Center for Advanced Energy Studies (CAES)

Last fall, a group of Idaho educators visited CAES as part of their trip to explore INL. Read more about their visit: https://lnkd.in/giqrRaGB

The CAES facility will be closed Monday, Feb. 17 in observance of President's Day. During that time, only those with key card access will have access to the building and laboratory work is curtailed. Enjoy your weekend!

Another exciting announcement highlighting impactful collaborations between INL and Idaho's universities. The future is bright for research and innovation in Idaho!

INL signs agreements with Boise State University, University of Idaho to strengthen collaborative research initiatives (BOISE, Idaho) — This week, Idaho National Laboratory signed agreements with Boise State University and University of Idaho to deepen collaborative research and development projects that will advance solutions to the nation’s energy and security challenges ensuring energy dominance and economic ...

The CAES facility will be closed Monday, Jan. 20 in observance of Martin Luther King Day. During that time, only those with key card access will have access to the building and laboratory work is curtailed. Enjoy your weekend!

The CAES facility will be closed Dec. 24-Jan. 1 for winter break. During that time, only those with key card access will have access to the building. Happy Holidays! ❄️☃️

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INL, Idaho State University broaden collaborative research initiatives (IDAHO FALLS, Idaho) — Today, the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) and Idaho State University (ISU) signed an agreement to deepen collaborative research and development projects that will advance solutions to the nation’s energy and security challenges.

Several participants from around the state recently completed a program in applied AI and machine learning hosted by Idaho State University and held at CAES over the last two months. The hands-on course covered the fundamentals and practical applications of machine learning and implementing AI into research and was taught by Tadesse Wakjira and Mostafa M. Fouda. CAES-ISU Associate Director Mustafa Mashal presented certificates of completion to the attendees.

Congratulations to all the participants and leaders for successfully completing this innovative program!

On Monday, Nov 18 at 11:00 a.m. in the CAES auditorium, KN Krishnan from the Charles Darwin Institution will present his work in materials related corrosion and friction stir welding research for advanced manufacturing. While the increase in demand for additive manufacturing, or 3D metal printing grows, one of the critical issues in the process is defects during fabrication. Krishnan will discuss how he’s working to improve the quality control process and defect detection methods.

To attend the meeting virtually, DM us for the link.

Are you an undergraduate student or recent graduate who is ready to use your major in a science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) field or science policy to help make a difference in the world? INL is welcoming interns as part of the Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship (SULI) program for the summer of 2025.

Apply today ➡️ https://science.osti.gov/Leaving-Office-of-Science?url=https%3a%2f%2fapps.orau.gov%2fsuli%2fAccount%2fLogin&external=true

Learn more about the program ➡️ https://science.osti.gov/wdts/suli

U.S. Department of Energy

TOMORROW! Who's joining us??

On Oct. 3 at 3:30 p.m. in the CAES auditorium (and via Teams), Dr. Hari Neupane, a subsurface scientist and experimentalist at Idaho National Laboratory will discuss his work on the EGS Collab Project during the CAES Codebreaker series. Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) offer tremendous potential to support energy security in the US and worldwide. Dr. Neupane will discuss the EGS Collab Project.

This program brought together researchers and engineers from multiple national labs, universities and commercial entities. The group performed process and model validations to look at how generating appropriate hydraulic communication between injection and production wells could allow for more effective energy source mining. He will discuss the results and lessons learned during the six-year program to better our understanding of stimulation in crystalline rock for improving EGS.

DM us if you'd like the Teams link to attend virtually.

Join us for this month's Codebreaker presentation! On Oct. 3 at 3:30 p.m. in the CAES auditorium (and via Teams), Dr. Hari Neupane, a subsurface scientist and experimentalist at Idaho National Laboratory will discuss his work on the EGS Collab Project.

Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) offer tremendous potential to support energy security in the US and worldwide. Dr. Neupane will discuss the EGS Collab Project. This program brought together researchers and engineers from multiple national labs, universities and commercial entities. The group performed process and model validations to look at how generating appropriate hydraulic communication between injection and production wells could allow for more effective energy source mining. He will discuss the results and lessons learned during the six-year program to better our understanding of stimulation in crystalline rock for improving EGS.

DM us if you'd like the Teams link to attend virtually.

Boise State University's Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program hosted at CAES offers students valuable hands-on research opportunities in various industries. This summer, Jazmin worked on a project involving 3D-printed materials for sodium-ion batteries. Here's a look at her project, experience and what she learned.

Jazmin's project created the cathode for a sodium-ion battery using a conductive slurry. She shared, "We used 3D printing to design patterns with the slurry. Although we quite get to the point of testing them, our goal was to create small point cells and test their functionality." Her work successfully set the stage for future tests on this project. Congratulations, Jazmin and we look forward to your future endeavors!

We're looking back on the research of another one of this year's students. Today, let's look at Blue's project.

Blue worked on a project titled, "Molecular self-assembly of macromolecules in additively manufactured organic semiconductors." It focused on molecular simulations to study how polymer chains entangle with each other. This required her learning to in Python.

“We definitely got some interesting observations from doing the simulations and seeing how the polymers entangled with each other which is pretty much what we’re doing is figuring out how many counts, how many entanglements are within the chains, how they tangled up with each other.” She also added that the project taught her to be resourceful and independent.

View the comments to see what Blue enjoyed most during her experience at CAES in the REU program.