Two Berkeley Lab teams have been selected for the 2015 DOE Lab-Corps Pilot Program: MyGreenCar (Sam Saxena, Nihar Shah, Dana Hansen) – supporting electric vehicle (EV) drivers, utilities and policy makers – and Ring Burner (Peter Therkelsen, Mike Tucker, Vi Rapp) – for reduced indoor air pollution and even heating from household and commercial appliances, such as cooktops.
A weekly video series will document the highs and lows of each team’s efforts to commercialize its technology, from information-gathering interviews with potential customers and supply chain members to hard decisions about unexpected markets, new applications, and pivoting. Based on NSF’s I-Corps™ model, Lab-Corps gives researchers tools and training to help transition energy-related technologies into products that benefit society and the national economy. For more details, go here.