At a Glance: Ames Laboratory

At a Glance: Ames Laboratory

The State of the DOE National Laboratories: 2020 Edition AT A GLANCE: AMES LABORATORY Ames Laboratory delivers critical-materials solutions to the United States. For more than 73 years, Ames has successfully partnered with Iowa State University of Science and Technology to lead in the discovery, synthesis, analysis, and use of new materials, novel chemistries, and transformational analytical tools. Building upon its core strengths in the science of interfaces, science of synthesis, science of quantum materials, and science of rare earths—plus a proven track record of transitioning basic energy science through early-stage research to licensed technologies and commercialization—Ames leads the nation in translating foundational science for energy and chemical conversion into critical-technology innovation. FUNDING BY SOURCE HUMAN CAPITAL FY 2019 Costs (in $M) 300 full-time equivalent (FTE) employees Other DOE $0.10 47 joint faculty Total Laboratory Operating FE $1.86 Costs: $53.99 38 postdoctoral researchers DOE/NNSA Costs: $53.23 88 undergraduate students 98 graduate students SPP (Non-DOE/Non-DHS) BES $19.97 FACTSCosts: $0.76 104 visiting scientists SPP as % of Total Laboratory CORE CAPABILITIES Operating Costs: 1.4% EERE $26.98 Applied Materials Science and Engineering DHS Costs: $0.0 BER $1.45 Chemical and Molecular Science OE $0.12 Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science SPP $0.76 Other SC $2.74 MISSION UNIQUE FACILITIES Critical Materials Intitute Materials Preparation Center Sensitive Instrumment Facility FACTS Powder Synthesis and Development Location: Ames, Iowa Dynamic Nuclear Polarization and Nuclear Magnetic Type: Single-program Laboratory Resonance (NMR) Contractor: Iowa State University of Science and Technology Institute for the Cooperative Upcycling of Plastics (iCOUP) Site Office: Ames Site Office Center for the Advancement of Topological Semi-metals Website: ameslab.gov (CATS) PHYSICAL ASSETS 10 acres and 13 buildings 340,968 gross square feet (GSF) in buildings Replacement Plant Value: $105M 0 GSF in 0 Excess Facilities 0 GSF in 0 Leased Facilities 53 The State of the DOE National Laboratories: 2020 Edition AT A GLANCE: AMES LABORATORY ACCOMPLISHMENTS Unique Facility: Solid-State NMR Laboratory In FY 2020, Ames Laboratory cut the ribbon on a newly remodeled and expanded space to house its state-of-the-art NMR capabilities. Among the instruments is the dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) solid-state NMR spectrometer endowed with fast magic angle spinning capabilities – the first instrument of its kind in the United States dedicated exclusively to chemical and materials sciences. Conventional and DNP-enhanced solid-state NMR spectroscopy are used in multiple Ames research projects that develop heterogeneous catalysts, semiconductor nanomaterials, polymer recycling strategies, and address other energy-related challenges. Tech-to-Market Highlight: Recycling Rare Earth Metals from Electronic Waste TdVib, LLC, an Iowa manufacturing company, was awarded a Department of Energy Phase I Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grant for $200,000 from the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) in 2020. The funding supports a goal to demonstrate the feasibility and proof- of-concept for commercially viable and environment-friendly approaches to reclaiming rare earth elements and cobalt from magnets in electronic waste generated in the United States. This Research and Development (R&D) 100 award-winning technology was developed and patented at the Critical MaterialsUnique Facility: Institute; an Energy Innovation Hub led by Ames Laboratory.Megamaterials - Imagine a material with no counterpart in nature that could lead to Research Highlight: iCOUP Plastic waste is developmenteverywhere of in a superlensthe United States, rapidly piling up in our landfillswith and resolution leaching so into powerful and clogging our waterways. The nearly 27 million tons of plastic waste generated annually in the U.S are full of energy and carbon value, which is currently lost. Ames Laboratory is leading the multi- institutional Energy Research Frontier Center, which is developing methods to selectively “chop” long polymer chains into smaller pieces that will transform them into upcycled products—providing new raw materials for the chemical industry to manufacture useful chemicals, such as lubricants, detergents, and fuels. 54 The State of the DOE National Laboratories: 2020 Edition AT A GLANCE: ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY Argonne National Laboratory accelerates science and technology (S&T) to drive U.S. prosperity and security. The laboratory is recognized for seminal discoveries in fundamental science, innovations in energy technologies, leadership in scientific computing and analysis, and excellence in stewardship of national scientific user facilities. Argonne’s basic research drives advances in materials science, chemistry, physics, biology, and environmental science. In applied science and engineering, the laboratory overcomes critical technological challenges in energy and national security. The laboratory’s user facilities propel breakthroughs in fields ranging from supercomputing and AI applications for science, to materials characterization and nuclear physics, and climate science. The laboratory also leads nationwide collaborations spanning the research spectrum from discovery to application, including the Q-NEXT quantum information science center, Joint Center for Energy Storage Research, and ReCell advanced battery recycling center. To take laboratory discoveries to market, Argonne collaborates actively with regional universities and companies and expands the impact of its research through innovative partnerships. FUNDING BY SOURCE HUMAN CAPITAL 3,448 FTE employees FY 2019 Costs (in $M) HEP $20 379 joint faculty Total Laboratory Operating NE $38 317 postdoctoral researchers Costs: $837* NP $30 297 undergraduate students DOE/NNSA Costs: $727 ASCR $97 224 graduate students SPP (Non-DOE/Non-DHS) 8,035 facility users Costs: $87 BES $274 FACTS NNSA 809 visiting scientists SPP as % of Total Laboratory $57 Operating Costs: 13% DHS $24 CORE CAPABILITIES DHS Costs: $24 BER $31 Accelerator S&T SPP $87 *Excludes expenditures of Advanced Computer Science, Visualization, and Data Other SC monies received from other Other DOE $23 Applied Materials Science and Engineering $65 DOE contractors and through EERE $91 Applied Mathematics joint appointments of research Biological and Bioprocess Engineering staff. Chemical and Molecular Science Chemical Engineering FACTS Climate Change Science and Atmospheric Science Location: Lemont, Illinois, near Chicago Computational Science Type: Multiprogram Laboratory Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Contractor:UChicago Argonne, LLC Cyber and Information Sciences Site Office: Argonne Site Office Decision Science and Analysis Website: anl.gov Large-Scale User Facilities/Advanced Instrumentation Nuclear Engineering PHYSICAL ASSETS Nuclear Physics 1,517 acres Nuclear and Radio Chemistry 156 buildings Particle Physics $3.9 billion replacement plant value Systems Engineering and Integration 5.1 million GSF in buildings 0.3 million GSF in leased facilities MISSION UNIQUE FACILITIES 0.02 million GSF in 16 exess facilities Advanced Photon Source Argonne Leadership Computing Facility Argonne Tandem Linear Accelerator System Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Southern Great Plains Site Center for Nanoscale Materials Materials Engineering Research Facility 55 The State of the DOE National Laboratories: 2020 Edition AT A GLANCE: ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY ACCOMPLISHMENTS Unique Facility: X-rays for Discovery The Advanced Photon Source (APS) is the Nation’s highest-energy light source and is used for studies in nearly every scientific discipline. More than 5,000 researchers use the APS annually, making it one of the world’s most productive X-ray light source facilities. It has paved the way for better batteries, numerous new therapeutic drugs, more-efficient vehicles, stronger infrastructure materials, and more powerful electronics. Research at the APS has directly led to two Nobel Prizes and contributed to a third. The APS has also made significant contributions in the fight against COVID-19 by supporting research to both identify the protein structures of the virus and find potential pharmaceutical treatments and/or vaccines. The APS upgrade project now underway will make it up to 500 times brighter and vastly expand available research opportunities. Tech-to-Market Highlight: Argonne Cathode Technology “Game Changer” in Battery Industry The battery that helps power General Motors’ plug-in hybrid Chevy Bolt, the 2017 Motor Trend Car of the Year, is based in part on a chemistry breakthrough by Argonne scientists. The researchers used the Advanced Photon Source as part of their toolkit to better understand in real time the reactions that occur inside a battery. The nickel manganese cobalt (NMC) blended cathode structure developed at Argonne offers the longest- lasting energy available in the smallest, lightest package—a 50 to 100 percent increase in energy storage capacity over conventional cathode material. The NMC technology has beenUnique licensed Facility: to General Motors (Detroit, M.I.), BASF CorporationMegamaterials (Florham - Park,Imagine a N.J.), TODA America, Inc. (Battle Creek, M.I.),material and LG with Chem. no counterpart in nature that could lead to Research Highlight: The Birth of the Quantumdevelopment Internet of Buildinga superlens systems to communicate using

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