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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

CNS, UT chemical sensing technology wins R&D 100 Award

Posted at 11:50 am November 22, 2015
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ChIMES CNS and UT RD100

The ChIMES team’s investigators each brought unique expertise to the project. (Photo courtesy CNS)

 

An inexpensive, small, and portable chemical sensor developed by Consolidated Nuclear Security researchers at the Y-12 National Security Complex and the University of Tennessee received a prestigious R&D 100 Award.

ChIMES, which is short for Chemical Identification by Magneto-Elastic Sensing, was selected as a revolutionary technology by a panel of 70 independent judges. This low-cost sensor has virtually limitless applications, including detection of chemical and biological warfare agents, toxic industrial chemicals, explosives, and illegal drugs, a press release said.

The sensor is the product of a three-year collaborative effort between CNS and scientists from the University of Tennessee. Y-12 researcher Vincent Lamberti, who managed the project, said: “The R&D 100 award reflects the importance in having strong partners in the advancement of a new technology. ChIMES surely would not have succeeded without the steady stream of innovations that were created in our collaboration with UT.” [Read more…]

Filed Under: College, Education, Front Page News, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy, Y-12 National Security Complex Tagged With: Chemical Identification by Magneto-Elastic Sensing, chemical sensing, ChIME, CNS, Consolidated Nuclear Security, Consolidated Nuclear Security LLC, Jeremy Benton, R&D 100, R&D 100 Award, R&D 100 Awards & Technology Conference, Randolph Dziendziel, technology transfer, University of Tennessee, UT, Vincent Lamberti, Y-12 National Security Complex

Y-12, UT scientists develop patented chemical sensor

Posted at 10:23 pm April 7, 2015
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Y-12 UT ChIMES Team

ChIMES uses chemical recognition materials called molecular recognition phases to detect chemical and biological warfare agents, toxic industrial chemicals, waterborne and airborne pollutants, explosives, and illegal drugs, just to list a few. The tiny white cylinders are the MRPs. The magneto elastic wire that runs through the MRPs wirelessly sends data to interpreting software. (Photo by Y-12 National Security Complex)

 

A three-year collaboration of scientists from Y‑12 National Security Complex and the University of Tennessee in Knoxville resulted in the innovation of a patented chemical sensor that is unique in several aspects: it’s inexpensive, tiny, and portable; it promises virtually limitless applications; and it allows readings through barriers.

The sensor, named ChIMES (Chemical Identification by Magneto-Elastic Sensing), received one patent last fall, and scientists anticipate approval this spring of a second patent for applications outside national security.

ChIMES is based on chemical recognition materials called molecular recognition phases, or MRPs. Using strategically selected MRPs, sensors can be made that detect chemical and biological warfare agents, toxic industrial chemicals, waterborne and airborne pollutants, explosives, illegal drugs, food pathogens, and exhaled gases that indicate disease or illegal drug use, just to name a few possibilities. In fact, the list of applications for the sensor is virtually unlimited, said Y‑12’s Vincent Lamberti, who managed the project. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy, Y-12 National Security Complex Tagged With: Chemical Identification by Magneto-Elastic Sensing, chemical recognition, chemical sensor, ChIMES, Consolidated Nuclear Security, David Mee, Michael Sepaniak, molecular recognition phases, MRPs, Nahla Abu Hatab, Nichole Crane, Randolph Dziendziel, University of Tennessee, UT, UTK, Vincent Lamberti, Y-12 National Security Complex

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