{"id":535,"date":"2011-08-04T21:30:31","date_gmt":"2011-08-04T21:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webdev.arc.fiu.edu\/?p=535"},"modified":"2025-01-31T12:17:43","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T17:17:43","slug":"u-s-department-of-energy-selects-florida-international-university-as-winner-in-innovative-fossil-energy-research-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eicdev.fiu.edu\/phparc\/news\/u-s-department-of-energy-selects-florida-international-university-as-winner-in-innovative-fossil-energy-research-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Department of Energy Selects Florida International University as Winner in Innovative Fossil Energy Research Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON, DC<\/strong>\u2014 The Department of Energy has selected Florida International University as one of four institutions chosen in an annual competition for fossil energy research ideas from the nation\u2019s Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Other (HBCU\/OMI).\u00a0 The Department of Energy will provide $199,234 to Florida International.<\/p>\n

Students and faculty from the chosen universities will investigate projects dealing with computational energy sciences, material sciences, and sensors and controls for use in fossil fuel power systems.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to congratulate the winners of this year\u2019s competition, and thank them for their hard work,” said Charles McConnell, Chief Operating Officer of DOE’s Office of Fossil Energy. “Identifying the next generation of leaders and innovators is one of the keys to strengthening our economy and creating the clean energy jobs of tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n

The proposed work at Florida International will develop an accurate drag correlation for gas-solid multiphase flow with clustered particles in fluidized beds using experimental testing and direct numerical simulations (DNS). The experiments will involve utilization of high-speed imaging to capture instantaneous solid volume fraction and particle velocities.\u00a0 The Project will last 36 months.<\/p>\n

Established in 1984, the HBCU\/OMI program was designed to encourage cooperative fossil energy research and development projects between HBCU\/OMI\u00a0 and federal agencies. Carried out by the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) under DOE\u2019s Office of Fossil Energy, the program gives STEM students valuable hands-on experience in developing technologies to promote the efficient and environmentally safe use of fossil fuels.<\/p>\n

NETL issued the funding opportunity announcement in November 2010, beginning a new year of collaborative efforts between faculty-student teams and the federal government to develop and execute innovative research ideas.<\/p>\n

The remaining selected projects follow.<\/p>\n

Tuskegee University, <\/strong>Tuskegee, Ala.\u2014The objective is to address effects of particle rotation in gas-solid flows with the following specific aims: (1) direct impact of particle rotation on the average particle-fluid drag force of a particle suspension at various Reynolds numbers; (2) indirect impact of particle rotation on the drag force through the change in the particle concentration distribution, or the microstructure of a flow; and (3) role of particle rotation in energy dissipation of a particle-fluid system. The Department of Energy will provide $200,000 to Tuskegee.\u00a0 The\u00a0 project will last 36 months.<\/p>\n

Southern University,<\/strong> Baton Rouge, La.\u2014 This project is an integrated method combining high-performance computer (HPC) simulation and experimental validation in material sciences to study the elastic constants, interface bonding, high-temperature microstructures, melting points, diffusion coefficients, and oxidation resistance of the proposed bond coat and top coat of niobium-based alloys. The Department of Energy will provide $200,000 to Southern.\u00a0 The project\u00a0 will last 24 months.<\/p>\n

University of Texas, El Paso, <\/strong>El Paso, Texas\u2014 The objective of the proposed work is to investigate and deliver high-temperature oxygen sensors based on pure and doped gallium oxide (Ga2<\/sub>O3<\/sub>) nanostructures operating at 800 \u00b0C and above in a corrosive atmosphere. The experimental approaches and methods are specifically designated to address the issues and technical barriers related to the growth, microstructure-property relationship, and sensor performance evaluation of Ga2<\/sub>O3<\/sub>-based oxygen sensors. The Department of Energy will provide $200,000 to University of Texas, El Paso.\u00a0 The project will last 36 months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON, DC\u2014 The Department of Energy has selected Florida International University as one of four institutions chosen in an annual competition for fossil energy research ideas from the nation\u2019s Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Other (HBCU\/OMI).\u00a0 The Department of Energy will provide $199,234 to Florida International. Students and faculty from the chosen universities will investigate projects dealing with computational energy sciences, material sciences, and sensors and controls for use…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":240,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eicdev.fiu.edu\/phparc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eicdev.fiu.edu\/phparc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eicdev.fiu.edu\/phparc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eicdev.fiu.edu\/phparc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eicdev.fiu.edu\/phparc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=535"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/eicdev.fiu.edu\/phparc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54889,"href":"https:\/\/eicdev.fiu.edu\/phparc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535\/revisions\/54889"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eicdev.fiu.edu\/phparc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eicdev.fiu.edu\/phparc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eicdev.fiu.edu\/phparc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eicdev.fiu.edu\/phparc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}