ARPA-E’s impact assessment initiative documents the scientific and commercial successes achieved by a selection of ARPA-E-funded projects. The third installment of this series, “ARPA-E Impacts: A Sampling of Project Outcomes, Volume III” provides a glimpse into the diverse and sophisticated research portfolio of advanced energy technologies that will enable the United States to tackle our most pressing energy challenges. Click below to go directly to individual projects within the compilation.

Efficiency

• Oak Ridge National Laboratory (OPEN 2015) - New High Temperature, Corrosion Resistant Cast Alloy for Operation in Industrial Gaseous Environments 
• Otherlab (DELTA) - Adaptive Apparel for Personalized Thermal Comfort
• Syracuse University (DELTA) - Micro-Environmental Control System
• Energy Research Company (METALS) - Development of an Integrated Minimill for the Aluminum Industry: From Scrap to Product in One Step 
• University of Utah (METALS) - Electrodynamic Sorting of Light Metals and Alloys
• Aeris Technologies, Inc. (MONITOR) - Autonomous, High Accuracy Natural Gas Leak Detection System
• Bridger Phototonics, Inc. (MONITOR) - Mobile LiDAR Sensor for Rapid and Sensitive Methane Leak Detection System
• Rebellion Photonics, Inc. (MONITOR) - goGCI - Portable Methane Detection Solution
• University of Colorado, Boulder (MONITOR) - Frequency Comb-Based Remote Methane Observation Network

• Case Western Reserve University (OPEN 2012) - High Energy Storage Capacity Low Cost Iron Flow Battery
• Colorado School of Mines (REBELS) - Low-Cost Intermediate-Temperature Fuel Flexible Protonic Ceramic Fuel Cell Stack 
• Cadenza Innovation (RANGE) - Novel, Low-Cost, and Safe Electric Vehicle Battery 
• Stanford University (RANGE) - Robust Multifunctional Battery Chassis Systems for Automotive Applications
• University of California, San Diego (RANGE) - Developing Low-Cost, Robust, and Multifunctional Battery System for Electric Vehicles - A Non-Chemical Approach 
• University of Maryland (RANGE) - Safe, Low-Cost, High-Energy-Density, Solid-State Li-Ion Batteries

Transportation

• Achates Power, Inc. (OPEN 2015) - Gasoline Compression Ignition Medium Duty Multicylinder Opposed Piston Engine Development
• University of Maryland (TRANSNET) - Integrated, Personalized, Real-Time Traveler Information and Incentive Technology for Optimizing Energy Efficiency in Multimodal Transportation Systems 
• Clemson University (TERRA) - Breeding High Yielding Bioenergy Sorghum for the New Bioenergy Belt
• Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (TERRA) - Drone Phenotyping for Sorghum Breeding 
• Purdue University (TERRA) - Automated Sorghum Phenotyping and Trait Development Platform
• University of Illinois, Urbana-Campaign (TERRA) - Mobile Energy-Crop Phenotyping Platform