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Argonne launches first tech incubator
Developing transformative energy technologies and cleaner manufacturing processes and new materials requires more than a great idea and some committed people. It takes an innovation ecosystem. To meet this challenge, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) and Argonne… Read More
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'The Google of clean energy' Argonne launches incubator program for entrepreneurs with eye on future
Argonne National Laboratory wants to start a chain reaction in clean energy. Read more. Read More
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7 Questions for Energy Entrepreneur Felipe Gomez
At the White House earlier this week, President Obama announced new efforts to support emerging entrepreneurs who develop solutions to some of the world's toughest challenges, including climate change. As part of the event, Felipe Gomez — founder of energy startup FGC Plasma Solutions — was recognized as an emerging entrepreneur and took part in a panel discussion with "Shark Tank" investors Barbara Corcoran, Daymond John and Mark Cuban. Read More
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Forbes 30 under 30
FGC Plasma Solutions is working on a revolutionary fuel injector for jet engines and gas turbines which uses plasma to enhance combustion. Read More
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Students’ Reactor Converts Nuclear Waste into Energy
Since the first man-made fission reaction, there has been the question of what society should do with nuclear waste. The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has reported that about a million barrels of nuclear waste are contained in storage facilities around the world. This waste will take as many as 240,000 years to decay. However, a few innovative students at Purdue University may have a solution. Read More
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Student Startup in ‘Clean Energy’ Spotlight
A Purdue University startup is one of five finalists in the 2015 Clean Energy Challenge's student competition. The team behind Atlas Energy Systems LLC is working to develop and commercialize a device with the potential to turn nuclear waste into energy. Read More
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Young Scientist Makes Jet Engines Leaner and Cleaner with Plasma
When Felipe Gomez was in high school, he became interested in how you could improve the safety and efficiency of jet engines. Today, Gomez is the sole inventor behind two patents for plasma-assisted fuel injectors Read More
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Cleveland Wants to Make Sure the Next Wright Brothers Come From the Rust Belt
Felipe Gomez is busy. Twenty-one years old and a rising senior at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, he’s balancing his studies with a job, a social life and yes, a startup. Read More
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Semi-finalists Chosen for CRI's Cohort 8
Twenty-eight individuals with a wide range of startup technologies were chosen to advance to the semi-finals and compete to join Chain Reaction Innovations’ (CRI) Cohort 8. A broad range of innovations are represented in this year’s applicants, including energy generation and distribution, bioremediation, anti-fouling, mineralization,… Read More
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Chain Reaction Innovations wins a 2023 Chicago Innovation Award
Chain Reaction Innovations has been recognized for solving unmet needs, creating jobs and generating new funding in the Chicago metro area. Chain Reaction Innovations, the entrepreneurship program at Argonne National Laboratory, has been recognized with a Chicago Innovation Award. (Image by Chicago Innovation.) Chain… Read More
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Entrepreneurship program at Argonne opens applications for startups
Chain Reaction Innovations seeks innovators to join Cohort 8 OCTOBER 26, 2023 Develop your clean energy or climate technology with the support of Argonne National Laboratory’s Chain Reaction Innovations program. Application deadline is 5 p.m. CST, Nov. 30. Through Chain Reaction Innovations, early-stage… Read More
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New startups Join Argonne’s Entrepreneurship Program
Chain Reaction Innovations announces new cohort Clean energy startups embed at Argonne to develop innovative technologies that hold promise for helping mitigate climate change. Four startups joined Chain Reaction Innovations, the entrepreneurship program at Argonne, to develop clean-energy technologies over two years. Four new… Read More
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Demo Day Showcased Innovators at Four National Labs
Argonne hosted Demo Day in downtown Chicago, an event celebrating innovation at four laboratory-embedded entrepreneurship programs. Resilience of innovators recognized at gathering of national lab-based technology incubators. Getting an invention or new breakthrough from the laboratory into the broader world requires more than just a… Read More