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July 8, 2026

3 MIN READ

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.

March 31, 2026

5 MIN READ

ORNL to feature transformative tech at ARPA-E summit

Researchers at ORNL will share their discoveries and innovations at DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy Energy Innovation Summit in San Diego, California.

February 11, 2026

6 MIN READ

ORNL corrosion expertise in demand by fusion, advanced fission industries

Researchers at ORNL are helping to enable the next generation of abundant, affordable nuclear energy by combining 80 years of know-how with the latest scientific techniques, facilities and equipment. The lab’s longstanding expertise in degradation of materials in the harsh environments of nuclear reactors make it the go-to place for a resurgence of interest in liquid metals and molten salts for both advanced fission and fusion reactors.

January 7, 2026

6 MIN READ

ORNL researchers take on new energy challenges with ARPA-E funding

April 19, 2024

5 MIN READ

ORNL researchers win Best Paper award for nickel-based alloy tailoring

Rishi Pillai and his research team from ORNL will receive a Best Paper award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers International Gas Turbine Institute in June at the Turbo Expo 2024 in London.