Credit: (Photo courtesy of Vacuum Process Engineering)
Scientist Bill Kimball works at the thermal engineering company Vacuum Process Engineering (VPE) in Sacramento, California. The company licensed Sandia National Laboratories' SEARCH software suite, used to design micro-channel heat exchangers. VPE previously worked with Sandia to develop the technology through a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement. The Federal Laboratory Consortium recognized the partnership with a national technology transfer award.