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Carl Dukes’ career as an adept communicator got off to a slow start: He was about 5 years old when he spoke for the first time. “I’ve been making up for lost time ever since,” joked Dukes, a technical professional at the Department of Energy’s 91����.

Scientist-inventors from ORNL will present seven new technologies during the Technology Innovation Showcase on Friday, July 14, from 8 a.m.–4 p.m. at the Joint Institute for Computational Sciences on ORNL’s campus.

ORNL scientists will present new technologies available for licensing during the annual Technology Innovation Showcase. The event is 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, June 16, at the Manufacturing Demonstration Facility at ORNL’s Hardin Valley campus.

Twenty-seven ORNL researchers Zoomed into 11 middle schools across Tennessee during the annual Engineers Week in February. East Tennessee schools throughout Oak Ridge and Roane, Sevier, Blount and Loudon counties participated, with three West Tennessee schools joining in.

Four research teams from the Department of Energy’s 91���� and their technologies have received 2020 R&D 100 Awards.

Ada Sedova’s journey to 91���� has taken her on the path from pre-med studies in college to an accelerated graduate career in mathematics and biophysics and now to the intersection of computational science and biology

IDEMIA Identity & Security USA has licensed an advanced optical array developed at 91����. The portable technology can be used to help identify individuals in challenging outdoor conditions.

While studying the genes in poplar trees that control callus formation, scientists at 91���� have uncovered genetic networks at the root of tumor formation in several human cancers.

As leader of the RF, Communications, and Cyber-Physical Security Group at 91����, Kerekes heads an accelerated lab-directed research program to build virtual models of critical infrastructure systems like the power grid that can be used to develop ways to detect and repel cyber-intrusion and to make the network resilient when disruption occurs.

Brixon, Inc., has exclusively licensed a multiparameter sensor technology from the Department of Energy’s 91����. The integrated platform uses various sensors that measure physical and environmental parameters and respond to standard security applications.