DOE Announces Second Round of Innovation Crossroads Entrepreneurial Research Fellows

• DOE Announces Second Round of Innovation Crossroads Entrepreneurial Research Fellows
• REPORT: AMO’s Workshop on Artificial Intelligence Now Available
• TRAINING: Expand Your Energy Management Skills - Classroom and Online Training
• RAPID Manufacturing Institute Release Two Call for Proposals
• REMADE Institute's Webinar: Materials Disruption Possibilities, Now and Into the Future

DOE Announces Second Round of Innovation Crossroads Entrepreneurial Research Fellows

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), in partnership with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), announced the second cohort of innovators to join Innovation Crossroads, the Southeast region’s first entrepreneurial research and development program based at a DOE National Laboratory. Five innovators were selected from a highly competitive pool of applicants and will begin work at ORNL in May 2018.

Learn more about the five new entrepreneurial research fellows and how they plan to advance innovative energy and manufacturing challenges.

REPORT: AMO’s Workshop on Artificial Intelligence Now Available

Last year, AMO hosted a workshop on Artificial Intelligence (AI) Applied to Materials Discovery and Design. DOE invited experts from academia, national labs, federal agencies, and industry across several critical scientific disciplines. The workshop was designed to gather information on future capabilities, challenges, and barriers to advancing AI applied to materials discovery and design; barriers to more widespread adoption of the technology by industry; and the role the federal government should play in advancing the technology.

The workshop summary report and presentations are now available to view and download.

TRAINING: Expand Your Energy Management Skills - Classroom and Online Training

Master the art of managing energy in a format that fits your schedule and learning style! Training for Certified Practitioners in Energy Management Systems (CP EnMS) is now available online.

Both the classroom and online training courses prepare professionals for the CP EnMS certification exam. These Certified Practitioners provide critical technical assistance to industrial and commercial facilities seeking to implement an energy management system that conforms to ISO 50001 (as needed for AMO’s 50001 Ready and Superior Energy Performance programs). They also assist facilities in developing energy performance indicators (EnPI) and baselines for use in tracking performance improvements and identifying effective metrics. The next classroom training is from June 11-14, 2018 in Atlanta, GA.

The next online session is in September 2018. For more details on specific offerings, click here.

RAPID Manufacturing Institute Release Two Calls for Proposals

The Rapid Manufacturing Institute has two calls for project proposals that are now open for submission. This call is unique as it solicits proposals on Education and Workforce Development (EWD) in addition to technical proposals. The EWD proposals are to develop and provide a face-to-face training course that is hands-on, project-based, inquiry-based or lab-based, is 2-5 days in duration, and is targeted to graduate students and professional engineers. The training developed will be available to current RAPID members in good standing. All proposals, whether technical or educational, should advance technical knowledge in one or more of RAPID’s focus areas: Modeling and Simulation, Module Manufacturing, Intensified Process Fundamentals, Renewable Bioproducts, Chemicals and Commodities Processing, and Natural Gas Upgrading. Both project calls will close in May.

Visit the RAPID website and membership areas for more information.

REMADE Institute's Webinar: Materials Disruption Possibilities, Now and Into the Future – April 13

AMO’s REMADE Institute is hosting a webinar with guest speaker Thomas Gradel, Yale University’s thought leader and expert in industrial ecology, on April 13, 2018, at 11:00 AM EST.

Join Graedel as he shares his perspective on the possible disruption of materials supplies and why the future of metals availability is such a complex topic—one that depends upon a mix of geological knowledge, materials science, technology, and economics.

Reserve your spot for the REMADE Institute's Webinar: Materials Disruption Possibilities, Now and Into the Future.