Center for Emerging Energy Sciences

                     

News and Announcements

This is a page where we can place exciting news or announcements regarding funding opportunities or announce recent publications

 

January 2023:

NASA announced their selections for the NIAC Phase I proposals.  CEES will be collaborating with Positron Dinamics on an aerogel core fission fragment rocket engine.

https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/niac/2023/Aerogel_Core_Fission_Fragment_Rocket_Engine/ 

Other related links:

     https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2023/01/nasa-studies-aerogel-fission-fragment-rocket-200x-better-isp-than-chemical.html

     https://www.geekwire.com/2023/nasa-funding-niac-flying-boat-titan/

     https://phys.org/news/2023-02-extremely-lightweight-fission-rocket-solar.html

February 2023:

ARPA-E announced $10 million in funding for eight projects working to determine whether low-energy nuclear reactions (LENR) could be the basis for a potentially transformative carbon-free energy source. The teams selected today—from universities, a national laboratory, and small business—aim to break the stalemate of research in this space.

https://www.arpa-e.energy.gov/news-and-media/press-releases/us-department-energy-announces-10-million-funding-projects-studying

Other related links:

     https://today.ttu.edu/posts/2023/04/Stories/Breaking-New-Ground-in-Energy-Research

     https://arpa-e.energy.gov/technologies/projects/advanced-materials-characterization-and-nuclear-product-detection-lenr

     https://news.newenergytimes.net/2023/03/01/u-s-department-of-energys-arpa-e-funds-low-energy-nuclear-reaction-research/

     https://www.ans.org/news/article-4769/arpae-picks-eight-teams-to-proveor-debunklowenergy-nuclear-reactions/