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DOE OSTI2024

Reimagining DOE Lab-University Partnership for the AI Era

This report describes observations and suggestions from a workshop on needs for partnerships between national laboratories and universities in the AI era. The workshop took place over two days in March of 2024 at Texas A&M University’s Bush School of Government and Public Service Washington, D.C., teaching site. Through good fortune this happened to be at the peak of cherry blossom season and the weather was beautiful. In attendance were professors and leadership from universities across the nation, members of four national laboratories, and a representative of the Office of Critical and Emerging Technologies in Department of Energy (DOE). This group spanned a broad range of disciplines—applied mathematics, materials science, nuclear security, intelligence, and more. The workshop also had the benefit of insights from Charlie McMillan, former director of Los Alamos National Laboratory, and retired Air Force Lieutenant General Jack Shanahan, who led AI efforts at the Pentagon.

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DOE OSTI2024

PE1 Site Characterization: Data Documentation on Geologic and Hydrologic Lab Testing

This data documentation report describes geologic and hydrologic laboratory analysis and data collected in support of site characterization of the Physical Experiment 1 (PE1) testbed, Aqueduct Mesa, Nevada. The documentation includes a summary of laboratory tests performed, discussion of sample selection for assessing heterogeneity of various testbed properties, methods, and results per data type.

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DOE OSTI2024

Lab Collaboration Project (LCP) for Marine Energy: Quantifying Collision Risk for Fish and Turbines Final Technical Report (Task 10)

A persistent environmental concern for the widespread deployment of tidal turbines is the potential for fish and marine mammals to collide with rotating blades (Copping et al. 2016, Copping and Hemery 2020). This is a consequence of well-documented bird and bat mortalities around wind turbines (Smallwood 2007, Thompson et al. 2017), as well as fish mortality at conventional hydropower dams (Pracheil et al. 2016) and tidal barrages (Dadswell and Rulifson 1994). However, unlike hydropower dams or barrages, tidal turbines do not involve structures that channel all flow through the turbines. Similarly, while functionally similar to wind turbines, tidal turbines often operate at lower relative velocities and, depending on the end-use application, may be significantly smaller than utility-scale wind turbines. Both of these factors reduce the likelihood and severity of collision, but the knowledge base on this topic remains limited.

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DOE OSTI2024

Aspects of Physics at Jefferson Lab’s Halls A, B, and C

CEBAF delivers the world?s highest intensity and highest precision multi-GeV electron beams and has been do so for more than 25 years. In Fall 2017, with the completion of the 12 GeV upgrade and the start of the 12 GeV science program, a new era at the Laboratory began. The 12 GeV era is now well under way and many experimental results are delivered from the three Halls A, B, and C that receive electron beams. This talk will cover measurements of the J/? photo- and electroproduction cross section near threshold by different experiments in Halls B and C, the spectroscopy of strange and multi-strange baryons with the CLAS12 spectrometer in Hall B, and the rich program in hypernuclear physics that will get addressed by an extended measurement campaign in Hall C. Future equipment in Hall A (SoLID) will extend the J/? studies in photo- and electroproduction with increased luminosity and kinematic reach.

Achenbach, Patrick↗
DOE OSTI2024

Solar system storms in the lab: creating a scaled interplanetary coronal mass ejection

As an active star, the Sun frequently ejects large systems of magnetized plasma called Interplanetary Coronal Mass Ejections (ICMEs). When these ICMEs reach Earth, they cause geomagnetic storms, and, depending on their intensity, can wreak havoc on modern society [3]. In this project, we designed, executed, and diagnosed a proof-of-principle experiment aimed at studying ICMEs in a laboratory setting.

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DOE OSTI2024

Lab Evaluation of Downward Capacity of Radiant Ceiling Panel Systems

This project investigated the cooling delivery effectiveness of radiant ceiling panels as a function of attic insulation level using multiple laboratory testing and analytical methodologies. Delivery effectiveness is the heating or cooling energy delivered to a conditioned space divided by the total heating or cooling energy added or removed by the space conditioning system. The lower the losses of the heating or cooling delivery method, the higher the delivery effectiveness. For ducted systems, delivery effectiveness is reduced by both air leakage and thermal losses (especially if the ducts are installed in attics), while the delivery effectiveness of a radiant system supplied by hot and cold water is only reduced by thermal losses, which can be mitigated by sufficient insulation above, or at the "back" of the panel. Being installed at or below the ceiling plane, sufficient back insulation should be provided by default in the form of the attic insulation above the radiant ceiling panels. Site-built radiant ceiling panels were evaluated at Frontier Energy’s Building Science Research Laboratory (BSRL) in a uniquely designed environmental test chamber with independently controllable indoor and attic spaces and a height-adjustable ceiling.

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DOE OSTI2025

Self-driving lab to automate the discovery of novel alloys

Pure metals like aluminum or titanium don’t always have the desired material properties— strength, hardness, ductility, or corrosion resistance—for a given application. For this reason, researchers seek out novel alloy solutions, mixing a primary metal element with a series of other elements to create a material with tailored properties for uses in aerospace, defense, automotive, energy, and more.

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DOE OSTI2024

The new Pulsed Power Electron Gun (PPEG) at Sandia National Labs*

There is interest in increasing the size and range of the electron beams while maintaining their high dose rate. To accomplish this a Pulsed Power Electron Gun (PPEG) has been developed based around a pulsed (30ns) 300 kV Marx Generator (Applied Physical Electronics L.C.).

Vizkelethy, Gyorgy↗
DOE OSTI2025

Understanding Geometry and Microstructure Interactions In LPBF By Linking Lab Scale Studies To Real Part Case Examples

The mechanical properties derived from simple tensile tests are uniquely important in the design and qualification of load bearing metallic components. The tensile properties in standards for wrought metallic materials are generally accessible for design and simulation engineers, but this is not the case for additively manufactured metals. This work investigates the influence of tensile specimen geometry on the mechanical properties of laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) additively manufactured Ti-6Al-4V, particularly in relation to properties measured from specimens excised from an exemplar part. A comprehensive analysis was conducted across various specimen geometries, considering factors such as thermal history, cross-sectional area, shape, and surface roughness. Key findings reveal that sample size, particularly cross-sectional area, significantly affects reported tensile properties, with ASTM E8 flat and round specimens exhibiting differences in elastic modulus (13%), yield strength (17%), ultimate tensile strength (UTS) (14%), and elongation to failure (11%). Additionally, surface roughness was found to have a limited impact on ASTM round geometries, but it becomes critical in thin-walled and small high-throughput samples. The ASTM flat samples closely matched the properties of samples excised from the exemplar part, underscoring the necessity of testing witness samples that accurately represent end-use conditions. Furthermore, mechanical properties of samples built within the stitch zone of the exemplar part demonstrated reduced ductility, highlighting the importance of laser alignment and qualification in multi-laser additive manufacturing processes. Overall, this study emphasizes the need for careful consideration of specimen geometry and testing conditions to ensure accurate reporting of mechanical properties in LPBF Ti-6Al-4V.

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