(Press-News.org) Scott Curran, group leader for Fuel Science and Engine Technologies Research at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been named a Fellow of SAE International and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, or ASME.
Curran is one of only 24 fellows selected from the more than 128,000 SAE members and one of only 3,336 fellows selected out of the 69,247 ASME members.
SAE recognized Curran for his distinguished contributions to transportation science, including advancing real-world advanced combustion strategies, alternative fuels utilization, and next-generation vehicle technologies for a more sustainable mobility future. He has co-founded and co-chaired two SAE Range Extender Symposiums, organized more than 45 SAE technical sessions, given more than 10 SAE invited presentations, and co-authored 24 SAE papers. Curran is a past recipient of the SAE International Stefan Pischinger Award for Young Industry Leadership and the Forest R. McFarland Award.
As an ASME Fellow, Curran was recognized for his exceptional engineering achievements and contributions to the profession. He currently serves on the executive committee for the ASME Internal Combustion Engine Division, where he is also a distinguished associate and has previously served as the undergraduate student competition chair. He has co-authored conference papers across three different ASME divisions and has co-authored multiple ASME journal papers. Curran is a past recipient of the ASME Old Guard Early Career Award and the ASME Best Presentation Award.
At ORNL, Curran’s advancements to improve the understanding of the synergistic use of alternative fuel properties and high-efficiency engine systems have been recognized with two DOE Office of Vehicle Technologies Research Awards. Currently, he is leading a team of researchers focusing on the utilization of low-carbon fuels toward the decarbonization of the off-road, rail, and marine transportation sectors.
Curran completed his doctoral degree in energy science and engineering from the University of Tennessee-Oak Ridge Innovation Institute’s Bredesen Center for Interdisciplinary Research, becoming one of the first two graduates from the program. He earned his undergraduate and master’s degrees in mechanical engineering from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
UT-Battelle manages ORNL for the Department of Energy’s Office of Science, the single largest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences in the United States. The Office of Science is working to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. For more information, please visit energy.gov/science.
END
Curran named Fellow of SAE, ASME
2024-04-26
[Attachments] See images for this press release:
ELSE PRESS RELEASES FROM THIS DATE:
Computer scientists unveil novel attacks on cybersecurity
2024-04-26
Researchers have found two novel types of attacks that target the conditional branch predictor found in high-end Intel processors, which could be exploited to compromise billions of processors currently in use.
The multi-university and industry research team led by computer scientists at University of California San Diego will present their work at the 2024 ACM ASPLOS Conference that begins tomorrow. The paper, "Pathfinder: High-Resolution Control-Flow Attacks Exploiting the Conditional Branch Predictor," is based on findings from scientists from UC San ...
Florida International University graduate student selected for inaugural IDEA2 public policy fellowship
2024-04-26
The American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) and the Southeastern Universities Research Association (SURA) are pleased to announce that Kristine Zikmanis has been selected for the 2024 Inclusive, Diverse, Equitable, Accepting, and Accessible (IDEA2) Public Policy Fellowship. This new professional development opportunity provides young scientists with valuable first-hand experience in science policy.
Kristine Zikmanis is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Biological Sciences at Florida International University. As an ecologist, Zikmanis studies animal behavior and has a strong interest in research at the intersection of ecology and ...
Gene linked to epilepsy, autism decoded in new study
2024-04-26
SCN2A related-disorders, although rare in the general population, are one of the more common single-gene neurodevelopmental conditions characterized by infantile seizures, autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disabilities
Severity of these disorders varies widely from person to person
Findings should help better identify patients who are most appropriate for clinical trials of new precision medicines and gene therapies
CHICAGO --- A genetic change or variant in a gene called SCN2A is a known cause of infantile seizures, autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disability, as well as a wide range of other moderate-to-profound impairments in mobility, ...
OHSU study finds big jump in addiction treatment at community health clinics
2024-04-26
The number of health care professionals able to write a prescription for a key medication to treat addiction quadrupled at community health clinics from 2016 to 2021, according to a new study by researchers at Oregon Health & Science University.
The findings, published online today in the journal JAMA Health Forum, provides a glimmer of hope amid a national overdose epidemic that has claimed more than 100,000 lives in the United States in each of the past few years.
The study examined community health centers serving low-income people primarily in West Coast states. Researchers ...
Location, location, location
2024-04-26
Riverside, Calif. -- In unincorporated communities in the United States-Mexico borderlands, historically and socially marginalized populations become invisible to the healthcare system, showing that geography acts as a structural determinant of health for low-income populations. So concludes a study by a University of California, Riverside, team that focused its attention on the borderland in Southern California, specifically, eastern Coachella Valley.
From September to December 2020, the team, led by Ann Cheney, an associate professor of social medicine, population, and public health in the School of Medicine, conducted interviews in collaboration with ...
Getting dynamic information from static snapshots
2024-04-26
Imagine predicting the exact finishing order of the Kentucky Derby from a still photograph taken 10 seconds into the race.
That challenge pales in comparison to what researchers face when using single-cell RNA-sequencing (scRNA-seq) to study how embryos develop, cells differentiate, cancers form, and the immune system reacts.
In a paper published today in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers from the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering and the Chemistry ...
Food insecurity is significant among inhabitants of the region affected by the Belo Monte dam in Brazil
2024-04-26
The social and environmental impact of the Belo Monte dam and hydroelectric power plant in Pará state, Brazil, has been called a “disaster” by researchers, environmentalists and several media outlets. The damage has again been highlighted recently in an inspection report issued by the Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA), an agency of the Ministry for the Environment and Climate Change. The inspectors detected silting and erosion of the Xingu River, obstacles to river navigation, a significant ...
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons launches new valve surgery risk calculators
2024-04-26
CHICAGO (April 26, 2024) ─ The expanding use of transcatheter technologies has changed the landscape in the treatment of valvular disease in adult cardiac patients, with valve surgery rapidly shifting to more complex interventions frequently involving other concomitant procedures.
To inform heart team and patient decision-making on valve surgery, The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) has launched new risk calculators for isolated tricuspid valve repair and replacement; surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) after ...
Component of keto diet plus immunotherapy may reduce prostate cancer
2024-04-26
Adding a pre-ketone supplement — a component of a high-fat, low-carb ketogenic diet — to a type of cancer therapy in a laboratory setting was highly effective for treating prostate cancer, researchers from the University of Notre Dame found.
Recently published online in the journal Cancer Research, the study from Xin Lu, the John M. and Mary Jo Boler Collegiate Associate Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, and collaborators tackled a problem oncologists have battled: Prostate cancer is resistant to a type of immunotherapy called immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) ...
New circuit boards can be repeatedly recycled
2024-04-26
A recent United Nations report found that the world generated 137 billion pounds of electronic waste in 2022, an 82% increase from 2010. Yet less than a quarter of 2022’s e-waste was recycled. While many things impede a sustainable afterlife for electronics, one is that we don’t have systems at scale to recycle the printed circuit boards (PCBs) found in nearly all electronic devices.
PCBs — which house and interconnect chips, transistors and other components — typically consist of layers of thin glass fiber sheets coated ...