Auburn alumnus bridges Auburn University and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in DOE's Energy Earthshots Initiative

On April 24, 2024, David E. Crawford (first person on the right of the photo), a physics graduate student working with Professor Jianjun (JJ) Dong (first person on the left of the photo), made a research presentation to two scientists from Department of Energy (DOE)’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Judith Vidal  (second person from the right) and Katherine Jungjohann (third person from the right), in the Leach Science Center on Auburn’s campus. Vidal and Jungjohann are the director and associate director of the recently funded DOE Energy’s Energy Earthshots Initiative research center on DEGradation Reactions in Electrothermal Energy Storage (DEGREES). Physicists of Auburn University are collaborating with this NREL led multi-institute research team on the long duration storage of renewable, sustainable thermal energy, by providing research expertise on atomistic materials simulations.

“I am excited that Auburn University is part of an incredible team working to make a real difference in challenges to sustainable energy,” said JJ Dong, professor of physics. “This project will help to reduce costs of renewable energy and increase its overall performance.”

Auburn hosts CBMS Conference: Mathematical Methods for Novel Metamaterials

Auburn University hosted the five-day CBMS Conference: Mathematical Methods for Novel Materials in the Mell Center Classrooms with 19 lectures. The interdisciplinary conference brought in attendees from around the world. The conference was organized by Auburn University’s Department of Mathematics and Statistics under the leadership of Junshan Lin and Yanzhao Cao. 

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