The house lights dimmed and the chatter softened, the way it does when the next card might decide everything. In place of tuxedos: blazers. In place of martinis: macchiatos. Yet it had all the tension of James Bond playing Le Chiffre for every chip in Casino Royale. It’s ABLC Next, and the bioeconomy stands at […]
The DORMA program focuses R&D on efficient utilization of renewable fuels, hydrogen, and e-fuels to achieve deep GHG emission cuts across multiple heavy-duty sectors. Technology accomplishments include demonstrating 95% ammonia substitution in marine engines, yielding an 85% CO2 eq reduction. Future work is heavily focused on increasing R&D for Hydrogen Internal Combustion Engines (H2ICE), advancing […]
This project links the POLARIS, GTT, and TEMPO national modeling tools to assess the national impacts of community-level, convenience-focused decarbonization strategies. This strategic connection extends high-fidelity regional analysis to the nationwide county level. The resulting quantitative insights help communities optimize investments in highly-ranked strategies like Land Use and Travel Demand Management. This informs multi-objective decisions […]
By Sam A. Rushing, president, Advanced Cryogenics, Ltd. Special to The Digest At one time, from a few primary sources of raw by-product CO2 which are refined and liquefied for the merchant CO2 industry, the primary source of commodity chemical manufactured with a CO2 by-product was anhydrous ammonia. The lion’s share of […]
This project develops “Pathways to Net Zero Mobility” by creating computational models (e.g., Shared Automated Vehicle, SAV) to evaluate system-level impacts of decarbonization strategies across connectivity, electrification, and multimodal operations. Utilizing the POLARIS framework, the research informs regional planning and policy. Analysis shows transit is critical to mobility, with service removal causing substantial economic and […]
Comedy, Chemistry, and the Art of Realism at ABLC “There is a beautiful valley, where companies live on hype, all you need is a dream and a Series A. This…is not that place.” Laughter ripples through the crowd and builds as the opening credits roll: animated wolves skiing while talking on the phone, flying from […]
This project advances traffic management by developing novel sensor fusion techniques, combining radar and camera data to track vehicles through corridors. Optimization methods, constrained by NEMA logic, utilize factors like Truck Speed Priority (TSP). Simulation demonstrates significant fuel consumption reductions, achieving 14.8% improvement over coordinated fixed-time signals. The ultimate goal is to validate a ≥20% […]
The hallways at ABLC Next ring like a refinery at shift change — loud, hot, and running on caffeine. Policy hawks, tech dreamers, financiers, and feedstock wranglers crowd the lobby, swapping figures and phone numbers. Everyone agrees on one thing: time’s running out. The bioeconomy has grown, but the world hasn’t. We’re short on energy, […]
This project optimizes drone deployment for microfreight using an improved optimization model (OMDD) that provides near-optimal fleet solutions in seconds (e.g., 0.01 seconds), greatly enhancing practicality. The public tools, including an Energy Calculator, support industry deployment and awareness. Analysis of mixed fleets (drones and ground vehicles) reveals that optimizing ground vehicle circuits significantly reduces energy […]
