AMO Seeks Your Feedback for Clean Water Technologies!

Top Stories:

• DOE Secretary Perry Test Drives 3D-printed Car at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• AMO Seeks Feedback for Technologies to Ensure Clean Air and Clean Water for the U.S.
• AMO Announces Funding for Six New Lab-Industry Industrial Partners
• DOE Announces $72 Million for Innovative Research and Development by Small Businesses
• REGISTER TODAY: AMO Program Peer Review and Technical Resources Network Forum – June 13-15
• EVENT: Register Today for the Industrial Energy Technology Conference – June 20-22
• Manufacturing USA’s 10th Manufacturing Institute Celebrates Momentous Step

DOE Secretary Perry Test Drives 3D-printed Car at Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Secretary of Energy Rick Perry visited the Oak Ridge National Lab last week with Tennessee U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander. His last stop on the trip was to the Manufacturing Demonstration Facility. Read more and watch the video recap.

AMO Seeks Feedback for Potential Focus Areas for Early Stage Research and Development of Processed Clean Water

The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), on behalf of its Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO), seeks feedback on technologies with the potential for early stage research and development (R&D) that if successfully advanced could impact the cost-effective and energy efficient availability of clean water. This request for information (RFI) targets R&D for processing technologies used to create clean water from a variety of sources such as surface water, ground water, brackish water, seawater, wastewater and produced water for a range of applications including municipal drinking water, agricultural uses, and industrial needs. This is solely a request for information and not a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA). EERE is not accepting applications. Responses to this RFI must be submitted electronically no later than 5:00 PM EST on July 28, 2017.

AMO Announces Funding for Six New Lab-Industry Industrial Partners

The Department Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s (EERE) Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) announced funding for six new lab-industry industrial pairs as an extension of the second cohort of the Technologist in Residence (TIR) program. Senior technical staff member from industry will be paired with a senior technologist from a National Lab to identify technical challenges of the company and propose new collaborative R&D efforts to advance science-based solutions to the company’s issues. This partnership facilitates lab and industry researchers to work together to more deeply understand the true nature of industry’s most important problems and national lab capabilities that can be best brought to bear to solve them.

For more information about the TIR program and the second cohort of partnerships, read our blog.

DOE Announces $72 Million for Innovative Research and Development by Small Businesses

The Department of Energy (DOE) announced 73 grants totaling $72 million to 68 small businesses in 24 states. Funded through DOE’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs, the selections are for Phase II research and development. The Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) sponsored six of the selected programs over the topic membranes and materials for energy efficiency.

More information about the array of projects is available here.

REGISTER TODAY: AMO Program Peer Review and Technical Resources Network Forum – June 13-15

Technology experts from the industrial and academic sectors are invited to review the R&D Advanced Manufacturing Office’s (AMO) Program at AMO’s Peer Review from June 13-15, 2017 in the Sheraton Pentagon City Hotel in Arlington, VA. AMO’s Research and Development element will make presentations on their work. Presentations will also be provided on a range of elements of the Program.

View the Peer Review agenda, Technical Resources Forum agenda, and register for both events as soon as possible.

EVENT: Register Today for the Industrial Energy Technology Conference – June 20-22

The Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) will co-sponsor the 39th Industrial Energy Technology Conference (IETC) from June 20-22, 2017 in New Orleans, Louisiana. IETC is a one-of-a kind conference that features topics important to industrial energy managers, utility experts, government program managers, vendors and others. The conference will focus on providing practical on-the-job value and meeting the informational needs of individuals on energy use, waste reduction, and the technologies that reduce expenditures for energy and waste handling costs in industrial settings.

Click here to view the IETC program schedule. Registration and logistical information can also be found here.

Manufacturing USA’s 10th Manufacturing Institute Celebrates Momentous Step

AMO Director Mark Johnson and RAPID CEO Karen Fletcher sit down to discuss the official launch of the RAPID Manufacturing Institute and discuss best practices for Manufacturing USA’s success.

Learn more here.