This Fourth Amended Determination follows the approval of additional funding, extended period of performance, a new project team member, and additional project milestones to support the project team's small-scale research and development activities to further advance a chip-level direct two-phase impingement jet cooling solution to enhance overall thermal performance while reducing pumping power under the Cooling Operations Optimized for Leaps in Energy, Reliability, and Carbon Hyperefficiency for Information Processing Systems Program (COOLERCHIPS) Program.
The Cooling Operations Optimized for Leaps in Energy, Reliability, and Carbon Hyperefficiency for Information Processing Systems 1.5 (COOLERCHIPS 1.5) Program consists of projects selected from the first phase of the COOLERCHIPS program for additional funding, extended period of performance, and new project milestones to continue development of water-free, advanced cooling systems for high-power data centers demanded by artificial intelligence (AI).
The Reliable Ore Characterization with Keystone Sensing (ROCKS) program supports small-scale research and development projects to advance cutting-edge technologies in drilling, sensing, and analytical technologies to enable rapid, high-resolution, and cost-effective assessment of rare earth elements (REE) in ore deposits.
The Magnetic Acceleration Generating New Innovations and Tactical Outcomes (MAGNITO) program supports the small-scale research and development of stronger magnets to improve energy productivity, reduce the cost of electricity generation, and enable smaller, lighter motors for U.S. industry and transportation.
The Catalytic Application Testing for Accelerated Learning Chemistries via High-throughput Experimentation and Modeling Efficiently (CATALCHEM-E) program supports the small-scale research and development of hetergeneous catalysts, solid materials that reduce the inherent energy needed to drive industrial-scale chemical reactions responsible for making everyday products and commodities.
This Amended Determination follows the approval of additional funding, extended period of performance, new teaming partners, and new project milestones to support the project team's small-scale research and development activities of new biological photosynthetic systems that employ sunlight from previously under-utilized or inaccessible regions of the solar spectrum, such as near-infrared light (NIR), to produce chemical biofuel.
This Third Amended Determination follows the approval of additional funding, extended period of performance, change of teaming partners, and new project milestones to support the project team's small-scale research and development activities of creating a modular reactor design to convert dilute carbon dioxide into a concentrated ethanol product, in progress under the Optimized Flexible Fuels using Grid-free Reactors with Intermittent Delivery (OFF GRID, formerly GREENWELLS) Program.
The Disruptive DC Converters for Grid Resilient Infrastructure to Deliver Secure energy (DC-GRIDS) program supports the small-scale research and development of more compact and cost effective power electronics converters for direct current (DC) transmission to transport electricity over longer distances with less electricity lost during conveyance from generator to user.
The Reliable Ore Characterization with Keystone Sensing (ROCKS) program supports small-scale research and development projects to advance cutting-edge technologies in drilling, sensing, and analytical technologies to enable rapid, high-resolution, and cost-effective assessment of rare earth elements (REE) in ore deposits.
Funding will support the project team's small-scale research and development of quantum and machine learning-accelerated software tools and apply them to discovering ultra-strong, lightweight magnets for electric motors and generators and for future high-performance information technology.