February 20, 2025
"IBM and Los Alamos National Laboratory are leading the effort, which earned a $20 million award from the U.S. Department of Energy in December.
UC Merced's team, led by mechanical engineering Professor YangQuan Chen and postdoctoral researcher Derek Hollenbeck, will use the Center for Methane Emissions Research and Innovation (CMERI) to help make boots-on-the-ground measurements in California well as drones equipped with laser spectrometers tuned for methane. UC Merced's share of the funding is roughly $900,000."
--Patty Guerra's (see full article here)
