{"676616":{"#nid":"676616","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Assistant Professor Akanksha Menon Awarded $3 Million for Research as part of DOE\u0027s Energy Earthshots\u2122 Initiative","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/menon\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAkanksha Menon\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, assistant professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, has been awarded $3 million in funding from the Department of Energy (DOE) as part of their \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.energy.gov\/articles\/doe-announces-264-million-basic-research-support-energy-earthshotstm\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEnergy Earthshots\u2122 Initiative\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E to advance clean energy technologies within the decade.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EThe initiative includes a total of $264 million in funding that will support 11 new Energy Earthshot Research Centers (EERCs) led by DOE National Laboratories and 18 university research teams addressing one or more of the specific Energy Earthshots\u2122 that aim to accelerate affordable and reliable clean energy solutions to mitigate the climate crisis to reach a net-zero carbon goal in 2050.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EMenon\u0027s project, titled Thermo-Chemo-Mechanical Transformations in Thermal Energy Storage Materials and Composites, will bring together \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/mcdowell-1\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMatthew McDowell\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, associate professor in the Woodruff School, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ae.gatech.edu\/directory\/person\/claudio-vinicius-di-leo\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EClaudio Di Leo\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, assistant professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ae.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDaniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, and Jeff Urban from the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.lbl.gov\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELawrence Berkeley National Laboratory\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, to provide a fundamental understanding of the coupled thermo-chemo-mechanical phenomena in thermal energy storage (TES) materials that will enable low-cost and stable storage.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/menon\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAkanksha Menon\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, assistant professor in the George W. 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