Basic Energy Sciences Update BES Advisory Committee Meeting
Basic Energy Sciences Update BES Advisory Committee Meeting Feb. 23, 2017 Harriet Kung Director, Basic Energy Sciences Office of Science, U. S. Department of Energy
Outline § SC and BES Leadership Update § Program Highlights Ø FY 2016 Research Awards & Facility Stats Ø Project Update Ø New Workshop Reports Ø BES Communications § BES – Looking Forward and Back 2
Farewell to Pat! Dr. Patricia M. Dehmer retired from DOE (November 10, 2016) § Deputy Director for Science (SC‐ 2) for 9 years, including as Acting Director of the Office of Science (SC‐ 1) for almost 3 years § Director of Basic Energy Sciences for 12 years § Argonne National Laboratory for 23 years DOE Schlesinger Award Citation (August 2016): “For her visionary leadership of the Science Programs at the Department of Energy, and her outstanding management of the Department of Energy’s largest scale science projects, Dr. Dehmer has been a remarkable scientific contributor to, and steward of, the nation’s portfolio of basic research in the physical sciences. For her valued expertise and lasting impact on national security, and her service to this Department and to the Nation, Dr. Patricia M. Dehmer is presented the James R. Schlesinger Award. ” 3
New SC Deputy Director for Science Programs Dr. J. Stephen (Steve) Binkley § Formerly, SC Associate Director for Advanced Scientific Computing Research § As of January 16, 2017, also serving as Acting SC‐ 1 § Dr. Binkley has held senior positions at Sandia National Laboratories, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the Department of Energy (DOE). § At DOE, Dr. Binkley served as a technical advisor to the Assistant Secretary of Defense Programs (subsequently the Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs after the establishment of the National Nuclear Security Administration). § At DHS, Dr. Binkley served as the deputy director for technology within the DHS Operations Directorate. § Returning to DOE in 2006, Dr. Binkley served as a senior technical advisor to the Under Secretary for Science and the Director of the Office of Science. 4
New Director for Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences Division (11/13/2016) 5
BES Budget and Planning Office of Basic Energy Sciences Vacant, Financial Management Donetta Herbert, Financial Management Thomas Russell, Senior Technical Advisor BES Operations Kerry Hochberger, Program Support Specialist Robin Hayes, Program Manager Natalia Melcer, Program Manager Katie Runkles, Program Analyst / BESAC* Andy Schwartz, Senior Technical Advisor for EFRCs* * Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Harriet Kung, Director Wanda Smith, Administrative Specialist Committee * Energy Frontier Research Centers Materials Sciences and Engineering Division Linda Horton, Director Teresa Crockett, Program Analyst Vacant, Secretary Materials Discovery, Design, and Synthesis Arvind Kini Vacant, P. A. Condensed Matter and Materials Physics Jim Horwitz Marsophia Agnant, P. A. Scientific User Facilities Division Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences Division Bruce Garrett, Director James Murphy, Director Scattering and Instrumentation Sciences Diane Marceau, Program Analyst Vacant, Program Assistant Joshua Haines, Science Assistant Vacant, Program Support Specialist Rocio Meneses, Program Assistant Operations Construction Helen Kerch Vacant, P. A. Fundamental Interactions Photochemistry and Biochemistry Chemical Transformations Jeff Krause M. Kyler-Leon, P. A. Gail Mc. Lean Vacant, P. A Raul Miranda Vacant, P. A. Experimental Condensed Matter Physics Michael Pechan X-ray Scattering Lane Wilson X-ray and Neutron Scattering Facilities Peter Lee Jim Rhyne Linac Coherent Light Source-II Phil Kraushaar Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Sciences Tom Settersten Solar Photochemistry Mark Spitler Christopher Fecko Catalysis Science Viviane Schwartz Chuck Peden Chris Bradley Biomolecular Materials Mike Markowitz Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics Jim Davenport Matthias Graf Neutron Scattering Thiyaga P. Thiyagarajan NSRCs ** George Maracas Tof Carim Facilities Upgrades and MIE*** Projects Phil Kraushaar Ed Stevens Gas Phase Chemical Physics Wade Sisk Photosynthetic Systems Stephen Herbert Separations and Analysis Philip Wilk Vacant Synthesis and Processing Science Bonnie Gersten Physical Behavior of Materials Refik Kortan Condensed Phase and Interfacial Molecular Science Gregory Fiechtner Physical Biosciences Robert Stack Batteries and Energy Storage Hub; Technology Coordination Craig Henderson John Vetrano Mechanical Behavior and Radiation Effects John Vetrano Computational and Theoretical Chemistry Mark Pederson Fuels from Sunlight Energy Innovation Hub Christopher Fecko Materials Chemistry Craig Henderson Michael Sennett L E G E N D On detail to OSTP IPA from BMI/PNNL P. A. Program Assistant Electron and Scanning Probe Microscopies Jane Zhu Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (DOE EPSCo. R) Tim Fitzsimmons Accelerator and Detector Research Eliane Lessner Facilities Coordination; Metrics; Assessment Van Nguyen ** Nanoscale Science Research *** Major Items of Equipment Heavy Element Chemistry Philip Wilk Geosciences James Rustad Centers New Vacancy February 2017 Posted 01 February 2017
In Memoriam: Prof. Mildred Dresselhaus (1930 – 2017) Dr. Dresselhaus served as DOE Office of Science Director in 2000– 2001 Mildred Dresselhaus (born Mildred Spiewak on November 11, 1930 in Brooklyn, New York), known as the "queen of carbon science, " is the first female Institute Professor and professor emerita of physics and electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dresselhaus has won numerous awards including the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the National Medal of Science, the Enrico Fermi Award and the Vannevar Bush Award. • Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science from the ETH Zurich, 2015 • IEEE Medal of Honor, 2015 (first female recipient) • National Inventors Hall of Fame induction 2014 • Presidential Medal of Freedom, 2014 • Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, 2013 • Arthur R. von Hippel Award, Materials Research Society, 2013 • Kavli Prize in Nanoscience, 2012 • Enrico Fermi Award (second female recipient), 2012 • Vannevar Bush Award (second female recipient), 2009 • ACS Award for Encouraging Women into Careers in the Chemical Sciences, 2009 • Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize, American Physical Society, 2008 • Oersted Medal, 2007 • L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science, 2007 • Heinz Award for Technology, the Economy and Employment, 2005 • IEEE Founders Medal Recipients, 2004 • Karl Taylor Compton Medal for Leadership in Physics, American Institute of Physics, 2001 • Medal of Achievement in Carbon Science and Technology, American Carbon Society, 2001 • Honorary Member of the Ioffe Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2000 • National Materials Advancement Award of the Federation of Materials Societies, 2000 • Honorary Doctorate from the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, February 2000 • Nicholson Medal, American Physical Society, March 2000 • Weizmann Institute's Millennial Lifetime Achievement Award, June 2000 • SGL Carbon Award, American Carbon Society, 1997 • National Medal of Science, 1990 Source: https: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Mildred_Dresselhaus 7
2016 EFRC Awards ($10 M/yr for 4 years) § Multi-disciplinary basic research teams in two topical areas of relevance to the DOE environmental management mission: Ø Novel and innovative methods for characterization, transformation, and separation of nuclear waste Ø Materials for long-term storage of nuclear waste, including waste forms § Centers will: Ø Address relevant Priority Research Directions identified in the Basic Research Needs for Environmental Management report Ø Address BESAC “grand challenges” and embody “transformative opportunities” § Four new centers announced on July 18, 2016. https: //science. energy. gov/bes/efrc/ Operations commenced in August 2016: http: //science. energy. gov/ ~/media/bes/pdf/reports/2 016/BRNEM_rpt. pdf Institutions EFRC Name Center for Actinide Science Lead: Florida State University Partners: NHMFL, Florida International, LANL, LBNL, Purdue, and Technology (CAST) UPenn Lead: The Ohio State University Partners: CEA, LSU, Penn St, PNNL, Questek Innovations, RPI, North Texas, UVA Lead: University of South Carolina Partners: Alfred, BNL, CEA, Clemson, PNNL, SRNL, Florida Lead: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Partners: Georgia Tech, Notre Dame, ORNL, Washington, Washington St. Center for Performance and Design of Nuclear Waste Forms and Containers (Waste. PD) EFRC Director Thomas Albrecht. Schmitt Gerald Frankel Center for Hierarchical Waste Hanno zur Form Materials (CHWM) Loye Interfacial Dynamics in Sue Clark Radioactive Environments and 8 Materials (IDREAM)
2016 Computational Materials Sciences Awards ($4 M/yr for 4 years) § Deliver research codes and data for design of functional materials to the materials sciences communities in academia, labs, and industry. § Use integrated teams combining expertise in materials theory, modeling, computation, synthesis, characterization, and processing/fabrication. Excited State Phenomena in Energy Materials Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory § Use facilities and tools for synthesis, characterization, simulation, and computation, relying especially on the SC scientific user facilities and leadership class computing bridging peta- to exascale computing. § Two new awards began in September 2016, joining three teams that were funded in FY 2015. CMS is part of the Exascale crosscut with an annual funding of $12 M. Institutions Lead: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Partners: UCLA, U Texas Austin Lead: Oak Ridge National Laboratory Partners: ANL, LLNL, SNL, North Carolina State, and UC-Berkeley Predictive Simulation of Functional Materials Oak Ridge National Laboratory Name CMS Director Steven Louie Center for Computational Study of Excited-State Phenomena in Energy Materials Center for Predictive Simulation of Paul Kent Functional Materials 9
BES User Facilities Hosted Over 15, 000 Users in FY 2016 17, 000 16, 000 CFN CNM CINT MF 15, 000 CNMS Sha. RE NCEM EMC 14, 000 Lujan HFIR SNS IPNS HFBR LCLS APS ALS SSRL NSLS II Number of Users 13, 000 12, 000 11, 000 10, 000 9, 000 8, 000 7, 000 6, 000 5, 000 4, 000 3, 000 2, 000 1, 000 0 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Fiscal Year § § § The newly constructed NSLS-II started early operations in FY 2015. The three electron beam microcharacterization centers were merged administratively with their respective neighboring NSRCs in FY 2015. The BES operations at the Lujan Neutron Scattering Center ceased operations in FY 2014. 10
Users by Discipline at the Light Sources 100% 13, 000 90% 12, 000 11, 000 10, 000 70% 9, 000 60% 8, 000 50% 6, 000 40% 5, 000 30% 4, 000 3, 000 20% 2, 000 10% 0% Chemical Sciences 7, 000 1, 000 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Percent of Users 80% Number of Users Total Number of Users Life Sciences Geoscience s & Ecology Applied Science/En gineering Optical/Gen eral Physics - Fiscal Year 11
New “Mission Need” Approvals for Facility Upgrades Follow-Up to 2016 BESAC Facility Prioritization Report Advanced Light Source Upgrade (ALS-U) at LBNL § Replace the existing triple-bend achromat storage ring with a new high performance multi bend achromat based ring § Add a low-emittance, full energy accumulator ring § Upgrade optics on existing beamlines; add new beamlines optimized to exploit high, coherent flux § Critical Decision 0 approved by SC-1 on September 27, 2016 with a cost range of $260 M to $420 M Linac Coherent Light Source II High Energy (LCLS-II-HE) at SLAC § Doubles electron beam energy from 4 → 8 Ge. V by adding 20 new cryomodules to LCLS-II; Expands the photon energy of LCLS-II from 5 → 12 ke. V ( → 20 ke. V with injector improvements) § Provides hard x-ray pulses in a uniform (programmable) time structure up to 1 MHz rate; provides specialized instruments to exploit unique new source of hard x-rays § Installs a second bypass to provide a dual source of soft and hard x-rays § Critical Decision 0 approved by SC-1 on December 15, 2016 with a cost range of $260 M to $450 M 12
Controlled Porous Membranes for Better Batteries BES Basic Science Applied R&D PIMs permit more environmentallyfriendly batteries to operate with higher power, greater cycling time, and improved efficiencies, at a fraction of the cost. Developed membranes for lithiumsulfur batteries made from polymers of intrinsic microporosity (PIMs) ~0. 4 nm PIMs nanopores 0. 75 -1. 5 nm Development & Commercialization Sepion Technologies: licensee of LBNL intellectual property Sepion selected in second cohort of LBNL’s Cyclotron Road innovators. ~1. 4 nm The nanopores of PIM membranes are permeable to ~0. 4 nm Li+ Crossover blocked ions, while impermeable to larger ~1. 4 nm In Li-S batteries, these nanomembranes polysulfides block soluble polysulfides 500 X better than standard separators from reaching the lithium anode, thus providing for longer battery cycle life. Applied research supported by DOE: EEREAMO and VTO, ARPA-E IONICS; DOD Sepion partners with Molecular Foundry through HPC 4 mfg award Sepion wins ARPA-E IONICS funding as part of award led by battery manufacturer 24 M R&D 100 Award Winner 2016 13
Basic Research Needs for Quantum Materials for Energy Relevant Technology Control and exploit fluctuations in quantum matter for the design of bulk materials with novel functionality Looking beyond the standard paradigms of simple metals and semiconductors, how do stronglyinteracting electrons organize themselves in quantum materials, and how can this be controlled for energy-relevant technologies? - Understand control competing, coexisting, and intertwined order - Predict, realize, and probe new states of quantum magnets Harness topological states for groundbreaking surface properties Building on recent advances in the field of topological insulators, what new topological states of matter can be realized, what are their signatures, and how can these be used for energy-related applications? - Discover new topological quantum materials - Design new platforms to probe and exploit topology Drive and manipulate quantum effects (coherence, entanglement) in nanostructures for transformative technologies How can the extraordinary properties of coherent quantum states be controlled and utilized for energy-related applications? - Employ nanoscale structuring to elucidate and exploit coherence and entanglement - Understand transport in quantum materials - Dynamically visualize and manipulate quantum materials Design revolutionary tools to accelerate discovery and technological deployment of quantum materials What new methodologies and tools are needed to advance synthesis of quantum materials and our ability to probe and predict their properties? - Enhanced synthesis of quantum materials - Develop new windows into quantum materials - Develop efficient methods for static and dynamic states beyond 1 -electron paradigms 14
Basic Research Needs for Synthesis Science for Energy Relevant Technology Achieve mechanistic control of synthesis to access new states of matter How can we develop a fundamental understanding of the processes by which reactants assemble into products and how they can be controlled? Can we access metastable ordered phases formed during synthesis but that subsequently dissolve or transform before equilibrium is reached? - Synthesis by design: How materials form - Discovering new molecules and materials: Intermediate and phase space Accelerate materials discovery by exploiting extreme conditions, complex chemistries and molecules, and interfacial systems Materials discovery is crucial for progress in science and technology, but how will the new materials of the future be created? And where should we look for them? - Extreme conditions: regions of parameter space where rules are not well developed - Complex chemistries and interfaces: Expanding the palette of synthesis science Harness the complex functionality of hierarchical materials Functionality involves hierarchical matter with properties determined across multiple length scales. How can synthesis access multiscale structures to produce desired novel functionality? - Mesoscale architectures: Moving beyond the unit cell through interfaces and defects - Hybrid systems: Supramolecular, macromolecular and organic-inorganic structures Integrate emerging theoretical, computational and in situ characterization tools to achieve directed synthesis with real time, adaptive control How can characterization, theory and computation be combined to make the leap from predictive understanding of existing materials to predictive control enabling radically new molecules and materials? - Innovative approaches: Multimodal in situ characterization probes - Theory and computation: Real-time interpretation of in situ data to predictively guide the synthesis process
Basic Research Needs for Innovation and Discovery of Transformative Experimental Tools Establish new frontiers in time, space, and energy resolution for characterization and control How can instrumentation break through current resolution barriers to characterize and control chemical and material systems at the finest time, length, and energy scales? - Ultrafast, atomically resolved measurement and control - High-resolution interrogation of local functionality - High-sensitivity detection of charge, spin, and their quantum interactions Create innovative experimental methods for investigating real-world systems Can revolutionary new approaches go beyond model system applications in idealized environments to real-world, functioning environments to provide direct insight into the key processes that control synthesis, degradation, and properties of real systems? - In situ and operando characterization of active sites and intermediates in complex transformations - Characterization, manipulation and control of organization, structure, defects and interfaces Simultaneously interrogate form and function, bridging time, length, and energy scales How can methods be integrated to simultaneously interrogate a material or chemical system to understand, control, and correlate collective behavior and properties across the relevant time, length, and energy scales? - Multimodal probing of heterogeneous systems with complementary and correlated measurements - Probing functionalities across multiple time scales and length scales Drive a new paradigm for instrumentation design through integration of experiment, theory, and computation How can computational modeling/theory be integrated in the design of an experiment or new instrument to optimize measurements and enable physical insights not previously attainable? - Real-time analysis and control to optimize experimental output and to guide subsequent experiments - Assimilation and analysis of complementary data from multiple experiments - Testing theories through novel instrumentation and designed experiments 16
Basic Energy Sciences Exascale Requirements Review Joint with Advanced Scientific Computing Research areas for mathematical, software, and algorithm developments to take advantage of exascale computing architectures Quantum materials and chemistry Design materials and chemicals with advanced properties - Emergent properties: superconductivity, magnetism, topological protection and beyond; -element science; Advanced spectroscopies Heavy Catalysis, photosynthesis & light harvesting, and combustion Accelerate and direct chemical and energy transformation with atom-by-atom precision modeling - Multifunctional catalysis; Electronic charge transport in complex organic polymers and across contacts; Multiphysics and multiscale combustion science Materials and chemical discovery Discover novel materials and chemicals with kinetic and thermodynamic stability, predict pathways to their synthesis - Computational discovery; Transport and dynamical properties of heterogeneous or hierarchical materials and complex chemical assemblies; Close the gap on materials with unknown crystal structures Soft matter Make unique and critical soft matter composed of molecular building blocks with hierarchical complexity and tunability - Alternative separation; multicomponent fluid mixtures; Composite polymeric materials; Rational design of polymer dielectrics for energy storage Computing and data challenges at BES facilities Analyze, manage, and store user data, including real-time modeling and analysis for control and modification of experiments - Streaming analysis and steering experiments; Multimodal analysis; Data curation; Accelerator simulation Advances in algorithms for quantum systems; Mathematics and computer science; Nextgeneration workforce 17
BES Communications • BES 2017 Summary Report – Update to the 2014 Summary Report – Overview of BES – How BES does business – Descriptions of all three BES divisions, EFRCs, and Hubs 18
BES Communications EFRC Summary Booklet The 2016 EFRC booklet describes the history and outcomes from the first seven years of the EFRC program, including representative scientific highlights, academic publications, intellectual property, and science commercialization. Solar concentrators based on quantum dots Core-shell quantum dots were rationally designed for efficient light collection and transmission Building precision nanobatteries by the billions Batteries constructed in nanopores promise to deliver energy at much higher power and longer life Examining the enzyme complex that makes cellulose fibrils Imaging and computational modeling revealed new structural insights Accurately modeling materials for energy applications Optimal method identified for multiscale simulations of carbon nanostructures Viability of long-term carbon sequestration in the subsurface The Bravo Dome gas field was used to estimate CO 2 dissolution rates over milennia Nanoscale control of uranium for solvent-free recovery Water-soluble uranium-oxygen clusters are large enough to be filtered using commercial membranes 19
BES Communications EFRC Impact Reports The impact reports describe scientific accomplishments and greater impacts of individual centers, as outlined below: § EFRC background at-a-glance: − Funding; Performers and Partner Institutions; Website § Scientific Mission and Approach − General Overview; Key Scientific Thrusts https: //science. energy. gov/~/m edia/bes/efrc/pdf/impact/All_EF RC_impact_2017 -01 -31. pdf § Selected Scientific Accomplishments − Top 4 -8 Major Accomplishments § Impact − Major S&T Awards and Recognitions; Follow-on Funding; Spin-offs § Publications and Intellectual Property − Info on Publications; Disclosures & Patents; A list of selected high-impact publications w/ # of citations 20
John C. Hemminger, University of California, Irvine Professor of Chemistry BESAC Chair, 2003 -2017 Ph. D. , Harvard University, 1976, Chemical Physics B. S. , University of California, Irvine, 1971, Chemistry Professional Appointments Vice Chancellor for Research, 2010 --2015 Dean and Professor of Chemistry; 2006 -10 School of Physical Sciences Chair, Department of Chemistry; 1993 -96 School of Physical Sciences Director; 1987 -93, Institute for Surface and Interface Science (ISIS) Professor of Chemistry Academic Distinctions Outstanding Faculty Research Award of the UCI Alumni Association Alfred P. Sloan Fellow of the American Physical Society Fellow of the American Vacuum Society Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow of the American Chemical Society Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Senior Scientist Research Award 2003 Charles R. Bennett "Service Through Chemistry" Award, Orange County Section, ACS 2004 National ACS Award: "Arthur W. Adamson Award for Distinguished Service in the Advancement of Surface Chemistry" 2006 Medard W. Welch Award from the AVS 21
Prof. Hemminger’s BESAC Tenure At-A-Glance SC Director John’s tenure spanned five Office of Science Directors & numerous BES leadership changes Raymond Orbach (2002 – 2009) William Brinkman (2009 – 2013) Patricia Dehmer (Acting, 2013 – 2015) Cherry Murray (2015 – 2017) Stephen Binkley (Acting, 2017 – ) BES DD BES AD 2002 2005 2008 Patricia Dehmer ( 1996 – 2008) Walt Stevens Harriet Kung Pedro Montano Eric Rohlfing Linda Horton (2009 – ) Pedro Montano 2011 2014 2017 Harriet Kung (2008 – ) Bruce Garrett (2016 – ) Linda Horton Eric Rohlfing Jim Murphy Linda Horton Jim Murphy (2012 – ) 22
Prof. Hemminger’s BESAC Tenure At-A-Glance SC Director John’s tenure spanned five Office of Science Directors John’s BESAC Tenure By-the-Numbers & numerous BES leadership changes Raymond Orbach (2002 – 2009) William Brinkman (2009 – 2013) Chaired 29 full committee meetings Patricia Dehmer (Acting, 2013 – 2015) Attended 4 full committee meetings before becoming chair Cherry Murray (2015 – 2017) Attended & Kicked off 19 COVs Stephen Binkley (Acting, 2017 – ) BES DD BES AD Chaired 5 Subcommittees; Attended 21 Subcommittee meetings 2002 2005 2008 2011 2014 2017 Chaired 2 virtual subcommittees (Public Access Report and the Patricia Dehmer ( 1996 – 2008) Harriet Kung (2008 – ) Workforce Development) Delivered 12 BESAC studies and reports Delivered 2 Congressional Testimonies Eric Rohlfing Bruce Garrett (2016 – ) Linda Horton (2009 – ) Linda Horton Walt Stevens Led BESAC members transitioned to SGE (2007) Eric Rohlfing Pedro Montano Jim Murphy Harriet Kung Linda Horton Pedro Montano Jim Murphy (2012 – ) 23
BES Strategic Planning Activities – Engaging BES Advisory Committee and Scientific Community § Science for Discovery Complex Systems § Science for National Needs § National Scientific User Facilities, the 21 st century tools of science BESAC Future Light Sources 2013 BESAC Report on Facility Upgrades 2016 24 https: //science. energy. gov/bes/news-and-resources/reports/
BES National User Facilities for Nanoscale Science From concept to completion 2000 - 2008 Center for Functional Nanomaterials (Brookhaven National Laboratory) Molecular Foundry Center for Nanoscale Materials (Argonne National Laboratory) (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) Center for Nanoscale Materials Sciences (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies (Sandia & Los Alamos National Labs) 25
Long-Term Strategic Planning Informing Research Portfolios § Core Research (>1, 000 projects) Single investigators ($150 K/year) and small groups ($500 K-$2 M/year) engage in fundamental research related to any of the BES core research activities. Investigators propose topics of their choosing. § Energy Frontier Research Centers (36) $2 -4 M/year research centers for 4 -year award terms; focus on fundamental research described in the Basic Research Needs Workshop reports. § Computational Materials Sciences (5) $2 -4 M/year research centers for 4 -year award terms; focus on delivering open-source software for materials and chemistry by design in preparation for exascale computing § Energy Innovation Hubs (2) Research centers for 5 -year award terms, established in 2010 ($15 -25 M/year), engage in research topics that have proven challenging for traditional funding modalities and in which success could be transformative to science and technology. Project goals, milestones, and management structure a significant part of the proposed Hub plan. 26
BES Organizational History: A 40 -Year Legacy § The formation of BES was part of the Department of Energy Organization Act of 1977 to provide for basic energy research in non-nuclear areas. § Basic research activities within the Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA) were first grouped as the BES program in the FY 1977 Budget Request (released February 1976). The BES organization was formed in June 1977 in preparation for the creation of DOE in October 1977. § While BES has gone through many changes in structure and program emphases, the mission of ERDA’s 1976 R&D plan, A National Plan for BES has not changed. As stated in 1976, “The Energy Research, Development, and primary purpose of the BES program is to increase Demonstration: Creating Energy Choices for the Future (April 15, 1976). knowledge of the physical phenomena relevant to the The research activities and subprograms of BES have undergone substantial changes over the goal of meeting our nation’s energy needs. ” past three decades. For a detailed evolution of the BES program, see: http: //science. energy. gov/bes/about/organizational-history/ The origins of the federal research programs that became BES are rooted in the nation’s research efforts to win World War II. The goals of the early U. S. science programs that evolved into BES were to explore fundamental phenomena, create scientific knowledge, and provide unique user facilities. In this sense, the BES program predates the establishment of the Atomic Energy Commission in 1946, which became part of ERDA on October 11, 1974, as a result of 27 the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974.
BES: Program and Budget Evolution 2, 000 Construction/MIE/O PC BES BRN Reports (2002 – 2010) An Enlightening Journey: BES BRN Reports 2015 BESAC Meso Report BESAC TO Report § Engaging the community in strategic planning to build All five NSRCs are 1, 800 operational in FY 2008. forward-looking roadmaps for grand challenge science and 1, 600 BESAC GC use-inspired science With SNS in full operation, FY Report Facility Operations Thousands 1, 400 2007 marked a transition point in BES budget where facility operations funding became the dominant share. LCLS in full operation in FY 2010 NSLS-II in full operation in FY 2015 § Establishing and maintaining a portfolio of basic research with complementary modalities to advance DOE’s missions in 1, 200 EFRCs + SISGR + Early Career science, energy, environment, and national security 2009 1, 000 HFI initiative 2005 JCESR Hub CMS JCAP Hub § 800 Building and operating a suite of world-leading scientific tools & facilities at DOE labs as the crown-jewels 600 underpinning the national S&T enterprise NNI initiative 2001 § 400 Training the next generation of discoverers, inventors, and innovators for future workforce 200 0 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Leading the transition to a new era of science to control matter Fiscal Year and energy at the levels of electron, atom, and molecule 28
Making the Case for Basic Energy Sciences Serving the Present; Shaping the Future Leadership in Basic Energy Sciences provides: Ø Knowledge foundation in key physical science disciplines relevant to DOE missions in energy, environment, and national security Ø World-class tools and facilities underpinning national S&T leadership Ø 21 st century energy science workforce to enable U. S. innovations 29
Upcoming Events § Events anticipated within next 180 days: Ø Two solicitations: Sci. DAC (BES + ASCR) and EPSCo. R, pending approvals Ø Release of workshop reports on Basic Research Needs (BRN) for synthesis science, BRN for instrumentation science, and BRN for energy-water nexus Ø BRN workshop on Electrical Energy Storage (refresh of 2007 report) – March 2017 Ø BRN workshop on Catalysis (refresh of 2007 report) – May 2017 Ø BRN workshop on Nuclear Energy (refresh of 2006 report) – TBD Ø BESAC Chair transition to Prof. Persis Drell (Stanford University) – April 2017 30
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