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Y-12, Pantex employees celebrated for inventions, patents

Posted at 4:19 pm January 11, 2022
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The sign at the main entrance to the Y-12 National Security Complex is pictured above on Sunday, Aug. 6, 2017. (File photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

Employees at Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge and Pantex Plant in Amarillo, Texas, were recently celebrated for inventions and patents.

Y-12 employees filed eight invention disclosures during fiscal year 2021, a press release said. The inventions ranged from environmental and electrical load controllers to diagnostic tools, sensors, and unique material processes. Among those recognized were Eric Spurgeon, Justin Holland, Rachel Bachorek, Robert Cole, Ed Ripley, and Jacob Miller, the press release said.

At Pantex, Stephen Jones and Brian Harlow filed an invention disclosure for laser pulse shaping for a laser-powered bed fusion printer.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Slider, U.S. Department of Energy, Y-12, Y-12 National Security Complex Tagged With: Ashley Stowe, Bill Tindal, Consolidated Nuclear Security, Ed Ripley, Eric Spurgeon, Erik Nygaard, Gene Sievers, inventions, Jacob Miller, James Kiggans Jr., Jeff Preson, Jeff Yarbrough, Jeff Yokum, Jennifer Palmer, Justin Holland, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Pantex Plant, patents, Patrick Moehlen, Paul Menchhofer, Peter Angelo, Rachel Bachorek, Robert Cole, Roland Seals, Rusty Hallman, Scott Aase, technology transfer, Vincent Lamberti, Y-12 National Security Complex

CNS names four to Fellows Program, recognizing technical expertise

Posted at 8:02 pm September 11, 2017
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Consolidated Nuclear Security LLC has chosen four employees for its Fellows Program, one from the Pantex Plant in Amarillo, Texas, and three from the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge. They are Vincent Lamberti, top left; Alan Moore, top right; and Glenn Pfennigwerth, bottom left, all of Y-12, and Lorelei Woods of Pantex. (Submitted photos)

Consolidated Nuclear Security LLC has chosen four employees for its Fellows Program, one from the Pantex Plant in Amarillo, Texas, and three from the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge. They are Vincent Lamberti, top left; Alan Moore, top right; and Glenn Pfennigwerth, bottom left, all of Y-12, and Lorelei Woods of Pantex. (Submitted photos)

 

Consolidated Nuclear Security LLC has chosen four employees for its Fellows Program, one from the Pantex Plant in Amarillo, Texas, and three from the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge.

The program recognizes technical staff members at Pantex and Y-12 who achieved status as a national or international expert in their field, a press release said. Each fellow serves a renewable two-year term acting as the technical expert in their competency area and mentor to other staff.

Those chosen are Pantex Component Analysis/Surveillance Fellow Lorelei Woods, Uranium Fellow Glenn Pfennigwerth, Metallurgy Fellow Alan Moore, and Y-12 Component Analysis/Surveillance Fellow Vincent Lamberti. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, National Nuclear Security Administration, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy, Y-12 National Security Complex Tagged With: Alan Moore, Ashley Stowe, CNS Fellows Program, Consolidated Nuclear Security LLC, Fellows Program, Glenn Pfennigwerth, Lorelei Woods, Pantex Plant, Vincent Lamberti, Y-12 National Security Complex

Y-12 honors its inventors with Technology Transfer awards

Posted at 10:39 pm May 22, 2016
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Y-12 Honors Inventors

Y-12 National Security Complex recently recognized 29 inventors at its annual Tech Transfer award ceremony. The group was awarded 13 patents and submitted more than 30 invention disclosures in the past year. (Photo courtesy Y-12)

 

Twenty-nine inventors at the Y‑12 National Security Complex were recognized for their technology and innovative accomplishments during the recent 12th annual Technology Transfer Awards Ceremony. The site has a long history of producing technologies initially used at Y-12 and later transferred to the private sector.

Thirteen patents were awarded in Fiscal Year 2015 in areas ranging from a wireless sensor for detecting chemical compounds to an apparatus for safeguarding a radiological source, a press release said.

The inventors also were recognized for bringing forward new ideas in the form of invention disclosures that could one day lead to future patents. These employees were acknowledged for both their creativity and innovative ideas in support of the technology development and transfer mission. The new inventions developed by the honorees will be used to further Y-12’s mission work and will be made available to license to benefit the public through Y-12’s Technology Transfer program, the press release said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, National Nuclear Security Administration, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy, Y-12 National Security Complex Tagged With: Alan Moore, Alex Moses, Ashley Stowe, Brad Lyon, Brandon Pehrson, CNS, Consolidated Nuclear Security, David Cecala, David Mee, Ed Ripley, inventions, Jacob Miller, Jeff Parrott, Jonathan Morrell, Justin Holland, Kevin Shay, Lee Bzorgi, Louis Powell, Mark Eisenhauer, Michael Lovelady, Nathaniel Henry, Neville Howell (retired), Norm Smyrl, Pantex Plant, patents, Patrick Thomas II, Paul DeMint, Peter Angelo, Q. Grindstaff, Rodney Smith, Roland Seals, Russell Hallman, Shannon Roddy, Technology Transfer Awards Ceremony, Vincent Lamberti, Y-12 National Security Complex

UT, Y-12 chemical sensing technology wins national R&D100 award

Posted at 9:47 pm November 16, 2015
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Michael Sepaniak

A low-cost chemical sensor invented by a University of Tennessee chemistry professor in partnership with the Y-12 National Security Complex has been recognized by R&D Magazine as a top technology product in the marketplace, a press release said.

The invention, the product of UT Chemistry Professor Michael Sepaniak and collaborators at Y-12, was selected this weekend for the 2015 R&D100 Award—known in the field as the “Oscars of innovation.” The award recognizes the top 100 technology projects of the year and honors the inventors.

ChIMES (Chemical Identification by Magneto-Elastic Sensing) is a new low-cost passive chemical sensing technology. The sensors are based on a set of target response materials that expand in the presence of a target. The expanding volume puts stress on materials, changing their magnetic properties so they can be detected wirelessly. [Read more…]

Filed Under: College, Education, Front Page News, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy, Y-12 National Security Complex Tagged With: Ashley Stowe, Chemical Identification by Magneto-Elastic Sensing, ChIMES, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Nuclear Engineering, Eric Lukoski, Janet Nelson, Lingwei Zhan, Michael Sepaniak, Nahla Abu Hatab, Nichole Crane, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, R&D Magazine, R&D100 Award, University of Tennessee, UT, UT Chemistry, UT-Y12 Lithium Indium Diselenide Thermal Neutron Imager, Y-12 National Security Complex, Yilu Liu

Two UT College of Engineering groups finalists for R&D 100 List

Posted at 12:41 am September 1, 2015
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By University of Tennessee

The University of Tennessee College of Engineering recently got some good news, as R&D Magazine named two research groups to its list of finalists for the R&D 100.

The joint UT-Y12 Lithium Indium Diselenide Thermal Neutron Imager (LTNI) project includes Assistant Professor Eric Lukosi and Y-12 Joint Assistant Professor Ashley Stowe, both of nuclear engineering, while the joint UT-Oak Ridge National Laboratory Universal Grid Monitoring and Analyzing System (UGMAS) includes Governor’s Chair Yilu Liu, Research Assistant Professor Yong Liu, and Lingwei Zhan of electrical engineering and computer science.

A panel of judges and editors selected groups for inclusion as nominees based on the magazine’s determination of the most technologically significant products introduced in the past year. [Read more…]

Filed Under: College, Education, U.S. Department of Energy, Y-12 National Security Complex Tagged With: Arnold Burger, Ashley Stowe, Brenden Wiggins, College of Engineering, computer science, Daniel Hamm, Elan Herrera, electrical engineering, Eric Lukosi, Fisk University, Jose Gracia, Keivan Stassun, Lingwei Zhan, LTNI, Marcus Young, nuclear engineering, R&D 100, R&D 100 List, R&D Awards, R&D Magazine, Tom King, UGMAS, Universal Grid Monitoring and Analyzing System, University of Tennessee, UT-Oak Ridge National Laboratory, UT-Y12 Lithium Indium Diselenide Thermal Neutron Imager, Vanderbilt University, Wayne Davis, Yilu Liu, Yong Liu

Y-12 neutron detector wins R&D 100 Award

Posted at 11:49 pm July 14, 2013
By Y-12 National Security Complex Leave a Comment

Y-12 Neutron Detector

Ashley Stowe, Y‑12 senior development chemist, working with Fisk University, developed a single-crystalline device that will be used in handheld nuclear nonproliferation and homeland security applications. (Submitted photo)

A Y-12 nuclear nonproliferation technology offering significant possibilities in the homeland security field was among those listed on the R&D Magazine 51st Annual R&D 100 Awards. The honor salutes the 100 most technologically significant products introduced into the marketplace during the past year.

The LISeTM, a high-efficiency thermal neutron detector based on the 6LiInSe2 crystal, is the first large, single-crystal semiconductor of high resistivity that contains lithium and directly detects thermal neutrons with high efficiency. The single-crystalline device will be used in handheld nuclear nonproliferation and homeland security applications to find fissile materials. Its simpler, more compact design, and higher efficiency are key improvements that will appeal to users. [Read more…]

Filed Under: National Nuclear Security Administration, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy, Y-12 National Security Complex Tagged With: 3He, 6LiInSe2, Arnold Burger, Ashley Stowe, B&W Y-12, Chuck Spencer, crystal, engineers, Ernest Moniz, Fisk University, homeland security, LISeTM, lithium, National Nuclear Security Administration, nuclear nonproliferation, R&D 100, R&D 100 Awards, R&D Magazine, scientists, thermal neutron detector, thermal neutrons, Y-12 National Security Complex, Zane Bell

Y-12 inventors receive awards

Posted at 12:47 pm February 21, 2013
By Y-12 National Security Complex Leave a Comment

A dozen people were recognized for receiving U.S. Patent and Trademark Office patents during the ninth annual Y-12 Technology Transfer awards ceremony, held to celebrate fiscal year 2012 achievements, and 74 were honored for submitting invention disclosures.

The year was a record-breaking one for new patents at Y‑12, with 11 awarded. The Silver Acorn Award, bestowed upon first-time patent recipients, went to Ed Babelay, Bill Barkman, Amy DeMint, Jackie Gooch, Patrick Thomas, and Paul Vanatta.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Top Stories, Y-12 National Security Complex Tagged With: Amy DeMint, Ashley Stowe, awards ceremony, Bill Barkman, Ed Babelay, inventions, Jackie Gooch, Lee Bzorgi, patents, Patrick Thomas, Paul Vanatta, Rusty Hallman, Silver Acorn Award, Technology Support Award, technology transfer, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Van Mauney, Y-12 National Security Complex, Y-12 Technology Transfer

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