Impact Stories

HETDEX
HETDEX will be the first major experiment to search for dark energy. It uses the giant Hobby-Eberly Telescope at McDonald Observatory and a set of spectrographs to map the three-dimensional positions of one million galaxies.

EMALS and USS FORD
Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) achieved 8,000 aircraft recoveries and launches aboard USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) on April 19, during the final independent steaming event of her 18-month Post Delivery Test & Trials (PDT&T) period.

Fuel Cell Hybrid Vehicles
The Center for Transportation and the Environment (CTE) and UPS have joined to develop a zero emission fuel cell hybrid electric delivery van as part of the Department of Energy’s (DOE) investment to commercialize cost effective hydrogen technologies.

Linear Natural Gas Compressor
Under CEM's Department of Energy ARPA-E award, researchers were challenged to develop an in-home natural gas compressor that would last 3x as long, and cost 1/10th as much, as conventional residential natural gas fueling systems.

Microgrid Technology
CEM has over a decade of grid level power system modeling experience assembled over numerous projects for the U.S. Navy, Army, and civilian applications.