Gordon Graff
Gordon Graff co-developed a flexible, transparent, thin-film barrier that protects moisture- and oxygen-sensitive materials. The technology was further advanced at the startup Vitex Systems and at large scale by Samsung.
John Holladay
John Holladay has served in leadership roles in national consortia for biofuels and bioproducts. John holds numerous patents in chemical production, catalytic processes and systems, and hydrothermal processing.
Douglas McMakin
Doug McMakin has helped make domestic and worldwide air travel much safer. He developed and tested microwave and millimeter-wave holographic imaging systems for airport personnel screening and body measurements for biometrics and clothing a
Zimin Nie
Zimin Nie’s contributions to the development of large-scale electrochemical energy storage technologies enable solar and wind renewable energy sources to be incorporated into the grid.
Robert Wegeng
Bob Wegeng has received patents for methods that use engineered microstructures to exploit physical principles controlling and enhancing chemical reactions and heat transfer.
New Geophysical Sensing Approach Reveals Subsurface Dynamics in a River Corridor
A novel combination of temperature and four-dimensional geophysical sensors revealed otherwise unseeable hydrologic dynamics below riverbed sediments.
New Watts Bar Reactor Gets Green Light for Operations
On October 22, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)granted Tennessee Valley Authority's (TVA's) Watts Bar Nuclear Generating Station a 40-year operating license for its new Unit 2 reactor. This is the first nuclear reactor to be granted an operating license by the NRC in two decades.
Corrosion Cracking: When Does it Really Start?
Pressurized water nuclear reactors in the United States generate about 13 percent of U.S. electricity. Though efficient, these reactors face a unique challenge with stress corrosion cracking (SCC). This type of corrosion is one of the primary life-limiting degradation mechanisms of nickel-base alloy pressure boundary components, such as instrumentation and control rod nozzles, the welds that attach these nozzles to the reactor vessel, and welds that connect feedwater piping to the reactor vessel. As interest grows in a more sustainable and efficient fleet of nuclear reactors across the world, there is increasing interest in characterizing SCC initiation response.