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DOE OSTI2022

Exploring Electrosynthesis: Bulk Electrolysis and Cyclic Voltammetry Analysis of the Shono Oxidation

As electrochemistry continues to gain broader acceptance and use within the organic chemistry community, it is important that advanced undergraduate students are exposed to fundamental and practical knowledge of electrochemical applications for chemical synthesis. Herein, we describe the development of an undergraduate laboratory experience that introduces synthetic and analytical electrochemistry concepts to an advanced organic chemistry class. Experiments focus on the electrooxidative α-functionalization of carbamates, more generally known as the Shono oxidation, and include cyclic voltammetry analysis of two cyclic carbamates and a constant current bulk electrolysis reaction. Here, the exercise offers students an authentic experience in organic electrochemistry, lays a practical and theoretical foundation for future engagement with concepts in electrochemistry and redox chemistry, and strengthens fundamental organic chemistry skills.

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DOE OSTI2023

A Polymer Degradation and Remanufacturing Experiment in the High School Classroom

Most students enter college without any exposure to polymer science, which leads to the poor understanding and slow implementation of plastic recycling programs in the United States. Here, to address the knowledge gap in chemical recycling, we introduce a 2-part laboratory experiment that was conducted in multiple high schools and public outreach events to demonstrate the depolymerization of PET via aminolysis and the remanufacturing of cleaved PET fragments into a new aramid polymer. Student experiences were evaluated with two postlab assignments.

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DOE OSTI2024

Building a Simplistic Automatic Extruder: Instrument Development Opportunities for the Laboratory

This work presents an automatic extruder as a research experience for undergraduate students. The system offers a user-friendly approach to preparing vesicles, such as liposomes or polymersomes, with a defined size and polydispersity properties crucial for research in biology and macromolecules. It comprises two syringe pumps connected by a membrane filter. The setup is controlled by software. Compared to manual extrusion, this automated system provides advantages, such as precisely controlled variables. The project describes a tool to enhance undergraduate learning in science and engineering laboratories. Building an automatic extruder serves as a simplified model of a complex industrial process. It offers a clear advantage: automating a well-understood manual extrusion process. To make this project accessible, it is broken down into three manageable tasks: software development, hardware assembly, and testing procedures. This breakdown describes the software created, the hardware components used, and the testing procedures conducted for this project. All project data, including software code, testing data, and procedures, are freely available online. This allows undergraduate students to not only begin their own projects but also contribute to this educational instrument’s ongoing development.

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DOE OSTI2016

What goes on behind closed doors? How college dormitory residents change to save energy during a competition-based energy reduction intervention

Here, the aim of our study was to evaluate the impact of a competition-based intervention combining high resolution electricity feedback, incentives, information, and prompts on college dormitory residents’ energy consumption and participation in demand response (DR) events. We also investigated changes in individual-level pro-environmental behaviors and examined psycho-social correlates of behavior change. Residents of 39 suites in a freshman residence hall competed against one another to reduce energy consumption and win prizes as part of a 3-week competition. Feedback was provided in near real time at the suite-level via an interactive touch-screen kiosk. Participants also completed baseline and followup surveys. Findings have indicated that electricity use among all suites was approximately 6.4% lower during the competition period compared to baseline, a significant reduction. Additionally, participants reported engaging in various pro-environmental behaviors significantly more frequently during the competition relative to baseline. Changes in pro-environmental behavior were associated with changes in level of group identification and perceived social norms. In three weeks, dormitory residents saved 3, 158 kWh of electricity compared to baseline – the equivalent of more than 3, 470 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions. Our findings provide evidence that real-time feedback, combined with incentives, information, and prompts, can motivate on-campus residents to reduce energy consumption. We contribute to a limited body of evidence supporting the effectiveness of dorm energy competitions in motivating college students to save energy. In addition, we identified individual-level behavioral and psycho-social changes made during such an intervention. University residential life planners may also use the results of this research to inform student programming.

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DOE OSTI2011

Solar Decathlon Visitors Guide 2011, National Mall, West Potomac Park, Washington, D.C., September 23 - October 2, 2011 (Brochure)

Guide to the student-designed houses, ten contests, exhibits, and workshops of the U.S. Department of Energy 2011 Solar Decathlon, held in Washington, D.C., from September 23 through October 2, 2011. Teams of college students designed and built the solar-powered houses on display here. They represent 13 U.S. states, five countries, and four continents. Now the teams are rising to the challenge by competing in 10 contests over nine days, with the championship trophy on the line. This is their time to shine. The 2011 teams may share a common goal - to design and build the best energy-efficient house powered by the sun - but their strategies are different. One house is made of precast concrete, while another 'dances' in response to its environment. Another house is meant to sit atop a building, proving the sky's the limit for energy innovation. Whatever your idea of sustainable living may be, you are bound to find it at the Solar Decathlon.

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DOE OSTI2012

West Village Community: Quality Management Processes and Preliminary Heat Pump Water Heater Performance

West Village, a multiuse project underway at the University of California Davis, represents a groundbreaking sustainable community that incorporates energy efficiency measures and on-site renewable generation to achieve community-level goals of ultra high efficiency. The project, when complete, will provide housing for students, faculty, and staff, and maintain a vision to minimize the community’s environmental impact by reducing building energy use, providing on-site renewable energy generation, and encouraging alternative forms of transportation. The focus of this research concerns the 192 student apartments completed in 2011 under Phase I of the West Village multi-year project. The developer implemented numerous aggressive energy efficiency measures that are estimated to achieve 37% source energy savings over the Building America Benchmark. There are two primary objectives of this research. The first is to evaluate performance and efficiency of central heat pump water heaters for domestic water heating in ultra-efficient buildings. The second is to evaluate the effectiveness of quality assurance and quality control processes in ensuring proper system startup and operation and documenting compliance with efficiency programs. This research additionally recommends measures to promote successful implementation of quality processes in large-scale, high performance communities.

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DOE OSTI2012

West Village Community: Quality Management Processes and Preliminary Heat Pump Water Heater Performance

West Village, a multi-use project underway at the University of California Davis, represents a ground-breaking sustainable community incorporating energy efficiency measures and on-site renewable generation to achieve community-level Zero Net Energy (ZNE) goals. When complete, the project will provide housing for students, faculty, and staff with a vision to minimize the community’s impact on energy use by reducing building energy use, providing on-site generation, and encouraging alternative forms of transportation. This focus of this research is on the 192 student apartments that were completed in 2011 under Phase I of the West Village multi-year project. The numerous aggressive energy efficiency measures implemented result in estimated source energy savings of 37% over the B10 Benchmark. There are two primary objectives of this research. The first is to evaluate performance and efficiency of the central heat pump water heaters as a strategy to provide efficient electric water heating for net-zero all-electric buildings and where natural gas is not available on site. In addition, effectiveness of the quality assurance and quality control processes implemented to ensure proper system commissioning and to meet program participation requirements is evaluated. Recommendations for improvements that could improve successful implementation for large-scale, high performance communities are identified.

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DOE OSTI2016

Conference Grant Proposal for ICOPS 2016

ICOPS (International Conference on Plasma Science) is an internationally renowned, well-attended annual conference that involves topics of direct interest to the Office of Fusion Energy Sciences of Department of Energy. In particular, ICOPS 2016 emphasized both the traditional areas of plasma science and the new areas of growth that include but are not limited to Fusion (Inertial, Magnetic and Alternate Concepts), Particle Acceleration with Laser and Beams, High Energy Density Matter, Laser Produced Plasma, Fast Z-pinches, Computational Plasma Physics, Plasma Diagnostics, and such frontiers as studying Warm Dense Matter using the X-ray free electron lasers. The travel support of the students at ICOPS comes usually from sponsor organizations. Increasing the participation of outstanding students at ICOPS 2016 who are the first authors of the abstracts and are selected to receive the travel support based on the scientific merit of the submitted abstracts is crucial for the creation of the new generation of the plasma physicists.

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DOE OSTI2017

Hydrogen Learning for Local Leaders – H2L3

The Hydrogen Learning for Local Leaders program, H2L3, elevates the knowledge about hydrogen by local government officials across the United States. The program reaches local leaders directly through “Hydrogen 101” workshops and webinar sessions; the creation and dissemination of a unique report on the hydrogen and fuel cell market in the US, covering 57 different sectors; and support of the Hydrogen Student Design Contest, a competition for interdisciplinary teams of university students to design hydrogen and fuel cell systems based on technology that’s currently commercially available.

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DOE OSTI2017

Bio-Manufacturing to market pilot project

The Bio-Manufacturing to Market pilot project was a part of the AMJIAC, the Advanced Manufacturing Jobs and Innovation Accelerator Challenge grant. This internship program set out to further define and enhance the talent pipeline from the University and local Community Colleges to startup culture in East Bay Area, provide undergraduate STEM students with opportunities outside academia, and provide startup companies with much needed talent. Over the 4 year period of performance, the Bio-Manufacturing to Market internship program sponsored 75 undergraduate STEM students who were able to spend anywhere from one to six semesters working with local Bay Area startup companies and DOE sponsored facilities/programs in the biotech, bio-manufacturing, and biomedical device fields.

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DOE OSTI2024

The Radiation Detection for Nuclear Security Summer School: Fiscal Year 2024 Report

The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) hosts the Radiation Detection for Nuclear Security (RDNS) Summer School. This unique course provides students with an overview of nuclear security missions, the technical foundation of applied radiation detection technology, and interactive demonstrations and exercises to connect theory to practice in an evolving research and development area. Fiscal year 2024, an off-year year for the school, included reviewing course content, and sharing about the school in a student engagement session at the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management Annual Meeting. Planning is underway for the 10 th RDNS summer school is planned for the summer of 2025.

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NASA NTRS2016

Collaborative Computer Graphics Product Development between Academia and Government: A Dynamic Model

Collaborations and partnerships between academia and government agencies are common, especially when it comes to research and development in the fields of science, engineering and technology. However, collaboration between a government agency and an art school is rather atypical. This paper presents the Collaborative Student Project, which aims to explore the following challenge: The ideation, development and realization of education and public outreach products for NASAs upcoming ICESat-2 mission in collaboration with art students.

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The NASA Space Life Sciences Training Program (SLSTP)

The NASA Space Life Sciences Training Program (SLSTP) provides undergraduate students entering their junior or senior years with professional experience in space life science disciplines. This challenging ten-week summer program is hosted by NASA Ames Research Center. The primary goal of the program is to train the next generation of scientists and engineers, enabling NASA to meet future research and development challenges in the space life sciences. SLSTP Research Associates (RAs) work closely with NASA scientists and engineers on cutting-edge research and technology development. In addition to providing hands-on research experience and the ability to present their findings in a professional forum, SLSTP RAs attend technical lectures given by experts on a wide range of topics, tour NASA and other research facilities, participate in leadership and team building exercises, and develop a group project. Historically the SLSTP program has been held at Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California. However, due to the pandemic, both the 2020 and 2021 programs were restructured to be conducted virtually, enabling the program to continue despite the challenging times. For this presentation, we will highlight program processes, student recruitment, accomplishments, goals, and feedback from alumni and mentors since 2013. To date, 92 RAs from 64 different academic institutions in 29 states, 21 staffers, and 37 mentors have participated in the program. The SLSTP is funded by NASA’s Space Biology Program, which is part of the Biological and Physical Sciences Division of NASA. The SLSTP is managed by the Space Biology Project within the Science Directorate at Ames Research Center.

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DOE OSTI2014

16th National School on Neutron and X-ray Scattering

Students talk about their experience at the 16th National School on Neutron and X-ray Scattering, or NXS 2014. Jointly conducted by Oak Ridge and Argonne national laboratories, NXS immerses graduate students in national user facilities to learn in a hands-on environment how to use neutrons and X-rays in their research.

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DOE OSTI2019

Education Highlights: Connecting Today’s Research to Tomorrow’s STEM Problem Solvers

Argonne's Educational Programs and Outreach offers unique and engaging opportunities for thousands of students each year. By connecting students to professional scientists, research, and technologies at Argonne, we foster STEM skillsets and pathways that lead youth to envision how they can make a difference for themselves and the world through scientific development. Learn more about Educational Programs and Outreach exciting science learning programs with Argonne today! https://www.anl.gov/education

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DOE OSTI2019

Education Highlights: Developing People and Communicating Science

In teaching students all about science and what makes it so fun, we’re learning new things, too! Argonne's Educational Programs and Outreach encourages student and public interactions with professional scientists, engineers, and researchers at Argonne to foster mutual understanding and appreciation of each other, enabling new perspectives on how to better communicate our ideas with the world. We have a creative and passionate staff who’s always ready to strengthen learning in new directions, so come and discover more about us and our work! https://www.anl.gov/education/stem-outreach

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DOE OSTI2016

PB-AM: An open-source, fully analytical linear poisson-boltzmann solver

Here, we present the open source distributed software package Poisson-Boltzmann Analytical Method (PB-AM), a fully analytical solution to the linearized PB equation, for molecules represented as non-overlapping spherical cavities. The PB-AM software package includes the generation of outputs files appropriate for visualization using visual molecular dynamics, a Brownian dynamics scheme that uses periodic boundary conditions to simulate dynamics, the ability to specify docking criteria, and offers two different kinetics schemes to evaluate biomolecular association rate constants. Given that PB-AM defines mutual polarization completely and accurately, it can be refactored as a many-body expansion to explore 2- and 3-body polarization. Additionally, the software has been integrated into the Adaptive Poisson-Boltzmann Solver (APBS) software package to make it more accessible to a larger group of scientists, educators, and students that are more familiar with the APBS framework.

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