TECHNICAL TOPIC DESCRIPTIONS

 

OFFICE OF BASIC ENERGY SCIENCES

Program Area Overview

1.      Instrumentation for Neutron Scattering, Electron Microscopy, and Scanning Probe Microscopy

a.       Neutron Facilities

b.      Electron Microscopy and Scanning Probe Microscopy (SPM)

 

2.      Technology to Support BES User Facilities

a.       Synchroton Radiation Facilities

b.      Beam Diagnostic Instrumentation and 3rd Generation Light Sources

c.       High Power Mercury Spallation Targets

d.      Instrumentation for Ultrafast X-Ray Science

 

3.      Accelerator Technologies for Present and Future Accelerator Facilities

a.       Accelerator Modeling and Control

b.      Radio Frequency (RF) Devices and Components

c.       Superconducting Technology for Accelerators

d.      Advanced Sources for Accelerators

 

4.      Advanced Coal Research

a.       Coal and Biomass-to-Liquids (CBTL) Catalyst Development

b.      Development of New and Novel CO2 Monitoring Devices/Sensor for Detection of Low Levels of CO2 in the Surface and Subsurface

c.       Sealing Systems for High Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells

d.      Advanced R&D in Coal-to-Liquids Technology Improvement

 

5.      Materials for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems

a.       Advanced Radiation Resistant Ferritic-Martensitic Alloys and Oxide Dispersion Strengthened (ODS) Steels

b.      Advanced Refractory, Ceramic, Ceramic Composite, Graphitic or Coated Materials

 

6.      Solid State Electrolyte Development for Advanced Energy Storage Devices

a.       Solid State Electrolyte Development for Lithium-Ion Chemistries

b.      Solid State Electrolyte Development for Hydroxyl-Ion Transport in Aqueous Alkaline Chemistries

 

7.      Materials for Advanced Cooling Applications

a.       Buildings Refrigeration and Air Conditioning

b.      Vehicular Air Conditioning

c.       Industrial Process Refrigeration

d.      Utility and Industrial Heat Exchangers

 

8.      Solid-State Lighting

a.       External Quantum Efficiency Improvement for LEDs and OLEDs

b.      Thermal Management for High Brightness LEDs

c.       Lifetime Issues for LEDs and OLEDs

d.      Off-grid SSL Products

 

9.      Catalysis

a.       Heterogeneous Catalysis

b.      Homogeneous Catalysis

c.       Reactive Separations

 

10.  Chemical Reactions and Separation Processes for BioRefinery Applications

a.       New Chemical Catalysts and Biocatalysts

b.      Process Intensification

c.       Alternative Reaction Media

d.      Separation Processes to Reduce or Eliminate Distillations

 

11.  Technologies Related to Energy Storage for Hybrid and Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles

a.       Technologies that Result in Cells with Increased Energy Density

b.      Development of Separators for Lithium-Ion Cells with High Temperature Melt Integrity

c.       Development of “High Voltage” Electrolytes for Use in Advanced Lithium-Ion Cells

d.      Development of “High Voltage” Positive Electrode Materials for Use in Advanced Lithium-Ion Cells

 

12.  Nanotechnology

a.       Nanomaterials for Industrial and Building Applications

b.      Nanotechnology Applications in Electronics, Sensors, and Controls

c.       Nanotechnology Applications in Renewable Energy Conversion

d.      Nanomaterials for Lithium-Ion Batteries Used in Energy Storage

 

13.  Alternative Feedstocks

a.       Pretreatment / Biochemical

b.      Fermentation of Cellulose-Based Biomass to Chemicals

c.       Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass to Chemical Products

d.      Breeding Oilseeds for Higher Fractions of Vegetable Oil

 

OFFICE OF BIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Program Area Overview

 14.  Atmospheric Measurement Technology

a.       Three-Dimensional (3-D) Measurements to Match Cloud Models

b.      Scanning Radar to Test Cloud Model Predictions

c.       Measurement of the Chemical Composition of Atmospheric Aerosols and Aerosol Precursors

d.      Measurements of Other Characteristics of Atmospheric Aerosols

 

15.  Genomes-To-Life (GTL) and Related Biotechnologies

a.       Innovative Protein Production Technology in Microbes and Plants

b.      Improved Technology for Transformation of Microbial and Plant Cells

c.       Microbe-Based Fuel Production

d.      Instrumentation for Biofilms and Anaerobic Bacteria

 

16.  Carbon Cycle Measurements of the Atmosphere and the Biosphere

a.       Sensors and Techniques for Measuring Terrestrial Carbon Sinks and Sources

b.      Novel Measurements of Carbon, CO2, and Trace Greenhouse Gas Constituents of Terrestrial and Atmospheric Media

 

17.  Technologies for Subsurface Characterization and Monitoring

a.       Mapping and Monitoring Hydrogeologic Processes in the Shallow Subsurface

b.      Real-Time, In Situ Measurements of Geochemical, Biogeochemical and Microbial Processes in the Subsurface

 

18.  Medical Sciences

a.       Radiopharmaceutical Development for Radiotracer Diagnosis and Targeted Molecular Therapy

b.      Advanced Imaging Technologies

c.       Development of Non-Photovoltaic Biological Power Sources for Implantable Devices

 

OFFICE OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

Program Area Overview

19.  Wind Energy Technology Development

a.       Small Vertical Axis Wind Turbines

b.      Remote Sensing Systems for Resource Assessment

c.       Manufacturing and Assembly

 

20.  Traditional Energy Efficient Lighting Technologies

a.       High Intensity Discharge (HID) Lamps

b.      Fluorescent Lamp and Phosphor Technology

c.       Advanced Ballasts and Controls

d.      Incandescent Lamps

 

21.  Geothermal Technologies

a.       Non-Rotating Drilling for Geothermal Energy Development

b.      Aphron-Based Well Construction Fluids

c.       High Temperature Submersible Well Pump Materials

d.      Air-Cooled Condenser Enhancements for Geothermal Power Plants

 

22.  Hydrogen, Fuel Cells and Infrastructure Technologies

a.       Hydrogen from Waste

b.      Development of a Sulfur Dioxide Electrolyzer for the Hybrid Sulfur Hydrogen Production Process

c.       Bio-Fueled Solid Oxide Fuel Cell

d.      Manufacturing of Bipolar Plates

 

23.  Petroleum Industry Technologies

a.       Cracking Residual Distillate and Vacuum Gas Oil (VGO)

b.      Hydrogen

c.       Heat Integration

d.      Optimization

 

24.  Solar Energy

a.       Module and System Reliability and Performance Testing

b.      Chemical Processing Equipment for Cells and Wafers

c.       Material Solutions for Cells and Modules

d.      PV Integrated Products

 

25.  Vehicle Technologies

a.       Lightweight Automotive Materials

b.      Materials for High Efficiency Transportation Systems

c.       Improved Electrically Insulating Substrate Materials

d.      High-Power-Density, Non-Permanent-Magnet, Electric Motor Development for Hybrid, Plug-in Hybrid, and Fuel Cell Vehicles

 

26.  Production of Biofuels from Biomass

a.       Handling and Preprocessing of Biomass

b.      Biomass Gasification/Small-Scale Fuels Synthesis

c.       Biomass Separation Process Technologies

d.      Algae for Biodiesel

 

27.  Ocean Energy Technology Development

a.       Ocean Wave Energy Converters

b.      Hydrokinetic Turbines

c.       Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Systems (OTEC)

 

Additional Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Topics may be found under  #6,  #7, #8, #9, #10,  #11, #12, and #13.

 

OFFICE OF ELECTRICITY DELIVERY AND ENERGY RELIABILITY

Program Area Overview

 28.  Natural Disaster Reduction Through Technology

a.       Vulnerability Reduction Via Advanced Power Electronics

b.      Simulation Models

c.       Restoration Software Based on Advanced Sensors

 

29.  Advanced Energy Storage and Power Electronic Systems

a.       Intrinsic Cell Balancing for Advanced Energy Storage Systems

b.      Advanced Bonding Techniques for Silicon Carbide (SiC) Switches

 

30.  High Temperature Superconductivity

a.       AC Loss Reduction in Coated Conductors

b.      High Performance and Reliable 2G Wire Joints

c.       Cryogenic Technology for Superconductors

 

OFFICE OF FUSION ENERGY SCIENCES

Program Area Overview

  31.  Advanced Technologies and Materials for Fusion Energy Systems

a.       Plasma Facing Components

b.      Blanket Materials and Systems

c.       Superconducting Magnets and Materials

d.      Structural Materials and Coatings

 

32.  Fusion Science and Technology

a.       U.S. ITER Diagnostics

b.      Components for Heating and Fueling of Fusion Plasmas and Tokamak Facility Operations

c.       Plasma Simulation and Data Analysis

d.      Components and Modeling Support for Innovative Approaches to Fusion

 

33.  High Energy Density Physics for Inertial Fusion Energy

a.       Beam Generation, Compression, and Focusing

b.      Fast Ignition

c.       Innovative Approaches for Creating and/or Studying States of High Energy Density

 

OFFICE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS

Program Area Overview

34.  Nuclear Physics Software and Data Management

a.       Large Scale Data Storage

b.      Large Scale Data Processing and Distribution

c.       Large Scale Data Archiving and Maintenance

d.      Grid Computing

 

35.  Nuclear Physics Electronics Design and Fabrication

a.       Advances in Digital Electronics

b.      Circuits

c.       Advanced Devices and Systems

d.      Manufacturing and Advanced Interconnection Techniques

 

36.  Nuclear Physics Accelerator Technology

a.       Materials and Components for Radio Frequency Devices

b.      Design and Operation of Radio Frequency Beam Acceleration Systems

c.       Particle Beam Sources and Techniques

d.      Accelerator Control and Diagnostics

 

37.  Nuclear Physics Instrumentation, Detection Systems, and Techniques

a.       Advances in Detector and Spectrometer Technology

b.      Technology for Rare Particle Detection

c.       Large Band Gap Semiconductors, New Bright Scintillators, Calorimeters, and Optical Elements

d.      Nuclear Targets and High-Radiation Environment Beam Transport Components

 

OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Program Area Overview

38.  Deactivation and Decommissioning of Facilities and Site Remediation in the DOE Complex

a.       Technologies to Improve Performance of D&D Operations

b.      Characterizing, Monitoring and Remediating Mercury Contaminated Soils and Sediments at DOE Sites

 

 

OFFICE OF ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING RESEARCH

Program Area Overview

39.  Numerical Software Maintenance

a.       Numerical Software Maintenance, Versioning and Distribution

b.      Scaling Mathematical Tools and Libraries to Petascale

 

40.  Scientific Visualization and Data Understanding

a.       Scientific Visualization and Management

b.      Petabyte-Scale Data Transformation, Discovery, and Distribution

 

41.  High Performance Networks

a.       High-Speed Network Provisioning Tools and Services

b.      High-Speed Network Security Systems

 

42.  Scalable System Software for Petascale Computer Systems

a.       Petascale System Software

b.      Petascale File Systems

c.       Debugging and Performance Monitoring of Petascale Systems

d.      Applied Computational Sciences Partnership

 

43.  High-Performance Middleware

a.       Scientific Data Management and Understanding

b.      Scalable I/O Sub-Systems for Petascale Data Distribution

c.       Scalable and Secure Services for Middleware Technologies Related to Large-Scale Scientific Collaborations

 

 

 

OFFICE OF DEFENSE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION 

Program Area Overview

 44.  Remote Sensing

a.       Polarimetry in Remote Sensing Applications

b.      Tunable Imaging Filters

c.       Information Integration for Nonproliferation Information

 

45.  Radiation Detection

a.       Detector Materials

b.      Detector Cooling

c.       Advanced Radiation Transport Methods for Scenario Analysis

d.      Radiation Transport Interfaces

 

46.  Seismic Detection

a.       Miniaturized Seismometers

b.      Digitization of Hardcopy Seismograms

 

 

OFFICE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS

Program Area Overview

47.  High Energy Physics Data Acquisition and Processing

a.       High-Speed Electronic Instrumentation

b.      Large Scale Analysis Computer Systems

c.       Computational Methods and Infrastructure for Petascale Physics

d.      Simulation and Modeling Techniques and Systems

 

48.  Accelerator Technology for the International Linear Collider

a.       Superconducting Radiofrequency Systems

b.      Beam Instrumentation and Feedback Systems

c.       Magnet and Fast Kicker Technology

d.      Polarized RF Photocathode Sources

 

49.  Advanced Concepts and Technology for High Energy Accelerators

a.       Advanced Accelerator Concepts and Modeling

b.      Novel Device and Instrumentation Development

c.       Inexpensive High Quality Electron Sources

d.      Computer Software for Control Systems

 

50.  Radio Frequency Accelerator Technology for High Energy Accelerators and Colliders

a.       Radio Frequency Acceleration Structures

b.      Radio Frequency Power for Linear Accelerators

c.       New Concepts or Components for Pulsed Power Modulators and Energy Storage

 

51.  High-Field Superconductor and Superconducting Magnet Technologies for High Energy Particle Colliders

a.       High-Field Superconductor Technology

b.      Superconducting Magnet Technology

 

52.  High Energy Physics Detectors

a.       Particle Detection and Identification Devices

b.      Detector Support and Integration Components

 

OFFICE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Program Area Overview

53.  Advanced Technologies for Nuclear Energy

a.       New Technology for Improved Nuclear Energy Systems

b.      Advanced Computational Methods for Generation IV Nuclear Power Applications

 

Additional Nuclear Energy Topics may be found in #5 

 

OFFICE OF SCIENCE

Program Area Overview

54.  Search, Discovery, and Communication of Scientific and Technical Knowledge in Distributed Systems

a.       Web-Based Tools and Deployable Concepts to Accelerate and Facilitate search, Discovery, and Communication of Scientific and Technical Knowledge

 

 

OFFICE OF FOSSIL ENERGY

Program Area Overview

55.  Power Generation Technologies for Coal-Based Power Plants

a.       High-Temperature Cathode Recycle Blowers

b.      Direct Utilization of Coal in Fuel Cells

c.       Turbulent Combustion Model Development for Fuel-Flexible Combustors

d.      Oxy-Syngas Re-Heat Combustor

 

56.  Innovations to Reduce Environmental Impact and Increase Efficiency in Coal Power Plants

a.       Development of Technologies to Reduce Freshwater Use and Consumption in Coal-Fired Power Plants

b.      Novel Technologies for Removal or Stabilization of Mercury and Other Metals Found in Wet FGD System Sulfate-Rich Byproducts

c.       On line Solid Fuel Quality Monitoring

d.      Advanced Actuation and Control Technologies for Coal Fired Power Plants

 

57.  Coal Gasification and Combustion Technologies

a.       Novel Concepts in Industrial Gasification

b.      Hydrogen Production and Process Intensification

 

58.  High Performance Materials for Long Term Fossil Energy Applications

a.       Surface Modification of Alloys for Ultrasupercritical Coal-Fired Boilers

b.      Steam-Side Corrosion of Ultrasupercritical (USC) Boiler and Turbine Materials

 

59.  Climate Control Technology for Fossil Energy Applications

a.       Advanced Separation and Capture Techniques for CO2 Produced by Existing Coal-Fired Power Plants

b.      Advanced Monitoring Technologies for Geologic CO2 Sequestration

 

60.  Enhanced Oil Recovery, Oil Shale, Oil and Natural Gas Technologies

a.       CO2 Flooding for the Recovery of Oil

b.      Oil Shale Development

 

Additional Fossil Energy Topic may be found under #4.

 

 

 

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