APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Air conditioning, refrigeration, and other cooling Food preservation BENEFITS: Avoids the use of environmentally damaging hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) Potential to be more efficient than vapor-compression systems BACKGROUND: Cooling technologies have been dominated by the vapor-compression thermodynamic cycle for several … [Read more...] about Ionocaloric Cooling for Air Conditioning and Refrigeration 2022-072
Biosciences Inventor Deepika Awasthi Wins 2022 Berkeley Lab Pitch Competition
On Oct. 27, Berkeley Lab inventors eloquently pitched their inventions in a “pitch” competition as part of an entrepreneurship training program co-hosted by the Intellectual Property Office and Haas Business School. The competition, funded by the Department of Energy (DOE), was designed to provide scientist-entrepreneurs at the Lab with experience in pitching to key … [Read more...] about Biosciences Inventor Deepika Awasthi Wins 2022 Berkeley Lab Pitch Competition
Sign Up for DOE 2023 Energy Innovation Corps Entrepreneurship Training
Energy I-Corps is a key initiative of the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Technology Transitions (OTT), which sends teams of researchers and industry mentors through an intensive two-month training where the researchers define technology value propositions, conduct stakeholder discovery interviews, and develop viable market pathways for their technologies. Find out … [Read more...] about Sign Up for DOE 2023 Energy Innovation Corps Entrepreneurship Training
LBNL Startup Sepion Recognized in C&EN’s Ten Startups to Watch
Every year, Chemical and Engineering News (C&EN) recognizes a handful of startup companies for their science and the range of problems they are working to solve. In November, 2022, After considering more than 200 companies, the media outlet selected 10, including Berkeley Lab spinoff Sepion Technologies. Read the C&EN story. … [Read more...] about LBNL Startup Sepion Recognized in C&EN’s Ten Startups to Watch
Machine-learning Based Stabilization Controller for Complex or Unstable Environments 2021-133
Applications: Laser and beam stabilization AI applications such as drones and robotics in unfamiliar/unstable terrain Industrial plants with many sensors and controls, which need to use AI to improve throughput and efficiency Benefits: Differential states training enables system identification on a free-drifting high input/output system without a knowledge of … [Read more...] about Machine-learning Based Stabilization Controller for Complex or Unstable Environments 2021-133