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DOE OSTI2024

ACE Science Workshop Report

We summarize the Fermilab Accelerator Complex Evolution (ACE) Science Workshop, held on June 14-15, 2023. The workshop presented the strategy for the ACE program in two phases: ACE Main Injector Ramp and Target (MIRT) upgrade and ACE Booster Replacement (BR) upgrade. Four plenary sessions covered the primary experimental physics thrusts: Muon Collider, Neutrinos, Charged Lepton Flavor Violation, and Dark Sectors. Additional physics and technology ideas were presented from the community that could expand or augment the ACE science program. Given the physics framing, a parallel session at the workshop was dedicated to discussing priorities for accelerator R&D. Finally, physics discussion sessions concluded the workshop where experts from the different experimental physics thrusts were brought together to begin understanding the synergies between the different physics drivers and technologies. In December of 2023, the P5 report was released setting the physics priorities for the field in the next decade and beyond, and identified ACE as an important component of the future US accelerator-based program. Given the presentations and discussions at the ACE Science Workshop and the findings of the P5 report, we lay out the topics for study to determine the physics priorities and design goals of the Fermilab ACE project in the near-term.

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DOE OSTI2026

Advancing extreme pulsed lasers through measurements: summary of the pulsed laser metrology workshop

In this report we present consensus findings produced during the pulsed laser metrology (PLM) workshop (Boulder, CO, USA, August 2025). The workshop was a meeting of 35 scientists from private industry, academia, and U.S. government to compile a list of the metrology needs to support extreme pulsed laser development and implementation. We define ‘extreme pulsed lasers’ loosely as those with peak powers above 1 TW or multi-Joule pulse energies. Such lasers are being increasingly used and investigated for use in high energy particle acceleration, short wavelength radiation generation, laser-based fusion, etc. The rapid growth of these fields and the proliferation of extreme lasers for these applications, coupled with the extreme electric fields they generate and relative scarcity of such lasers, presents unique challenges to accuracy in their measurement. The PLM workshop was a two-day event designed to hear from users, developers, and researchers on the current state of optical metrology associated with these extreme pulsed lasers. The goal was to identify the most important measurement challenges limiting development and implementation of these lasers in practical applications. We report here the conclusions and recommendations of this workshop. The hope is that this document will become the first of many iterations which track the status of measurement needs supporting extreme pulsed lasers.

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DOE OSTI2020

bifiPV2020 Bifacial Workshop: A Technology Overview

The virtual bifiPV Workshop was held in July 2020 to provide the solar industry with a forum for sharing and discussing research into bifacial photovoltaic (PV) technology. This report outlines major insights from the workshop to give the reader an overview of the latest developments in bifacial PV technology worldwide, from the lab to the field. Citations are drawn from this workshop unless otherwise noted. Presentations for the bifiPV2020 Workshop focused on the following areas: bifacial power plant modeling and simulation, albedo improvements, the development of encapsulants, the durability and reliability of current bifacial technologies, performance comparisons between glass-glass and glass-transparent backsheet configurations, the future of passivated emitter and rear contact (PERC) solar cells, and the growing adoption of n-type solar cells. With 650 GW total PV installed worldwide and 1 TW to come very soon, PERC is now the standard PV cell type produced en masse. However, it is already reaching 23% efficiency, the upper limit for this type of technology. PV modules breaking the 0.5-kW barrier are starting to appear, and the costs of standard PERC technology are already below 0.2 USD/Wp. In 2019, five GW of bifacial PV were installed worldwide. In 2020, the majority of bifacial installations are expected to be located in the United States, China, and Middle East and North Africa (MENA) states. N-type bifacial technologies are becoming increasingly viable and have huge potential to dominate the market in the coming years. With bifacial technology mounted on horizontal single-axis trackers (HSAT), bids below 10 USD/MWh will soon be observed in the MENA region, and later in Chile and the United States. Factory audits and reliability testing can reduce field failures by helping buyers to select producers that follow rigorous quality assurance and quality control processes.

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DOE OSTI2022

Cross-Laminated Timber Workshop: Pathways and Priorities for Cross-Laminated Timber Building Systems

A virtual workshop titled "BTO Cross-Laminated Timber Workshop: Pathways and Priorities for CLT Building Systems," was held on April 19, 2021, to identify research and development pathways, including the embodied energy content, operational energy efficiency, wall moisture profiles, structural connector durability, and health monitoring systems for CLT wall systems. In the workshop, perspectives were gathered from a wide range of stakeholders across North America from academia, the mass timber industry, trade groups, and federal government departments. The participants had knowledge in one or more areas of CLT building performance, production and construction, supply and demand dynamics of CLT panels, building codes, and recycling of CLT panels. To capture potential research opportunities from the participants in the mass timber field, the workshop was structured with the following objectives: 1. Identify the research and development opportunities to overcome technology gaps, integration issues, and market adoption challenges that are currently preventing the greater deployment of CLT, and 2. Understand what priorities and pathways are needed to advance energy efficient, high- rise CLT building systems.

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Nearfield Summary and Analysis of the Third AIAA Sonic Boom Prediction Workshop C608 Low Boom Demonstrator

A summary and statistical analysis of the nearfield Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) submissions for the Third AIAA Sonic Boom Prediction Workshop is provided with a focus on the C608 Low Boom Flight Test Demonstrator. The C608 is more complex in terms of geometry and propulsion boundary conditions than previous workshops cases and is more representative of vehicles with lower ground loudness and the potential for lower annoyance. The nearfield signatures submitted by the participants are propagated to the ground to compute statistics of loudness measures over the vehicle sonic boom carpet. Principle component analysis is used to extract the primary variation modes. Context from previous sonic boom workshops indicates that this workshop has the lowest variation even though the case is more challenging because it is quieter and more complex. The international state-of-the-art results documented in this summary indicates that nearfield CFD variation is low enough for meaningful low-boom design and can contribute toward the discussion of replacing the prohibition of overland supersonic flight with a certification standard.

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USM3D Simulations for Third Sonic Boom Workshop

The NASA USM3D flow solver was used to compute test cases for the Third AIAA Sonic Boom Prediction Workshop (SBPW3). The test cases include a nearfield biconvex shock-plume interaction wind tunnel model, and the C608 Low Boom Flight Demonstrator. Numerical simulations were conducted on the mixed-element and tetrahedral grids provided by the workshop committee, as well as a family of grids generated by an in-house approach for sonic boom analyses known as BoomGrid. The near-field pressure signatures were extracted, propagated to the ground and the perceived loudness levels on the ground were computed. The USM3D near-field pressure signatures, corresponding ground signatures, and loudness levels on the ground are compared with that of mean values from other workshop participants. The effect of three flux-limiters on the accuracy of near-field pressure signatures prediction was investigated and results are compared with that of mean values from other workshop participants. The effect of using wall function grids in accurately predicting near-field pressure signatures was also evaluated.

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USM3D Simulations for the Third Sonic Boom Prediction Workshop (SBPW-3)

The NASA USM3D flow solver was used to compute test cases for the Third AIAA Sonic Boom Prediction Workshop (SBPW3). The test cases include a nearfield biconvex shock-plume interaction wind tunnel model, and the C608 Low Boom Flight Demonstrator. Numerical simulations were conducted on the mixed-element and tetrahedral grids provided by the workshop committee, as well as a family of grids generated by an in-house approach for sonic boom analyses known as BoomGrid. The near-field pressure signatures were extracted, propagated to the ground and the perceived loudness levels on the ground were computed. The USM3D near-field pressure signatures, corresponding ground signatures, and loudness levels on the ground are compared with that of mean values from other workshop participants. The effect of three flux-limiters on the accuracy of near-field pressure signatures prediction was investigated and results are compared with that of mean values from other workshop participants. The effect of using wall function grids in accurately predicting near-field pressure signatures was also evaluated.

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NASA NTRS2022

USM3D Simulations for the Third AIAA Sonic Boom Prediction Workshop

The NASA USM3D flow solver was used to compute test cases for the Third AIAA Sonic Boom Prediction Workshop (SBPW3). The test cases included a nearfield biconvex shock-plume interaction wind tunnel model and the C608 Low Boom Flight Demonstrator. Numerical simulations were conducted on the mixed-element and tetrahedral grids provided by the workshop committee, as well as a family of grids generated by an in-house approach known as BoomGrid. The nearfield pressure signatures were extracted and propagated to the ground, and the perceived loudness levels on the ground were computed. The USM3D nearfield pressure signatures, corresponding ground signatures, and loudness levels on the ground were compared with that of mean values from other workshop participants. The effect of three flux-limiters on the accuracy of nearfield pressure signature prediction was investigated and results were compared with that of mean values from other workshop participants. The effect of using wall-function models for predicting nearfield pressure signatures was also evaluated. Results showed that the overpressure signatures extracted from the wall-modeled simulations and the wall-resolved simulations are in good agreement. The use of wall functions (wall-modeled simulations) allowed for approximately 23% savings in the time to solution and yielded comparable perceived loudness levels on the ground to the wall-resolved Reynolds-averaged Navier Stokes simulations.

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DOE OSTI2023

Regulatory utility of physiologically based pharmacokinetic modeling for assessing food impact in bioequivalence studies: A workshop summary report

This workshop report summarizes the presentations and panel discussion related to the use of physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modeling approaches for food effect assessment, collected from Session 2 of Day 2 of the workshop titled “Regulatory Utility of Mechanistic Modeling to Support Alternative Bioequivalence Approaches.” The US Food and Drug Administration in collaboration with the Center for Research on Complex Generics organized this workshop where this particular session titled “Oral PBPK for Evaluating the Impact of Food on BE” presented successful cases of PBPK modeling approaches for food effect assessment. Recently, PBPK modeling has started to gain popularity among academia, industries, and regulatory agencies for its potential utility during bioavailability (BA) and/or bioequivalence (BE) studies of new and generic drug products to assess the impact of food on BA/BE. Considering the promises of PBPK modeling in generic drug development, the aim of this workshop session was to facilitate knowledge sharing among academia, industries, and regulatory agencies to understand the knowledge gap and guide the path forward. This report collects and summarizes the information presented and discussed during this session to disseminate the information into a broader audience for further advancement in this area.

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DOE OSTI2021

International Workshop on Next Generation Gamma-Ray Source

A workshop on The Next Generation Gamma-Ray Sources , sponsored by the Office of Nuclear Physics at the Department of Energy, was held November 17--19, 2016 in Bethesda, Maryland. The goals of the workshop were to identify basic and applied research opportunities at the frontiers of nuclear physics that would be made possible by the beam capabilities of an advanced laser Compton beam facility. To anchor the scientific vision to realistically achievable beam specifications using proven technologies, the workshop brought together experts in the fields of electron accelerators, lasers, and optics to examine the technical options for achieving the beam specifications required by the most compelling parts of the proposed research programs. An international assembly of participants included current and prospective $\gamma$-ray beam users, accelerator and light-source physicists, and federal agency program managers. Sessions were organized to foster interactions between the beam users and facility developers, allowing for information sharing and mutual feedback between the two groups. The workshop findings and recommendations are summarized in this report.

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DOE OSTI2024

Terrestrial Very-Long-Baseline Atom Interferometry: Workshop Summary

This document presents a summary of the 2023 Terrestrial Very-Long-Baseline Atom Interferometry Workshop hosted by CERN. The workshop brought together experts from around the world to discuss the exciting developments in large-scale atom interferometer (AI) prototypes and their potential for detecting ultralight dark matter and gravitational waves. The primary objective of the workshop was to lay the groundwork for an international TVLBAI proto-collaboration. This collaboration aims to unite researchers from different institutions to strategize and secure funding for terrestrial large-scale AI projects. The ultimate goal is to create a roadmap detailing the design and technology choices for one or more km-scale detectors, which will be operational in the mid-2030s. The key sections of this report present the physics case and technical challenges, together with a comprehensive overview of the discussions at the workshop together with the main conclusions.

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DOE OSTI2021

Feebly-interacting particles: FIPs 2020 workshop report

With the establishment and maturation of the experimental programs searching for new physics with sizeable couplings at the LHC, there is an increasing interest in the broader particle and astrophysics community for exploring the physics of light and feebly-interacting particles as a paradigm complementary to a New Physics sector at the TeV scale and beyond. FIPs 2020 has been the first workshop fully dedicated to the physics of feebly-interacting particles and was held virtually from 31 August to 4 September 2020. The workshop has gathered together experts from collider, beam dump, fixed target experiments, as well as from astrophysics, axions/ALPs searches, current/future neutrino experiments, and dark matter direct detection communities to discuss progress in experimental searches and underlying theory models for FIPs physics, and to enhance the cross-fertilisation across different fields. FIPs 2020 has been complemented by the topical workshop “Physics Beyond Colliders meets theory”, held at CERN from 7 June to 9 June 2020. This document presents the summary of the talks presented at the workshops and the outcome of the subsequent discussions held immediately after. It aims to provide a clear picture of this blooming field and proposes a few recommendations for the next round of experimental results.

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DOE OSTI2020

Summary of Nuclear Regulatory Commission Flood Barrier Testing Strategies Workshop

The United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and Idaho National Laboratory (INL) organized a half-day workshop on flood barrier testing strategies (FBTS) at NRC Headquarters in Rockville, MD, via a webinar as well, on March 12, 2020. The workshop was a public meeting attended by members of the public and staff from NRC, INL, and other agencies. The workshop served multiple objectives: (1) present preliminary research results from the FBTS research project conducted by INL for NRC, and (2) engage industry stakeholders and technical experts to provide inputs and insights on testing strategies. This letter report documents the materials presented, participant questions and answers, and summaries of an open discussion during this FBTS workshop.

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DOE OSTI2020

2020 Review Panel Workshop on Energy Intensity Indicators: Summary Findings and Meeting Notes

On January 28-29, 2020, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), in coordination with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), sponsored an expert workshop focused on energy intensity indicators. The intent of the workshop was to support a comprehensive review of the EERE Energy Intensity Indicators (EII), a national system of indicators used to track changes in the energy intensity of economic sectors. One goal of the workshop was to gather input from a panel of experts who have experience and knowledge related to the EII methodological approach and key data sources used to calculate indicators for each of the end-use sectors of the economy—transportation, residential, commercial, industrial, and electricity. The current EERE EII methodology is documented in a 2017 PNNL report, A Comprehensive System of Energy Intensity Indicators for the U.S.: Methods, Data and Key Trends, which is available online. The workshop also included a presentation by Dr. Beng Ang, who discussed the Log Mean Divisia index (LMDI) approach to decomposition analysis, which was followed by a discussion concerning the methodological approaches that could be applied to future EII efforts.

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DOE OSTI2020

Bio-Restore Workshop Summary Report

This report summarizes the results of a Bioenergy Technologies Office-sponsored public workshop held at Argonne National Laboratory on September 25–26, 2019. The purpose of the Bio-Restore Workshop was to bring together experts to discuss the current state of the technology and to identify data and R&D relevant to the bio-restore concept. Specific topics included using dedicated energy crops and other biomass sources to provide environmental benefits, implementing algae technologies (e.g., wastewater treatment, direct bloom harvest, turf scrubbers, macroalgae), quantifying and valorizing ecosystem services, developing low-cost sensors and data management systems, and integrating “bio-restore biomass” with supply chain needs. For the purposes of the workshop, the term “bio-restore biomass” refers to terrestrial and algal biomass that provides environmental benefits when produced or harvested. For terrestrial biomass, this primarily includes energy crops (herbaceous and woody), other cellulosic biomass, and waste biomass. For algal biomass, this includes wastewater treatment algal biomass, algal blooms, algal turf scrubbers/attached growth systems, and macroalgae. Types of biomass not of interest to the workshop discussions include oilseed crops, crops generally grown for food or feed, and algae grown in artificial light conditions or other energy-intensive cultivation designs.

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DOE OSTI2020

bifiPV2020 Bifacial Workshop: A Technology Overview

The virtual bifiPV Workshop was held in July 2020 to provide the solar industry with a forum for sharing and discussing research into bifacial photovoltaic (PV) technology. This report outlines major insights from the workshop to give the reader an overview of the latest developments in bifacial PV technology worldwide, from the lab to the field. Citations are drawn from this workshop unless otherwise noted, with all proceedings available online at bifipvworkshop. com. Presentations for the bifiPV2020 Workshop focused on the following areas: bifacial power plant modeling and simulation, albedo improvements, the development of encapsulants, the durability and reliability of current bifacial technologies, performance comparisons between glass-glass and glass-transparent backsheet configurations, the future of passivated emitter and rear contact (PERC) solar cells, and the growing adoption of n-type solar cells. With 650 GW total PV installed worldwide and 1 TW to come very soon, PERC is now the standard PV cell type produced en masse. However, it is already reaching 23% efficiency, the upper limit for this type of technology. PV modules breaking the 0.5-kW barrier are starting to appear, and the costs of standard PERC technology are already below 0.2 USD/Wp. In 2019, five GW of bifacial PV were installed worldwide. In 2020, the majority of bifacial installations are expected to be located in the United States, China, and Middle East and North Africa (MENA) states. N-type bifacial technologies are becoming increasingly viable and have huge potential to dominate the market in the coming years. With bifacial technology mounted on horizontal single-axis trackers (HSAT), bids below 10 USD/MWh will soon be observed in the MENA region, and later in Chile and the United States. Factory audits and reliability testing can reduce field failures by helping buyers to select producers that follow rigorous quality assurance and quality control processes.

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DOE OSTI2020

Planning Considerations for Energy Storage in Resilience Applications. Outcomes from the NELHA Energy Storage Conference's Policy and Regulatory Workshop

This report presents the proceedings and lessons learned at a conference workshop that discussed the role of energy storage in supporting electric system resilience, which took place at the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority’s (NELHA) Conference on Energy Storage Trends and Opportunities in December 2018. Staff from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) made two presentations on the topic of resilience: the first covering a conceptual framework for incorporating resilience into resource planning processes, and the second covering a tool developed for microgrid planning that can assist in identifying resource mixes that will meet site-specific resilience needs. Throughout the presentations, presenters and workshop participants discussed the obstacles to improving electric system resilience and potential solutions for overcoming them. Following the workshop, the authors conducted additional research to further contextualize the topics discussed at the workshop and to frame the resulting recommendations for future engagement on this subject by the Department of Energy and the national laboratories.

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DOE OSTI2021

ARM Aerosol Measurement Science Group 2019 Strategic Planning Workshop Report

This report summarizes the results of a U.S. Department of Energy Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility workshop held in November 2019 to advance a science-based strategy for ARM’s aerosol measurement program. This was the second such workshop since the Aerosol Measurement Science Group (AMSG) was chartered in 2015 to enhance coordination of ARM observations of aerosols and atmospheric trace gases with the needs of ARM users. The results presented here reflect the AMSG’s focus in recent years on science-based strategies that will contribute to the increased use of ARM data to fulfill its mission of improving process representations and predictability in climate models. Sessions held during the workshop range from interfacing with models through aerosol sampling strategies to calibration protocols and data products. The strategies set forth here were also developed to be directly relevant to ARM’s updated Decadal Vision. The AMSG workshops have been designed to recommend actions that will enable ARM to evolve and continue to meet its mission. To that end, the AMSG will develop an actionable plan from the recommendations outlined here. Some are well defined and can reasonably be accomplished in the short term. Others are less definite or of a larger scope that calls for a longer-term implementation. Further discussion will be required to develop and prioritize actionable items related to such areas. Task teams comprising the appropriate expertise and perspective from the AMSG and other members of the community will be formed to achieve this outcome. Some particular topics are recognized as high priority, so plans are underway to develop task teams and to hold follow-on discussions to address them. Four areas currently being considered for short, focused discussion are 1) aerosol measurements on the North Slope of Alaska, 2) improving data usability for modeling, 3) strategies for advancing remote sensing, vertical profiling, and distributed measurements of aerosols, and 4) aerosol sampling strategies at existing ARM sites to provide intensive modes of operation to promote data usage for process and modeling studies.

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