OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, July 24 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: A team of federal contractor and national laboratory engineers and scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) has been nationally distinguished as "Heroes of Chemistry" for making the world better through their effort, ingenuity, creativity and perseverance. The American Chemical Society (ACS) recognized a team of sev  more

HURLBURT FIELD, Florida, July 27 -- The U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command issued the following news: Air Commandos throughout Air Force Special Operations Command bid farewell to Mr. Donald Plater, AFSOC executive director, July 26 here, as he prepares to retire. Plater, a member of the Senior Executive Service, served more than five years with the command and possesses a combined 51 years of federal service. Plater began his career in the U.S. Army upon graduation from the University   more

HURLBURT FIELD, Florida, July 27 -- The U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command issued the following news: Air Commandos throughout Air Force Special Operations Command bid farewell to Mr. Donald Plater, AFSOC executive director, July 26 here, as he prepares to retire. Plater, a member of the Senior Executive Service, served more than five years with the command and possesses a combined 51 years of federal service. Plater began his career in the U.S. Army upon graduation from the University  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, July 22 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and partner institutions have launched a project to develop an innovative suite of tools that will employ machine learning algorithms for more effective cybersecurity analysis of the U.S. power grid. Distributed energy resource systems, which can range from solar panels to electric vehicles to   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, July 26 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Elliott was named by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers to its ASME 2024 Watchlist of 25 early career professionals. Now working as a group leader for the System Automation and Monitoring Research group, Elliott's achievements with ORNL have resulted in a number of patents and her work has appeared in several major journals and publications, including Scien  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, July 25 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management issued the following news: Leadership from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) and cleanup contractor UCOR recently gathered for a meeting in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where continued partnership was one of the key topics of the day.   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, July 24 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Dmytro Bykov, a senior R&D computational scientist, and Hector Corzo, a postdoctoral research associate, each equipped with a doctorate in computational chemistry and working at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, are experts at using artificial intelligence with the world's fastest supercomputers in the study of science. They can easily talk a  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, July 26 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: To achieve that level of accuracy, the team trained a novel machine-learning interatomic model by using an extensive cache of quantum mechanical data on various states of carbon, including BC8. "We basically fingerprinted every atomic environment around each atom in a billion-atom system that could result during the system's evolution at extreme pressures and temper  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, July 24 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Think about your neighborhood. Where are the stores or doctor's offices? How easy is it to access fresh food? Human mobility researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are providing information on access to essential services in communities by creating synthetic populations that mirror real neighborhoods and observing how transportation r  more

ARNOLD AFB, Tennessee, July 25 -- The U.S. Air Force Arnold Air Force Base issued the following news: By Kali Bradford, AEDC Public Affairs Maj. James Lancaster assumed command of the Arnold Engineering Development Complex 704th Test Group Detachment 2 during a Change of Command ceremony July 12, 2024, at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. As commander, he leads the Air Force team sponsoring more than 699 test missions and other evaluation activities on Range annually. He also serves as t  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, July 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina issued the following news release: U.S. Attorney Dena J. King announced that the United States has filed a complaint against Murphy Medical Center, Inc. doing business as Erlanger Western Carolina Hospital and Chattanooga-Hamilton County Hospital Authority doing business as Erlanger Health System and Erlanger Medical Center (collectively, Erlanger) in the U.S. District Court for the   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, July 22 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: ORNL researchers Phani Marthi and Suman Debnath work on developing and scaling up new EMT simulation software to analyze how power electronics in the electric grid will respond to brief interruptions in power flow. Credit: Genevieve Martin/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy Power companies and electric grid developers turn to simulation tools as they attempt to understand h  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, July 24 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: The National Security Sciences Directorate within the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has signed a memoranda of understanding with Jackson State University and with Tennessee Tech University. The MOUs detail ORNL's intention to work with each university to enhance research and educational opportunities in nuclear science and engineering. The par  more

ARNOLD AFB, Tennessee, July 25 -- The U.S. Air Force Arnold Air Force Base issued the following news: By Bradley Hicks, AEDC Public Affairs Throughout the process to upgrade it, the Giant Voice System at Arnold Air Force Base has continued to transmit events across the installation to honor the nation's flag. These events involve the sounding of music, and protocols are in place for individuals on Arnold to follow when this music commences. "Reveille" is played each weekday at 7:30 a.m. to s  more

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee, July 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee issued the following news release: On July 24, 2024, Meghan Pittman, 29, of Stevenson, Alabama, was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment by the Honorable Curtis L. Collier, United States District Judge, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Following her imprisonment, she will be on supervised release for five years. As part of the plea a  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, July 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee issued the following news release: A federal judge recently sentenced Desmond Woods, 43, of Memphis to over 17 years in federal prison for possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute, being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime. Kevin G. Ritz, United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the s  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, July 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee issued the following news release: The last of fourteen members of the Traveling Vice Lords/Junk Yard Dogs (TVL/JYD) street gang, convicted of crimes under the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, has been sentenced in federal court. Kevin G. Ritz, United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the sentences today. According to information pres  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee issued the following news release: A federal grand jury has returned a superseding indictment charging two individuals for conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute approximately five pounds of methamphetamine in Nashville, Tennessee, announced United States Attorney Henry C. Leventis for the Middle District of Tennessee. The indictment charges Brian Antonio Dotson, 45, and Lavantrez  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 26 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Nashville District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville and Memphis Districts, in collaboration with the State of Tennessee, convened a successful biennial partnering meeting on July 24, 2024. Hosted by the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Commissioner David Salyers, USACE Memphis District Commander Col. Brian Sawser, and USACE Nashville District Commander Lt. Col. Rob  more