee)

Nuclear Physics Major InitiativesJames Hawkins

Isotope R&DDennis Phillips

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• Mission:

High Energy Physics

• Mission:– To understand how our universe works at its most fundamental level.

• Scientific Challenges:– Determine the origins of mass in terms of the fundamental particles and their g p

properties– Exploit the unique properties of neutrinos to discover new ways to explain the

diversity of particlesDiscover new principles of nature such as new symmetries new physical laws or– Discover new principles of nature, such as new symmetries, new physical laws, or unseen extra dimensions of space-time

– Explore the “dark” sector that is 95% of the Universe (Dark Matter and Dark Energy)

– Invent better and cheaper accelerator and detector technologies to extend the frontiers of science and benefit society

• Research Areas:Experimental High Energy Physics Research– Experimental High Energy Physics Research

– Theoretical High Energy Physics Research – Advanced Technology Research and Development

• Director:ecto– Dr. James Siegrist

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Tevatron and the Large Hadron Collider

Th T t t F iL b h b iTevatron

• The Tevatron at FermiLab has been running extremely well.

– Experiments now significantly limit the allowed values of the Standard Model (SM) Higgs Boson These limits will continue to improveBoson. These limits will continue to improve, ruling out a larger range of SM Higgs masses.

• The LHC is also running extremely well. – LHC is expected to discover or rule out the

Higgs Boson across the entire SM mass

LHC

Higgs Boson across the entire SM mass range by the end of 2012.

• An extended Tevatron run was considered– The High Energy Physics Advisory Panel

(HEPAP) was asked to advise the Office of(HEPAP) was asked to advise the Office of Science on extension of running beyond FY 2011. In light of potential impacts on the rest of the HEP program, particularly the Intensity Frontier activities, HEPAP recommended that the Tevatron run be extended for three years only if additional funds could be secured.

• The Tevatron ceased operations on September 30, 2011.

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High Energy Physics

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Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists

• Mission:– To help ensure that DOE and the Nation have a sustained pipeline of highly skilled

and diverse science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workers.• Program Goals:Program Goals:

– Increase the pipeline of talent pursuing research important to the Office of Science – Leverage the resources of the DOE national laboratories for education and training– Increase participation of under-represented students and faculty in STEM programs– Improve methods of evaluation of effectiveness of programs and impact on STEM

workforce• Signature Programs:

G d t St d t Offi f S i G d t F ll hi– Graduate Students: Office of Science Graduate Fellowship– Undergraduates: Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships, Community

College Internships– Teachers: Academies Creating Teacher Scientists, Einstein Fellowship Programg , p g– Faculty: Visiting Faculty Program– K-12: National Science Bowl

• Director:– Dr. Patricia Dehmer (Acting)

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Visiting Faculty Program

• Summer research opportunity at DOE national laboratories for a faculty member and up to 2 students from colleges and universities historically underrepresented in the U.S. research community.

• Faculty collaborate with DOE laboratory research staff on a research project of mutual interest.

• Application opens October each year and the laboratories begin selections in February.

• Participating faculty and undergraduates receive stipend travel and• Participating faculty and undergraduates receive stipend, travel, and housing allowance for the 10 week experience. Graduate students are expected to be supported by their home academic institution and hence are eligible for travel and lodging allowance only.e ce a e e g b e o a e a d odg g a o a ce o y

• For more info: http://science.energy.gov/wdts/vfp/

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Supporting and Encouraging Next Generation Scientists

The National Science BowlMiddle School and High School Students

• Begun in 1991, DOE’s National Science Bowl® is a nationwide academic competition that tests st dents' kno ledge in all areas of

Office of Science Graduate FellowshipGraduate Students

• Begun in 2009 with ARRA funding, the SCGF program provides 3-year fellowship awards t t li $50 500 llthat tests students' knowledge in all areas of

science. High school and middle school students are quizzed in a fast paced Q&A format similar to Jeopardy.

• 22 000 students from 1 500 schools; 6000

totaling $50,500 annually.• The awards provide support towards tuition,

a stipend for living expenses, and support for expenses such as travel to conferences and to DOE user facilities• 22,000 students from 1,500 schools; 6000

volunteersto DOE user facilities.

First Lady Michelle Obama and Secretary of Energy Steven Chu congratulate Albuquerque Academy, Albuquerque, NM, First

DOE SCGF Cohort 2010 at the SCGF Annual Meeting at Argonne National Laboratory.

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Place winner in the 2010 NSB Middle School competition .

P T d t d t i kill d i tifi d t h i l kf i d t

DOE Office of Science Graduate Fellowships

• Purpose: To educate and train a skilled scientific and technical workforce in order to stay at the forefront of science and innovation and to meet our energy and environmental challenges

Eli ibilit• Eligibility: – Candidates must be U.S. citizens and a senior undergraduate or first or second year graduate

student to apply– Candidates must be pursuing advanced degrees in areas of physics, chemistry, mathematics,

biology, computational sciences, areas of climate and environmental sciences important to the Office of Science and DOE mission

• Award Size: The three-year fellowship award, totaling $50,500 annually, provides support towards tuition a stipend for living expenses and support for expenses suchsupport towards tuition, a stipend for living expenses, and support for expenses such as travel to conferences and to DOE user facilities.

• FY 2010 (Inaugural Year) Results: About 160 awards were be made with FY 2010 and American Recovery and Reinvestment Act fundsAmerican Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds.

• FY 2012 Application Process: Pending receipt of FY 2012 appropriation.

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http://scgf.orau.gov/

• Purpose: To support individual research programs of outstanding scientists early in

Office of Science Early Career Research Program

• Purpose: To support individual research programs of outstanding scientists early in their careers and to stimulate research careers in the disciplines supported by the Office of Science

• Eligibility: Within 10 years of receiving a Ph.D., either untenured academic assistant professors on the tenure track or full-time DOE national lab employees

• Award Size: – University grants $150,000 per year for 5 years to cover summer salary and expenses– National lab awards $500,000 per year for five years to cover full salary and expenses

• FY 2010 (Inaugural Year) Results:– 69 awards funded via the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act– 1,750 proposals peer reviewed to select the awardees– 47 university grants and 22 DOE national laboratory awards– Awardees are from 44 separate institutions in 20 states

• FY 2012 Application Process: – Funding Opportunity Announcement was issued July 2011. Mandatory pre-applications were

due September 1, 2011 and are no longer being accepted. – Full applications from those encouraged to submit are due November 29, 2011.Full applications from those encouraged to submit are due November 29, 2011.

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R d b h h b i d

Getting Involved

• Read about the core research areas on our websites and contact program managers to discuss whether your ideas fit within their programs.

• Volunteer to become a reviewer or participate in a workshop.

• Incorporate our large scientific user facilities into your research.

• Apply to compete for time at one of them.

• Follow federal advisory committee meetings.y g

• Respond to open and topical solicitations.

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Participating Outside the Grant Process

• Faculty members can assist our program managers at DOE headquarters as one-year rotators

– Contact a division director about opportunities.

• Apply for time to perform research at a user facility

– More than half of facility users come from universities.

• Develop a collaboration with a Principal Investigator who works at a DOE national laboratory

– Our labs are operated by contractors but owned by DOE so local– Our labs are operated by contractors but owned by DOE, so local laboratory policies may vary.

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Outlook

• The Office of Science is making major investments in support of President Obama’s vision for the future energy security, national security, and competitiveness of our Nation:

T f ti l di i d f f t t h l i l d– Transformational discovery science and forefront technological advances– Increased support for training and advancement of the future scientific

and technological workforceNext generation research tools and facilities for advanced capability– Next generation research tools and facilities for advanced capability

• A cornerstone of this vision is bringing the best scientific and technical minds everywhere to bear on creating new knowledge, new

ibili i d i bl l i dd f d fpossibilities, and new sustainable solutions to address future needs of the global community.

Your proposals are welcome.

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