Precision Combustion (PCI)

• Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) - A Zero-Emission Process for Direct Reduction of Iron by Hydrogen Plasma in a Rotary Kiln Reactor
• Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) - Advanced Facility Design and AI/ML Enabled Safeguards to Establish Secure, Economical Recycling of Fast Reactor Fuels
• Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) - Non-neutron Transmutation of Used Nuclear Fuel
• California Institute of Technology (CalTech) - A Hybrid Electrochemical and Catalytic Compression System for Direct Generation of High-Pressure Hydrogen at 700 Bar
• Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) - Ionomer-Free Electrodes for Ultrahigh Power Density Fuel Cells
• Chilldyne - Helical Turbulator for Robust Nucleate Boiling Cold Plate
• Columbia University - Lithium Ion Bobbin Cells for Grid Scale Energy Storage
• Columbia University - High Capacity Electrolyzers Based on Ultrathin Proton-Conducting Oxide Membranes
• Copernic Catalysts - In-Silico Heterogeneous Catalyst Design for GHG Reduction via Bulk Chemicals
• Cornell University - Field-Focused Load-Leveled Dynamic Wireless Charging System for Electric Vehicles
• Cornell University - Advancing a Low Carbon Built Environment With Inherent Utilization of Waste Concrete and CO2 via Integrated Electrochemical, Chemical and Biological Routes (ADVENT)
• Dimensional Energy - 3D-Printed 1000°C Silicon-Carbide Thermocatalytic CO2 Reactor with High Carbon Conversion and Energy Efficiencies
• Eden GeoPower - Electro-Hydraulic Fracturing for Enhanced Geothermal Systems
• Fervo Energy - FervoFlex: Long duration in-reservoir energy storage and load-following, dispatchable geothermal generation
• Foro Energy - Eliminating Methane Emissions From Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells
• General Electric (GE) Global Research - Lifted-Flame Combustion for High-Hydrogen Reheat Gas Turbines
• General Electric (GE) Global Research - Manufacturing High-Yield Investment Castings with Minimal-Energy
• Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) - Surfactant-Free Multiphase Forming of Fiber Composite Products for Significant Reduction in Energy and CO2 Emission
• HighT-Tech - Scalable Manufacturing of High-Entropy Alloy Catalysts for Ammonia Oxidation
• Hinetics - Cryogen-Free Ultra-High Field Superconducting Electric Motor
• HRL Laboratories - Surface Laser Architected Magnets (SLAM)
• IBM T.J. Watson Research Center - Systems Two Phase Cooling
• Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) - Direct Conversion of Flue Gas to Value-Added Chemicals Using a Carbon -Nuetral Process
• Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) - Advanced Manufacturing of High-Entropy Alloys as Cost-Effective Plasma Facing Components for Fusion Power Generation
• Makai Ocean Engineering - Remotely Installed Anchorages for Floating Offshore Wind and Other Offshore Renewables Cost Reduction
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - 8" GaN-on-Si Super Junction Devices for Next Generation Power Electronics
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Nitrogen Fertilizer: New Strategies for Low-energy, Low-emission Production and Use
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Liquid Immersion Blanket: Robust Accountancy (LIBRA)
• National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) - ReSOURCE: The Carbon Negative Biorefinery of the Future
• National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) - Repurposing Infrastructure for Gravity Storage using Underground Potential energy (RIGS UP)
• Nokia of America - Delivering Energy & Exergy Efficiency in the Converged 5G RAN/Edge Compute Network
• North Carolina State University (NC State) - Intensified Alkenyl Benzenes Production via Modular Redox Dehydrogenation
• North Carolina State University (NC State) - Microgrid Control/Coordination Co-Design (MicroC3)
• Northeastern University - High-Performance and Miniature Greenhouse Gas Sensor for Drone-based Remote Sensing
• Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) - Precipitation Strengthened Ni-Based Alloys for Liquid Salt Containment and Transport in Energy Systems
• Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) - Autonomous Intelligent Assistant (AutonomIA): Resilient and Energy-Efficient City-wide Transportation Operations
• Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) - CACTUS: CO2 Aerogel Capture Towards Utilization and Sequestration
• Perlumi Chemicals - Novel Biological Carbon Fixation Pathway to Increase Plant Yield
• Polymath Research - Longer Wavelength Lasers for Inertial Fusion Energy with Laser-Plasma Instability Control: Machine Learning Optimum Spike Trains of Uneven Duration and Delay (STUD Pulses)
• Pratt & Whitney - Hydrogen Steam and Inter-Cooled Turbine Engine (HySITE)
• Precision Combustion (PCI) - Additively-Manufactured Electrochemical-Chip Based Scalable Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
• Princeton University - Economical Proton-Boron11 Fusion
• Rio Tinto Services - Assessment of the CO2 Mineralization Potential of Tamarack’s Ultramafic Bowl-Shaped Intrusion
• Siemens - PICo-Design: Protection-Inverter Co-Design for 100% Renewable Power Systems
• SixPoint Materials - Vertical GaN Photoconductive Semiconductor Switch for HVDC Breakers
• Stanford University - Additive Manufacturing of Amorphous Metal Soft Magnetic Composites
• Sublime Systems - Electrochemical Upcycling for Low-CO2 Materials Production
• Synteris - Breaking the Board: Bringing 3 Dimensional Packaging and Thermal Management to Power Electronics
• Texas Tech University - Semiconductor Fast Neutron Detectors
• The Ohio State University - Vehicle Traction Electric Machines Enabled by Novel Composite Magnetic Powder Material and Electrophoretic Deposition Insulation Material
• University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) - Ultra Light-weight Bidirectional DC-DC Converters for Electric Aircrafts
• University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) - Mesh Network of Soil Sensors for Greenhouse Gas Monitoring of Biofuel Agriculture
• University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) - Integrated System for Electromicrobial Production of Butanol from Air-Captured CO2
• University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Electron Density Profile Measurements Using USPR
• University of California, Santa Barbara (UC Santa Barbara) - Quantifying the Potential and Risks of Large-scale Macroalgae Cultivation and Purposeful Sequestration as a Viable CO2 Reduction (CDR) Strategy
• University of Delaware (UD) - Energy Efficient Manufacturing of Lightweight Composite Architected Structures for Transporation Vehicles
• University of Houston - Mini-PulPS: Miniaturized Pulsed Power Systems for Mission Critical Applications
• University of Houston - Lithium- and Transition Metal-Free High-Energy Fast-Charging Batteries
• University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) - Green Light Emitting Diodes for the Ultimate Solid-State Lighting
• University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) - Ultra-Efficient and Ultra-Rapid Electro-Thermal Pulse Deicing, Defrosting, and Desnowing for Renewable Energy and Electrified Aircraft Systems
• University of Maryland (UMD) - Fast Charging, Solid-State, Roll-to-Roll Processed Li Metal Batteries Enabled by Intercalated Ions in Cellulose Molecular Channels
• University of Michigan - Battery Separator for Completely Stopping Dendrite
• University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UT) - Microfluidic Alpha Spectrometer for Materials Accountancy and Control in Liquid-Fueled Molten Salt Reactors
• University of Washington (UW) - Harvesting Infrared Light to Improve Photosynthetic Biomass Production
• VEIR - High Current 10kV DC Superconducting Transmission Lines and Grid Architecture
• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) - Substation in a Cable for Adaptable, Low-cost Electrical Distribution (SCALED)