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    July 8, 2026

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    ORNL earns five DOE Transportation Technologies Office awards

    ORNL received five of nine awards from the U.S. Department of Energy's Transportation Technologies Office at the 2026 Annual Merit Review for innovations in transportation efficiency, vehicle technologies, and advanced manufacturing. The honors included two individual Distinguished Achievement Awards and three team awards recognizing advances in commercial vehicle modeling, fuel economy resources, rare-earth-free electric motors, advanced truck materials, and computational welding technologies.

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    July 7, 2026

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    New motor drive design reduces heat, wear in high-power systems

    Researchers at ORNL developed a new electric motor drive design that reduces excess heat, electrical noise and component wear without requiring additional hardware. Simulations showed a 90% reduction in neutral-point voltage fluctuations and a 43% decrease in current stress on capacitors, improving reliability for high-power transportation applications.

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    May 2, 2023

    6 MIN READ

    Shajjad Chowdhury: Putting the power in electric drives

    As a researcher in power electronics, Shajjad Chowdhury is focused on exceeding capacity. In a lab space at the National Transportation Research Center at ORNL, he’s developing a novel capacitor and inverter component that will shrink the size and reduce the cost of electric drive units. He sees this as a potential step to increase electric vehicle adoption in the United States.

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