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Forgotten Electrical Engineer's Work Paved the Way for Radar Technology

Sallie Pero Mead made major discoveries about how electromagnetic waves propagate that allowed objects to be detected at a distance

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Scientists Discover How to Convert CO 2 into Powder That Can Be Stored for Decades

A team of scientists has figured out how to convert planet-warming carbon dioxide into a harmless powdery fuel that could be converted into clean electricity

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Ultrasound Enables Remote 3-D Printing—Even in the Human Body

For the first time, researchers have used sound waves to 3-D print an object from a distance—even with a wall in the way

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Light can be reflected not only in space but also in time—and researchers exploring such “time reflections” are finding a wealth of delightfully odd and useful effects

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Inside the Satellite Tech Revealing Gaza’s Destruction

Amid restrictions on optical satellite images, researchers have developed a radar technique to gauge building damage in Gaza

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It is possible to transform empty office buildings into residential ones—but remodeling these spaces won’t be easy

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Atari changed the course of video games when it released its first game, Pong, in 1972. While not the first video game—or even the first to be presented in an upright, arcade-style cabinet—Pong was the first to be commercially successful. The game was developed by engineer Allan Alcorn and originally assigned to him as a test after he was hired, before he began working on actual projects. However, executives at Atari saw potential in Pong’s simple game play and decided to develop it into a real product. Unlike the countless video games that came after it, the original Pong did not use any code or microprocessors. Instead, it was built from a television and transistor-transistor logic.

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Utility company Energias de Portugal (EDP), based in Lisbon, is on track to begin operating a 3-megawatt green hydrogen plant in Brazil by the end of the year. Green hydrogen is hydrogen produced in sustainable ways, using solar or wind-powered electrolyzers to split water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen. According to the International Energy Agency, only 0.1 percent of hydrogen is produced this way. The plant will replace an existing coal-fired plant and generate hydrogen—which can be used in fuel cells—using solar photovoltaics. EDP’s roughly US $7.9 million pilot program is just the tip of the green hydrogen iceberg. Enegix Energy has announced plans for a $5.4 billion green hydrogen plant in the same Brazilian state, Ceará, where the EDP plant is being built. The green hydrogen market is predicted to generate a revenue of nearly $10 billion by 2028 , according to a November 2021 report by Research Dive.

A Permanent Space Station for China

China is scheduled to complete its Tiangong (“Heavenly Palace”) space station in 2022. The station, China’s first long-term space habitat, was preceded by the Tiangong-1 and Tiangong-2 stations, which orbited from 2011 to 2018 and 2016 to 2019, respectively. The new station’s core module, the Tianhe, was launched in April 2021. A further 10 missions by the end of 2022 will deliver other components and modules, with construction to be completed in orbit. The final station will have two laboratory modules in addition to the core module. Tiangong will orbit at roughly the same altitude as the International Space Station but will be only about one-fifth the mass of the ISS.

A Cool Form of Energy Storage

Cryogenic energy-storage company Highview Power will begin operations at its Carrington plant near Manchester, England, this year. Cryogenic energy storage is a long-term method of storing electricity by cooling air until it liquefies (about –196 °C). Crucially, the air is cooled when electricity is cheaper—at night, for example—and then stored until electricity demand peaks. The liquid air is then allowed to boil back into a gas, which drives a turbine to generate electricity. The 50-megawatt/250-megawatt-hour Carrington plant will be Highview Power’s first commercial plant using its cryogenic storage technology, dubbed CRYOBattery. Highview Power has said it plans to build a similar plant in Vermont, although it has not specified a timeline yet.

Carbon-Neutral Cryptocurrency?

Seattle-based startup Nori is set to offer a cryptocurrency for carbon removal . Nori will mint 500 million tokens of its Ethereum-based currency (called NORI). Individuals and companies can purchase and trade NORI, and eventually exchange any NORI they own for an equal number of carbon credits. Each carbon credit represents a tonne of carbon dioxide that has already been removed from the atmosphere and stored in the ground. When exchanged in this way, a NORI is retired, making it impossible for owners to try to “double count” carbon credits and therefore seem like they’re offsetting more carbon than they actually have. The startup has acknowledged that Ethereum and other blockchain-based technologies consume an enormous amount of energy, so the carbon it sequesters could conceivably originate in cryptocurrency mining. However, 2022 will also see Ethereum scheduled to switch to a much more energy-efficient method of verifying its blockchain , called proof-of-stake, which Nori will take advantage of when it launches.

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Knowridge Science Report highlighted a University of Cincinnati engineer's innovative methods to convert carbon dioxide into ethylene, a chemical compound that is used in diverse manufacturing processes around the world.

Associate Professor Jingjie Wu in UC's College of Engineering and Applied Science and his research partners developed an efficient method for converting carbon dioxide to ethylene, a key ingredient in plastics and many other uses.

Ethylene has been called “the world’s most important chemical,” used in everything from textiles to antifreeze to vinyl. The chemical industry generated 225 million metric tons of ethylene in 2022.

Wu said the process holds promise for one day producing ethylene through green energy instead of fossil fuels. It has the added benefit of removing carbon from the atmosphere.

His research team's findings were published in  the journal Nature Chemical Engineering .

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Princeton engineering, flexible geothermal power approach combines clean energy with a built-in ‘battery’.

By Colton Poore, Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment

February 16, 2024

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A drilling rig at Fervo Energy's Project Red enhanced geothermal pilot project in Nevada (photograph courtesy of Fervo Energy).

Many consider geothermal to be an around-the-clock clean energy resource, but according to a Princeton-led study in collaboration with startup Fervo Energy, operating new geothermal plants flexibly could provide the best value for the grid.

By leveraging the inherent energy storage properties of an emerging technology known as enhanced geothermal, the research team found that flexible geothermal power combined with cost declines in drilling technology could lead to over 100 gigawatts’ worth of geothermal projects in the western U.S. — a capacity greater than that of the existing U.S. nuclear fleet. Such an innovation would transform geothermal energy from its niche status on the grid today into a major component of a decarbonized future. The researchers published their analysis January 15 in Nature Energy.

“People generally think of geothermal as this always-on, baseload energy source, but we’ve shown that there’s a lot of extra value to be had in operating these plants in a different way,” said research leader Jesse Jenkins , assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment .

Since the early 20 th century, people have been harnessing the earth’s heat to produce electricity, but these conventional geothermal power plants require a specific set of conditions: hot, permeable rocks close to the earth’s surface, and some sort of fluid to transport heat up from underground. These requirements have limited traditional geothermal energy to only a handful of favorable locations in the western United States and Hawaii — places with naturally occurring geysers, volcanoes, and hot springs. Consequently, geothermal plants generated only 0.4% of the total electricity in the U.S. in 2022.

Yet advances in drilling and hydraulic fracturing technologies have unlocked the enhanced geothermal approach, which removes the need for permeable rocks and greatly expands access to the heat that already exists far beneath our feet.

A diagram showcasing the enhanced geothermal approach employed by Fervo Energy.

In the approach, engineers dig two or more boreholes into impermeable rock that extend thousands of feet below the earth’s surface, then drill similar distances horizontally, and subsequently create fracture networks in the horizontal sections to connect those holes deep underground. Afterward, they inject a fluid into one borehole, which heats up as it travels through the fractures. That heated fluid can be pulled up through the other wells and subsequently used to generate electricity.

“Enhanced geothermal is much less geographically dependent than conventional geothermal, which is really only possible in a small number of ideal spots,” said Wilson Ricks, first author of the study and a graduate student in mechanical and aerospace engineering. “With enhanced geothermal, you can open up wide swathes of the country — wherever you can dig down and find hot rocks close to the earth’s surface.”

Adding value through flexibility

Efforts to develop and scale enhanced geothermal energy have historically focused on lowering the costs associated with drilling and other equipment. The U.S. Department of Energy unveiled an Enhanced Geothermal Shot in 2022, for example, which calls for a 90% cost reduction of enhanced geothermal technologies by 2035.

But in their research, the team found an alternate avenue to make geothermal power more market-competitive: flexibility.

By operating enhanced geothermal power plants flexibly — using the inherent energy storage capabilities offered by enhanced geothermal reservoirs to generate more or less energy as needed — the team found that the value of geothermal energy dramatically increased because it could complement and compensate for intermittent energy sources such as solar and wind.

“Wind and solar are now the cheapest sources of clean energy, but their downfall is their variability and weather dependency,” said Jenkins. “You can earn a lot of additional revenue if you can find a way to shift your clean energy generation to times without wind and solar.”

Fortunately for enhanced geothermal, it can do just that.

As Ricks explained, the impermeable rock required for enhanced geothermal also functions as a self-contained underground reservoir for heated fluid that acts like a giant energy storage system.

Analogous to how a conventional battery can be charged and discharged to store and release energy, operators can change how fast they inject and extract fluid into the enhanced geothermal system to shift between energy production and energy storage. To “charge” the system, engineers would simply inject more fluid underground than they pull out, filling up the reservoir with heated fluid and building up pressure. And when clean energy is most needed, this heated, pressurized fluid can be discharged to the earth’s surface to generate electricity.

“Because enhanced geothermal comes with its own variation of energy storage, you’re able to shift how you operate the plant to generate as much power as possible at the times when it’s most valuable to the grid,” said Ricks. “That added flexibility allows enhanced geothermal to avoid generating energy when wind and solar are active and electricity prices are extremely low, something many alternative energy sources struggle to do.”

Flexibility in practice

Adding flexible operations to enhanced geothermal made the technology more valuable and increased its optimal installed capacity in every scenario, even without further cost declines in drilling technologies. In fact, scenarios that assumed flexible operations were similarly impactful to the deployment of geothermal as scenarios that only assumed lower drilling costs. Combining flexible operations and cost declines, the team found that geothermal energy could add up to over a third of the installed clean energy capacity in the western U.S.

Moreover, adding flexibility to an otherwise baseload geothermal plant would only require a few changes at the aboveground facility. Engineers would have to overbuild the capacity of the power station to accommodate for the times when the plant is discharging as much heated fluid to the surface as possible, and they would need infrastructure to store additional fluid for the “charging” periods, when more fluid is being injected than produced.

But below ground, the baseload and flexible systems would look nearly identical.

“That’s one of the real advantages here: the core technology — in terms of the wells and the subsurface engineering — doesn’t change. Once you’ve built the wells, the subsurface system is inherently flexible,” said co-author Jack Norbeck, chief technology officer and co-founder of Fervo Energy, a startup focused on developing enhanced geothermal resources.

In field testing at its commercial Project Red plant in Nevada, Fervo Energy has demonstrated energy storage capabilities exceeding five days. When translating that field data into physical models, Norbeck said there were scenarios in which the system could achieve over 10 days of energy storage.

“When you consider that many people are currently quantifying long-duration energy storage as anything over eight to ten hours, that’s very exciting to be already demonstrating something above five days,” Norbeck said.

While initial field tests have validated many projections, Norbeck said work is still needed to demonstrate the robustness of flexible operations over many charge/discharge cycles and to characterize certain system properties like roundtrip efficiency. He added that flexible geothermal power will also require innovations to contract structures, since purchasing agreements for geothermal energy often assume that plants will operate as a baseload energy source.

With support from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Energy (ARPA-E) , Fervo Energy and Princeton’s ZERO Lab will continue their collaboration to explore these advanced geothermal techniques in the field and in computer models, answering key questions about the potential role of geothermal energy, as well as the necessary steps for achieving that role.

“In earlier work , we’ve looked at the value of adding flexible operations to a single, first-of-its-kind enhanced geothermal plant, and in this work, we’ve answered the broader question of how flexible geothermal might fit into a future decarbonized energy system,” Ricks said. “The next step is to look at the intermediate timescale to understand how enhanced geothermal can get from the nascent technology it is today to become the clean energy heavy hitter we’ve shown it can be.”

The paper, “ The role of flexible geothermal power in decarbonized electricity systems ,” was published January 15 in Nature Energy. In addition to Jenkins, Ricks, and Norbeck, co-authors include Katharine Voller and Gerame Galban of Fervo Energy. The work was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science Small Business Innovation Research program, ARPA-E, and Princeton University’s Zero-carbon Technology Consortium.

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Rosatom Starts Production of Rare-Earth Magnets for Wind Power Generation

TVEL Fuel Company of Rosatom has started gradual localization of rare-earth magnets manufacturing for wind power plants generators. The first sets of magnets have been manufactured and shipped to the customer.

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In total, the contract between Elemash Magnit LLC (an enterprise of TVEL Fuel Company of Rosatom in Elektrostal, Moscow region) and Red Wind B.V. (a joint venture of NovaWind JSC and the Dutch company Lagerwey) foresees manufacturing and supply over 200 sets of magnets. One set is designed to produce one power generator.

“The project includes gradual localization of magnets manufacturing in Russia, decreasing dependence on imports. We consider production of magnets as a promising sector for TVEL’s metallurgical business development. In this regard, our company does have the relevant research and technological expertise for creation of Russia’s first large-scale full cycle production of permanent rare-earth magnets,” commented Natalia Nikipelova, President of TVEL JSC.

“NovaWind, as the nuclear industry integrator for wind power projects, not only made-up an efficient supply chain, but also contributed to the development of inter-divisional cooperation and new expertise of Rosatom enterprises. TVEL has mastered a unique technology for the production of magnets for wind turbine generators. These technologies will be undoubtedly in demand in other areas as well,” noted Alexander Korchagin, Director General of NovaWind JSC.

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TVEL Fuel Company of Rosatom incorporates enterprises for the fabrication of nuclear fuel, conversion and enrichment of uranium, production of gas centrifuges, as well as research and design organizations. It is the only supplier of nuclear fuel for Russian nuclear power plants. TVEL Fuel Company of Rosatom provides nuclear fuel for 73 power reactors in 13 countries worldwide, research reactors in eight countries, as well as transport reactors of the Russian nuclear fleet. Every sixth power reactor in the world operates on fuel manufactured by TVEL. www.tvel.ru

NovaWind JSC is a division of Rosatom; its primary objective is to consolidate the State Corporation's efforts in advanced segments and technological platforms of the electric power sector. The company was founded in 2017. NovaWind consolidates all of the Rosatom’s wind energy assets – from design and construction to power engineering and operation of wind farms.

Overall, by 2023, enterprises operating under the management of NovaWind JSC, will install 1 GW of wind farms. http://novawind.ru

Elemash Magnit LLC is a subsidiary of Kovrov Mechanical Plant (an enterprise of the TVEL Fuel Company of Rosatom) and its main supplier of magnets for production of gas centrifuges. The company also produces magnets for other industries, in particular, for the automotive

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New Model May Change Artificial Intelligence for Good

Electrical and computer engineering professor leads innovative project that automates the design of neural networks.

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  • February 16, 2024

Artificial intelligence designing other AI? It's a futuristic reality we're closer to than ever before. 

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AI models can now create and test new models with minimal human intervention thanks to a collaborative effort spearheaded by Silicon Valley-based artificial intelligence startup Aizip and researchers at the University of California, Davis. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, UC Berkeley and UC San Diego also contributed to the project. 

The innovative technology uses multiple AI models that work together to find, generate and label data, removing the need for researchers to select and annotate millions of samples to train new models. The technology can also build AI in specific architectures from the ground up, such as a recurrent neural network or a convolutional neural network.  

"For the first time, we can design an AI model from data preparation to model deployment automatically with AI design automation," said Yubei Chen, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at UC Davis and chief technology officer for Aizip who led the collaborative project.  

An immediate benefit of this technology is the reduced manual labor in creating neural networks, which could significantly reduce production costs and make the technology more accessible.  

"The goal is not to remove the human element but to make the process less labor-intensive and more elegant," Chen said.  

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The automated design paradigm also promises to power the future of pervasive AI, or where everyday objects, from sneakers to sprinkler systems, have the ability to think and adapt over time. 

In terms of research, the new model may signal a shift in how engineers think about researching efficient AI. Often, efficiency is considered through the lens of writing faster code, Chen explained. He wants to move the conversation toward better data. 

Researchers typically train AI by feeding it thousands upon thousands of data samples. These samples form the knowledge base of the model and inform its decision making. Chen's approach is about being more intentional with the data used to train neural networks. 

To elaborate on this idea, he gave the example of helping someone make spaghetti for the first time. Rather than showing that person an entire cookbook, it would be better to provide them with the page about making spaghetti because they would immediately have the precise information needed to make the dish. There would be no need to compare recipes for more information or to spend time locating the exact page. 

The models at the core of this new technology feature such a lean, data-centric design approach. The thought is that with more curated data, the more efficient the AI models become, without the need for more efficient code. 

Chen hopes this data-centric methodology continues to develop in academic conversations, as he believes it is key to taking AI to the next level over the next few decades. 

"We're at the forefront of transforming efficient AI design," Chen said, reflecting on this research project, his efforts as a UC Davis researcher and the AI research community in general. "Our commitment is not just to speed up and refine the process but also to tackle the fundamental questions in efficient and pervasive AI." 

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Research grant aimed at improving wastewater monitoring for diseases in rural Appalachian communities

  • Kevin Myatt

15 Feb 2024

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Testing wastewater to assess the spread of the COVID-19 virus became common and well-publicized during the pandemic, but it has been focused mostly on urban areas.

The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) has awarded $400,000 to Virginia Tech, with an additional $50,000 to Virginia Tech from the Virginia Department of Health, for a two-year project to identify and implement improved and new methods to detect pathogens for multiple diseases in the wastewater of rural communities.

“My work and research have primarily been focused on rural areas, and prior to the pandemic, most of my research was on drinking water and health-related challenges,” said Alasdair Cohen , assistant professor of environmental epidemiology in the Department of Population Health Sciences at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine . 

Cohen is the principal investigator on this new project that will build on research Cohen’s team has been conducting since 2022 in collaboration with a wastewater utility in Southwest Virginia and led by Amanda Darling, a Ph.D. student in Cohen’s group. 

“Dr. Cohen does important work on drinking water and health, locally and globally,” said Laura Hungerford , head of the Department of Population Health Sciences . “During COVID, he jumped in to help develop improved methods for wastewater surveillance. This let the university and Virginia better track and manage diseases. With ARC funding, he and his community partners will bring this science to benefit rural communities.”

Early in the pandemic, Virginia Tech researchers in the College of Engineering began testing campus wastewater for COVID-19 . Cohen was part of this team and led the statistical analyses of the data, finding that they were able to predict future COVID-19 cases at scales as small as one residence hall. The team published its findings in the journal Environmental Science and Technology Water , and this campuswide research collaboration also piqued Cohen’s interest in the use of wastewater surveillance in rural settings. 

He is joined in the ARC grant by two co-investigators from the Charles E. Via, Jr. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering in the College of Engineering : Amy Pruden , University Distinguished Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Peter Vikesland , the Nick Prillaman Professor in civil and environmental engineering, as well as Leigh-Anne Krometis , associate professor of biological systems engineering in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences .

Concurrent with the grant funding, Cohen’s team recently published “Making Waves: The Benefits and Challenges of Responsibly Implementing Wastewater-based Surveillance for Rural Communities” in the journal Water Research. The article calls attention to the potential public health benefits of wastewater surveillance for rural communities and to methodological and ethical challenges that Cohen and his colleagues are working to address.

“ARC’s grant of $400,000 will help Virginia Tech expand their work to detect pathogens in wastewater from rural communities,” U.S Rep. Morgan Griffith said in a press release announcing the grant. “This work is aimed at improving our country’s public health through better community health monitoring and outbreak forecasting.” 

The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) monitors wastewater at sites across the commonwealth for pathogens causing COVID-19, influenza A, influenza B, hepatitis A and respiratory syncytial virus. The department found though that results from some smaller rural communities are challenging to interpret. 

“This project aims to complement VDH's efforts in using wastewater-based surveillance to advance public health in rural towns in Appalachian Virginia,” said Rekha Singh, the department's Wastewater Surveillance Program manager. “The VDH has initiated wastewater surveillance for COVID-19 in communities statewide since September 2021. This new project will help identify the best practices for sampling in small communities and will assist VDH in implementing effective wastewater surveillance in similar communities.”

Infrastructure is often part of the challenge in testing rural wastewater, Cohen said. 

“You have fewer people but over a larger space, so you have more wastewater collection infrastructure per person than you would in an urban setting,” Cohen said. “Many rural towns, and especially older rural towns, are going to have sewage collection infrastructure with a lot of breaks and cracks in the pipes. That means sewage could get out into the ground and it means water can get into the pipes.”

Especially after periods of heavier rain, runoff seeping into sewage systems could dilute the results of wastewater testing in rural areas. It can also mean tax dollars down the drain with sewage plants treating rainwater alongside wastewater.

“We have enough preliminary data from our pilot research to show that this can be a problem,” Cohen said.

The grant will allow Cohen’s team to take on wastewater surveillance in new Southwest Virginia communities, gaining efficiency as experiences from prior studies are applied.

“The goal is we want to try to develop an approach so that rural utilities and public health agencies can determine if wastewater surveillance is something that makes sense for a given rural community,” Cohen said. “And if so, how could it best be implemented?”

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Matt Mette graduated from the University of Arizona in 1999 with a degree in mechanical engineering and has spent most of his career at Roche’s Ventana Medical Systems campus, where he now works as a mechanical engineering manager and staff engineer. A longtime partner of the Interdisciplinary Capstone program, Roche has sponsored numerous student teams and awards. Mette is now one of the primary capstone mentors with Roche, leading multiple student teams like the one he was once a part of.

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Tell us about your capstone project during your UA education.

I was part of a capstone team that designed and built an apparatus to automatically test and calibrate liquid flowmeters used in the semiconductor industry. At the time, the flowmeters were tested by hand and all the calibration data was manually entered by the tester. We built a system that automated much of the process and reduced testing time by about 80%.

It was a great experience and exposed us to many different aspects of engineering, design and teamwork. Our project encompassed designing mechanical components, integrating them with fluidics and motion controllers, writing code, assembling, testing and documentation.

Did your experience in the capstone program prepare you for your career?

The project helped me learn more about fluidics and motion control, which I now use quite a bit in my career. We designed our parts in CAD and produced drawings. We worked with different machinists and often made our own parts, and then assembled everything. That was the first time we used many of these tools for a real application, and it helped us think about the manufacturing process.

Aspects of project management, working with a team, meeting deadlines, defining requirements and managing scope are all areas that the capstone program initially exposed us to, and are still part of my day-to-day work. I even went on to work for the company my capstone project was sponsored by for several years. That first engineering job was an excellent foundation for my overall career, and I'm so grateful for all my experiences.

What teams have you worked with? Can you share a little bit about the team you currently work with and how they’re doing?

I have worked with several teams. The most recent one focused on automating specific cleaning processes in the lab and another on automatic level detection of fluids on certain instruments. My current team is looking at a possible method for automating the handling of certain patient samples. This team is doing a great job so far, especially since they are tackling a big scope.

We try to identify projects that will give students exposure to many areas, such as motion control, mechanical interfaces, machine vision, digital input and output, software control, and interface constraints. I'm impressed with their creativity and talent so far.

What are some of the most rewarding moments?

It's great to see all the hard work and creativity the students are putting in. Their excitement and enthusiasm remind me of why I love engineering so much, and it inspires me in my job. 

It is most rewarding to see the students try something that doesn't work, learn from that, and then iterate on an even better concept. It's also rewarding to see the appreciation the students have for the teachers, mentors and program in general. I was especially grateful when one student told me they weren't sure they wanted to continue as an engineer, but after being on our project they were very excited about their future in engineering.

Would you recommend the sponsor experience to other companies and alumni?

I would definitely recommend this experience. Steve Larimore and the instructors continue to improve the capstone program, and I think it is such an important part of the success of our future engineers. I hope the students learn some things from me, since I learn from them each time. The students bring fresh perspectives to the projects that we may not have tried ourselves. We use the projects to help the students learn, but also to provide us with great foundations that we can further develop. Mentoring the students helps strengthen my skills and knowledge as well. And of course, I get to meet some amazing young adults who sometimes turn into longtime teammates down the road.

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Rosatom' TVEL Fuel Company on 3 August said managers had been replaced at three enterprises. The new leaders will head the enterprises of the machine-building cluster of the Vladimir region - the Kovrov Mechanical Plant (KMZ), the Vladimir Tochmash and Mashinostroitelny Zavod (MSZ) in Elektrostal, Moscow Region.

Anatoly Gavrikov, who previously headed KMZ has been appointed General Director of Tochmash. Gavrikov has been working in the industry for over 15 years and has worked his way up from a leading process engineer of the design and technological department to head KMZ.

Roman Vladimirov, who previously held the position of Deputy General Director for Production at Tochmash, has become the new head of KMZ/ He has worked in the industry for over 20 years and began his career at Tochmash as a design engineer. 

Dmitry Bagdatiev, who had headed Tochmash since 2017, was appointed General Director of MSZ. Under his direct supervision, a sectoral project was implemented to concentrate the production of KMZ and Tochmash at the industrial site in Kovrov. Igor Dar'in, who previously headed MSZ, will continue to work at the enterprise as Deputy General Director.

TVEL President Natalya Nikipelova, introducing the new managers, noted that they are facing large-scale tasks, in particular preparation an increase in the production of gas centrifuges at KMZ, further development and increase in the volume of special-purpose products at Tochmash, as well as the rebalancing of the production at MSZ "due to the increase in the volume of products”.

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Engineering biology projects at UCL boosted by UKRI funding

14 February 2024

UCL scientists will be leveraging engineering biology to tackle global challenges such as preventing plastic pollution and improving metal recovery and recycling, in new collaborative projects funded by the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).

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The Engineering Biology Mission Hubs and Awards, announced by the UKRI as a £100m investment, aim to harness cutting-edge engineering biology research from across the UK to address global challenges from health to the environment.

The six hubs, two of which feature UCL academics, will receive up to £12 million each from the UKRI Technology Missions Fund and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC).  

Mission Hub: Preventing plastic pollution with engineering biology  

This Mission Hub aims to tackle the urgent environmental challenge of plastic pollution and create new ways for the sustainable deconstruction of synthetic plastics as the UK transitions towards a circular plastics economy.  

The hub will be led by Professor Andrew Pickford (University of Portsmouth), with support from scientists from seven leading UK institutions, including UCL co-investigators: Professor Helen Hailes (UCL Chemistry), Dr Jack Jeffries (UCL Biochemical Engineering), Professor Mark Miodownik (UCL Mechanical Engineering), Professor Paola Lettieri (UCL Chemical Engineering), Dr Andrea Paulillo (UCL Chemical Engineering), Dr Brooks Paige (UCL Centre for Artificial Intelligence), Professor Christine Orengo (UCL Biosciences).   

Over the next five years, the Mission Hub will develop impactful engineering biology platforms that will enhance the performance of enzymes and microbes for the deconstruction of a wide range of plastics.  

Building on previous research from the Plastic Waste Hub at UCL, the project will also develop innovative and environmentally friendly ways to create high-value products from waste.  

Mission Hub: Engineering biology hub for environmental processing and recovery of metals; from contaminated land to industrial biotechnology in a circular economy (The ELEMENTAL project)   

This mission hub aims to address the growing need for critical minerals, such as cobalt, lithium and indium, in clean energy technologies and to promote a circular economy whereby these earth elements can be recycled.     

The hub will be led by Professor Martin Warren (University of Kent), with support from academics including Dr Brenda Parker (UCL Biochemical Engineering), Professor Julia Stegemann ( UCL Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering)   and Professor Joanne Santini (UCL Biosciences).  

The cross-institutional ELEMENTAL project aims to establish an open knowledge hub that will collaborate with ongoing projects related to mineral extraction, urban mining, industrial waste, and nuclear waste by leveraging engineering biology tools and approaches.   

The project will also explore the potential of phytomining, where certain plants naturally accumulate metals and rare earth elements from the soil.   

Alongside the hubs, a series of Mission Awards will fund projects for two years and receive a share of £30 million in funding.   

Mission Award: A powerful directed evolution tool for exploitation of chloropast engineering biology.   

Professor Saul Purton (UCL Biosciences) will lead this Mission Award that will explore the exploitation of chloroplasts – the energy-producing sites of photosynthesis in plant and algae cells – in engineering biology research supporting clean growth.  

Professor Geraint Rees (UCL Vice-Provost, Research, Innovation and Global Engagement) said:

“ “Cross-disciplinary collaboration is vital to addressing the global challenges we face and the Engineering Biology projects show the impact science can have when academic and industrial partners come together. I would like to offer my congratulations to the exemplary UCL researchers who have received funding, and look forward to seeing the results of their innovative research.” 

Dr Kedar Pandya, UKRI Executive Director, Cross-Council Programmes at the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council said:

“ ““Engineering Biology is one of the critical technologies for the UK strength and opportunity identified in the Innovation Strategy. It has the potential to change many aspects of our lives, from how we grow our food, to developing new medical treatments, and on through to clean growth that will develop more environmentally sustainable manufacturing processes and supply chains, as well improved diagnosis of, and cures for, environmental issues.” 
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