Daniels to lead Argonne's Energy Systems Division
ARGONNE, Ill. (Nov. 16, 2005) — Ed Daniels has been appointed director of
the Energy Systems Division at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National
Laboratory.
The Energy Systems Division is a leading center for research and development
into energy and environmental issues. Division employees are expert in transportation
technologies, industrial processes, applied biological processes and environmental
restoration. Current technologies being developed in the division address a
number of national priority issues, including:
- Advanced transportation systems, including hybrid electric vehicles,
- Diesel engine efficiency and emissions research at all scales, from light-duty
vehicles to railroad diesels,
- Biochips for analysis of biological agents and disease detection,
- Recycling technologies to economically recover materials from post-consumer
goods, including auto-shredder residue,
- Advanced separation technologies for the production of chemicals and
intermediates from biological and conventional feedstocks,
- Novel materials technologies, such as inert anodes for primary aluminum
production and atomic layer deposition for catalysts, and
- Analysis protocols and detection technology for chemical agents.
Daniels has a distinguished record of achievement in technical and economic
analyses of advanced energy systems. He has been a leader within the laboratory
in developing a broad range of industrial processing and materials recycling
technologies for use in the commercial sector. He holds several patents and
has written dozens of articles for peer-reviewed publications.
He previously served as the section leader for the division's Process Engineering
Team. Daniels' team twice was awarded the Federal Laboratory Consortium Award
for Excellence in Technology Transfer. Daniels was a co-recipient of an R&D
100 Award in 2000 and the Intellectual Law Property association Inventor of
the Year Award in 2003. He received the University of Chicago's Distinguished
Performance Award in 1997. Before joining Argonne, Daniels held various positions
of increasing responsibility with the Institute of Gas Technology (IGT). At
IGT he was responsible for engineering-economic assessments for a range of
energy systems, including coal-conversion technologies, alternative hydrogen-production
technologies, unconventional gas production, solar-thermal conversion and the
HTGR-chemical energy pipeline concept.
Argonne National Laboratory brings
the world's brightest scientists and engineers together to find exciting and
creative new solutions to pressing national problems in science and technology.
The nation's first national laboratory, Argonne conducts leading-edge basic
and applied scientific research in virtually every scientific discipline. Argonne
researchers work closely with researchers from hundreds of companies, universities,
and federal, state and municipal agencies to help them solve their specific
problems, advance America 's scientific leadership and prepare the nation for
a better future. With employees from more than 60 nations, Argonne is managed
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For more information, please contact Steve McGregor (630/252-5580
or media@anl.gov) at Argonne.
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