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Mid-Continent News Briefs 2012 Far West / Mid-Continent Joint Regional Meeting The 2012 Far West / Mid-Continent Joint Regional Meeting, "Jump Starting American Innovation With Federal Technologies" will be held September 4-6, 2012 at the Hyatt Regency (Riverwalk) in San Antonio, TX. The agenda is currently being formed and details will be released soon. Please visit the conference web site at flcmidcontinent.org/meeting/ for the most current information. 2012 FLC National Elections This year's FLC National elections are for the positions of Finance Officer, Recording Secretary, and three FLC Executive Board Members at Large. At the regional levels there will be elections for Regional and Deputy Coordinators for three regions, including Far West, Mid-Atlantic and Midwest. All positions are for two year terms. The election will be held on site at the FCL National Meeting, and by absentee ballot for voting members not attending the national meeting. Ballots will go out to FLC voting members on March 30 and must be received by the FLC Management Support Office by 11:59 Eastern on April 23. Onsite voting at the FLC National Meeting in Pittsburgh, PA (see /www.federallabs.org/meeting/) will go from noon on May 1 to 3 PM on May 2.
FLC 2011 Mid-Continent Regional Meeting & Awards
The meeting was highly rated by its attendees, and the varied topics and training sessions were judged to be of great value. Complete details of the meeting and the presentations are available on the conference web site at www.flcfarwest.org/meeting This year the Mid-Continent Region made 20 awards to it's regional laboratories, in several categories. These included: The STEM Award which is given to individuals and organizations that demonstrate exceptional work in the areas of science, math and engineering by promoting the development of young people (K-12 and higher) in these career areas. Two awards were made in this category. Notable Technology Development Awards are given for novel technologies designed to serve the common good. This award does not require the technology to be transferred. This year seven awards were made in this category. The Outstanding Laboratory Awards acknowledges a laboratory that provides exceptional support and encouragement to the transfer of federal technologies into the private sector with proven tangible benefits. Two awards were made. Excellence in Technology Transfer Award honors outstanding work of transferring technologies into commercial markets. Six awards were made. The Outstanding Laboratory Representative Award is presented to a designated FLC Representative or Alternate from a Mid-Continent Region laboratory or facility who made significant contributions technology transfer and/or leadership in regional FLC programs and initiatives. One person is selected each year.  Information on this year's award winners is located at www.flcfarwest.org/meeting/MC11Awards.htm The 2012 Regional Meeting will be hosted by the Mid-Continent and the location and site selection will be made and publicized soon. FLC Mid-Continent / Far West 2010 Regional Meeting Coverage The 2011 FLC Far West / Mid-Continent Regional Meeting was held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Monterey, CA, August 29-31, 2011. The meeting was hosted by the FLC Far West Region, Ida Shum, Regional Coordinator, and the FLC Mid-Continent Region, J. Susan Sprake, Regional Coordinator. The conference highlighted important focus areas for the technology transfer professional. These included: Training
FLC Mid-Continent / Far West 2010 Regional Meeting Coverage This year's joint meeting of the Mid-Continent & Far West regions took place August 31 - Sept 2, 2010 in Jackson Hole, WY to a near capacity crowd of almost 100 attendees. The rustic and scenic venue of Wyoming's Grand Tetans provided an excellent apmosphere for networking, learning, and sharing ideas and best practices. We had two full days of conference sessions covering a multitude of topics targeted at technology transfer professionals. Speaker presentations are available on our conference site at www.flcmidcontinent.org/meeting. There was a record turnout for our regional awards presentations and banquet held Thursday evening, Sept 2. The Mid-Continent region presented 16 awards covering the catagories of 1) Regional Laboratory Award; 2) Regional Partnership Award; and 3) Regional Laboratory Representative of the Year Award; 4) Notable Technology Development Award; 5)Excellence in Technology Transfer; and 6) STEM Mentorship Award. Award information is available on the meeting site at www.flcmidcontinent.org/meeting/Awards.htm LANL to Play Key Role in Biofuel Development Laboratory among consortium members receiving ARRA funds - Los Alamos National Laboratory will play a key role in helping develop advanced biofuels for transportation, thanks to funding from the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA). As a partner in two separate funding awards announced by Energy Secretary Steven Chu, LANL will partner with businesses, nonprofit organizations, universities, and other national laboratories to create a proof-of-concept system for commercializing algae-based biofuels or other advanced biofuels that can be transported and sold using the nation’s existing fueling infrastructure. Under the two ARRA proposals, two separate consortia will develop “green” fuels such as gasoline, diesel, or jet fuel from algae and other renewable feedstocks. LANL will be awarded some $12 million from both projects.
Chief scientist selected for Air Force Directed Energy Directorate KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, New Mexico -- Dr. Robert E. Peterkin was recently selected as the Directed Energy Directorate's, chief scientist joining the scientific and technical cadre of senior executives here. The chief scientist is the directorate's primary adviser on scientific and technical matters and the primary authority for the technical content of the science and technology portfolio. "The directorate has a longstanding legacy of outstanding research and development and has produced many renowned scientists and engineers, said Dr. Peterkin. "I look forward to working with the Air Force Research Laboratory's world-class researchers to develop and transition directed energy technologies to the operating Air Force and the nation."
Women's Enrichment Grant Offers Seminar Series On "Taking Technology To Market" AMES, IA -- A series of seminars entitled "Taking Technology to Market" is being offered through an Iowa State University 2009/2010 Women's Enrichment Grant. The series is aimed at giving students, young scientists and engineers, potential entrepreneurs and other interested parties insight into the process of taking innovation to market and encouraging students and staff to participate in this process. According to series organizers, Deb Covey, Ames Laboratory's Associate Director for Sponsored Research Administration, and Cynthia Jenks, Ames Lab Assistant for Director Scientific Planning, the seminar series will feature outside and local speakers from the following fields and in process order:
2009 FLC Far West / Mid-Continent Regional Conference
Los Alamos National Laboratory Signs CRADA and License Agreement with Carbon Designs, Inc.
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Los Alamos National Laboratory and Carbon Designs, Inc. (CDI), signed a cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) to collaborate on the development of ultra-strong fibers made of carbon nanotubes (CNTs). CDI will initially invest $2 million in this joint effort to develop fibers expected to be many times stronger than any current engineering materials. The carbon nanotube is a scientific development stemming from the discovery of soccer-ball shaped carbon molecules in 1985 by the chemistry department at Rice University. These microscopic molecules are usually a few nanometers in diameter, or billionths of a meter; comparatively, a virus is 100 nanometers in size. The current CRADA is one of the largest sponsored research agreements ever signed by the Laboratory.
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