Press Coverage
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Argonne launching first technology incubator for clean energy ideas
Argonne National Laboratory is launching its first technology incubator to help innovators with clean energy ideas develop them for the market. Read more. Read More
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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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Director's Letter
Dear Friends of CRI, Welcome to the Summer 2024 issue of the CRI newsletter. In it, you’ll see the breadth of our spring and summer activities. It gives me great pleasure to introduce you to CRI’s newest cohort. Welcoming a new cohort is… Read More
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LEEP Demo Day 2024
In May, the Lab-Embedded Entrepreneurship Program’s (LEEP) Demo Day featured graduating cohorts from the four LEEP nodes including Chain Reaction Innovations at Argonne National Laboratory, Innovation Crossroads at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, West Gate at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and Cyclotron Road at Lawrence… Read More
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CRI Seeks Applicants for Next Cohort
Chain Reaction Innovations (CRI), a Lab-Embedded Entrepreneurship Program (LEEP) at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory, will begin accepting applications for Cohort 2025 on September 4th, the program’s ninth group of early-stage startups. Innovators with emerging science and energy… Read More
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Entrepreneurship program at Argonne Announces Newest Cohort
Five new innovators will join Chain Reaction Innovations (CRI), the Lab-Embedded Entrepreneurship Program (LEEP) at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory, as part of the award-winning program’s eighth cohort. The five will join the two-year program starting this… Read More
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CRI Rings Nasdaq Opening Bell
CRI Director Dick Co and Argonne National Lab Director Paul Kearns ring the Nasdaq Opening Bell. On July 9th, Chain Reaction Innovations (CRI), the entrepreneurship program and Argonne National Laboratory, rang the Nasdaq Opening Bell as one of Chicago Innovation’s 22nd annual award winners. This… Read More
