Industrial Technologies - development of advanced energy efficiency, renewable energy and pollution prevention technologies for the U.S. industrial sector. Development and demonstration of advanced industrial technology solutions is conducted in support of the Department of Energy’s Industrial Technologies Program (ITP). Key technology areas include: advanced materials, biotechnology, chemical processing, metals joining, plasma processing, robotics, sensors and process control, separations, simulation and modeling and spray forming.
DOE’s ITP has targeted nine energy- and waste-intensive U.S. industries as “Industries of the Future,” including agriculture, aluminum, chemicals, forest products, glass, metal casting, mining, petroleum, and steel. ITP facilitates the development of an industry-driven document outlining each industry’s vision for the future, and a technology roadmap to identify the technologies that will be needed to read that industry’s goals. Then, ITP works to ensure that federal R&D and other resources are aligned with industry priorities.
How INL Supports the Industrial Technologies Program
The INL supports ITP through the invention, development, demonstration, deployment, and transfer of advanced engineering technology and systems to private industry. A major effort is focused on streamlining industrial access to the scientific expertise and capabilities of this laboratory. INL is actively supporting ITP’s objectives in the areas of materials processing, engineering, and characterization; NDE; process control; and computational modeling.
Partnering Opportunities
Proposal solicitations from ITP encourage collaborative R&D efforts. Team members contributing to the Scope of Work may include research organizations, universities, technology owners, suppliers, vendors, industry trade organizations, and end users. To learn more about partnering with a National Laboratory such as the INL, contact INL’s ITP Laboratory Coordination Counsel representative Dr. Marty Sorensen.
- Contact:
- Dr. Marty Sorensen, (208) 526-9662, Send E-mail