Press Releases

Battelle announced today that Stephanie O’Sullivan, recently retired from her post as Principal Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), has been elected to the Battelle Board of Directors.

Ten years ago, the United States Department of Energy (DOE) set a big goal. It wanted a scientific demonstration of injecting a significant amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) into the rock deep below the earth’s surface.

Today the Battelle National Biodefense Institute (BNBI) and Frederick County Public Schools (FCPS) announced $50,000 in science, technology, engineering and math challenge grants.

Noted ecological expert Sharon K. Collinge was recently selected as the Observatory Director and Chief Scientist for NEON, Battelle announced today.

Battelle has hired nationally known forensic genomics scientist Seth Faith as a research leader for the applied genomics program.

Matt Vaughan has been named the new President of Battelle’s Contract Research Organization.

Battelle has been awarded a contract by the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) to develop threat assessment software to help prevent the creation of dangerous organisms.

Battelle will continue its work to help the nation keep counterfeit and untrustworthy integrated circuits and embedded systems out of the military supply chain.

Battelle won two of the recently announced R&D 100 Awards for its PipeAssess PITM software and coal-to-liquids process. In addition, Battelle was on a team with the Ohio Soybean Council, Kentucky State University and Redwood Innovations that won Special Recognition for a technology called EnzoMeal.

Millions of Ohio families face sickness and even loss of life due to heart diseases. Today, the Central Ohio office of the American Heart Association and the Ohio STEM Learning Network are announcing a new way for students to tackle this important cause.

Battelle announced today that it was awarded a Schedule I Researcher license by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), paving the way for the leading research and development organization to conduct marijuana research with human subjects.

One of the first tests for geologic storage of carbon dioxide at a commercial, coal-fired power plant has concluded, more than 15 years after it began, completing a journey from an initial exploratory well to successful operations and site closure.

Popular Science Names Battelle’s DroneDefender the 'Best of What’s New' for 2017

Battelle, Rare Earth Salts Team on Department of Energy Project

Battelle technologies protecting people against biological agents, counterfeit electronics and nefarious drones will greet attendees at the annual AUSA conference opening today.

Battelle today introduced a new, improved version of the popular and highly effective DroneDefender device at the Air Force Association’s Air, Space & Cyber Conference’s Technology Symposium.

Battelle has expanded its support for quality science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education with a new announcement. Today, KIPP Columbus officially opened the Battelle Environmental Center on its 124-acre campus. Construction of the center was funded by $3 million grant from Battelle in 2014. Adding to that, Battelle announced a new, additional $1 million investment in the school.

Battelle has once again successfully proven its robotic collision avoidance software, PathPlan™, in a live demonstration on a life-size mock-up of an air inlet duct of a multi-million dollar military aircraft.

Today, LIFT—Lightweight Innovations for Tomorrow, a national ManufacturingUSA institute, in partnership with Battelle, the Ohio STEM Learning Network, the Ohio Manufacturers’ Association, and Tennessee Tech University’s iCube, launched MakerMinded, an online STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) learning and educational activity platform. The MakerMinded campaign helps impassion students about advanced manufacturing and provides them with transformational STEM learning experiences that set them on track towards advanced manufacturing careers.

Battelle’s DroneDefender™ defeats drones. Dedrone’s platform alerts to the presence of rogue and unauthorized drones in protected airspace. The two market-leading companies announced today they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) which will explore ways to create an end-to-end solution to provide complete airspace security for our country’s most sensitive infrastructure.