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This November marked the completion of the 19th Energy I-Corps cohort, bringing the total number of graduated teams to 242! To celebrate the successful completion of the program, Cohort 19 teams convened in Washington, D.C. and shared their work with key stakeholders.

The CUBES project, led by Sandia National Laboratories researchers, is working to transform organic waste into biofuels. Their groundbreaking work could help reduce emissions and contribute to a carbon-neutral future. Learn more about this Energy I-Corps alumnus team

memQ, a quantum technology startup, achieved critical milestones with the support of two DOE programs: Energy I-Corps and the Lab- Embedded Entrepreneurship Program (LEEP).

Ugur Mertyurek, a nuclear scientist from ORNL, participated in Energy I-Corps Cohort 17 funded by the DOE Office of Nuclear Energy and used the program to pivot the main value proposition of his mutual information analytics technology.

This team from National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) participated in Cohort 4 as team HALO to use Hydride Vapor Phase Epitaxy (HVPE) to fabricate high performance solar cells at a lower cost.

Since graduating from the Energy I-Corps program, EC Leach’s technology has been licensed in the battery sector and other companies are pursuing licenses including in the mining sector.

Kyle Guin, CEO and co-founder of VastVision Technologies, has a unique distinction—he has participated in the Energy I-Corps program three times. On his third go-round, he mentored a team AND successfully licensed the technology they developed.

National Lab researchers from across the country gathered in Golden, Colorado for the kickoff of Energy-I Corps' 19th cohort, an immersive two-month entrepreneurial training program to accelerate the commercialization for energy technologies in the lab.

The consortium’s inaugural annual workshop was held on September 10th and 11th and was a huge success.

Updates to DOE's Pathways to Commercial Liftoff: Advanced Nuclear Report