2023 LANL Collaborative Program Award Announcement
Many strong proposals were submitted to the FY23 edition of The Texas A&M University System National Laboratories Office (NLO) Collaborative Research Program with Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). This multi-element program is designed to increase the number and depth of research collaborations that benefit the A&M System, LANL, and the individuals involved. Today we are announcing the results of two elements of this program.
- Development Fellowships are designed for A&M System researchers who have the skills, knowledge, and interest to develop long-term collaborative ties with LANL researchers and have already identified one or more LANL collaborators who are willing and able to engage in collaborative research.
- Research Projects are designed for A&M System researchers who have mature ties with LANL collaborator(s) and have identified research topics suitable for joint effort and joint funding from the NLO and LANL.
The following proposals were selected for funding through a review process that involved numerous technical experts from the A&M System and LANL. We are excited to see the increased funding commitments to our Texas A&M University System Faculty. The NLO and LANL are grateful to the many researchers who submitted proposals, and to the experts who provided the independent peer review that is essential to achieving excellence in programs such as these.
Development Fellowships
| Project Title | PI (Texas A&M System) | Collaborator (LANL) |
| Predicting and Deciding in Worst-Case Scenarios: The View from Optimal Recovery | Simon Foucart | Nick Hengartner |
| Lagrangian hydro and tabulated EOS | Jean-Luc Guermond | Svetlana Tokareva; Eric Tovar |
| Distributed Bayesian Statistical Inference for Massive Scale Computer Simulations | Rajarshi Guhaniyogi | Devin Craig Francom; Donatella Pasqualini |
| Tandem Catalytic Hydrogenation of CO2 for CO2 Utilization and Use towards Fuels, Chemicals, and Liquid Organic H2 Carriers | Manish Shetty | Xiaokun (Claire) Yang |
| A chip-scale mid-Infrared microring spectrometer to monitor natural gas leaks | Pao Tai Lin | Manvendra Dubey |
| Hot electron-generating semiconductor nanostructures for efficient photocatalytic fuel production | Dong Hee Son | Victor I. Klimov |
| Map detailed subsurface fault structure, stress distributions, and persistent asperities | Xiaowei Chen | Lianjie Huang |
| Solid State Neutron, Neutrino and Dark Matter Detectors with Background Discrimination | Nader Mirabolfathi | |
| Spatially Resolved Acoustic Spectroscopy (SRAS) for in-situ characterization and mapping of microstructure of Additive Manufacturing (AM) components | Satish Bukkapatnam; Pablo Tarazaga | Richard A. Livings |
| In-situ and dynamic measurement of evaporating meniscus profile on the micro/nano patterned surface in heat pipe | Iltai Isaac Kim | John David Bernardin |
Research Projects
| Project Title | PI (Texas A&M System) | Collaborator (LANL) |
| Strength Characterization of Metals under Extremes: A New Approach | Hrayer Aprahamian;
Dinakar Sagapuram |
Michael B. Prime |
| Atomically Dispersed Catalysts for Conversion of CO2 to Sustainable Aviation Fuel | Ying Li | Xiaokun Yang; Sergei Ivanov |
| Flow through deformable porous media under large pressure gradients: A reformulation of the underlying theory | K. R. Rajagopal | Shriram Srinivasan |
| Electric distribution grid resilience under extreme, high impact weather events | Karen Butler-Purry | Russell Bent; Art Barnes: Harsha Nagarajan |
| Two-dimensional MXene Coatings for Protection of Actinides | Jodie L. Lutkenhaus | Hisato Yamaguchi |
| Two-Way Coupled Model for Predicting Crack Growth in Heterogeneous Solids | David Allen; Yong-Rak Kim | Marvin Zocher; Nathaniel Morgan |
The NLO looks forward to assisting all interested researchers with furthering their relationships and opportunities with LANL and other National Laboratories.