b'INNOVATION IS MORE THAN A WORDITS IN OUR DNATop: Carbon CACHE. Botton Left: OpDefender. Bottom Right: Prabhat Tripathy.Idaho Innovation AwardsFederal Laboratory Consortium Far West INL researcher Prabhat Tripathy was recognized as Innovator ofRegional Awardsthe Year at the Idaho Innovation Awards. Tripathy has worked atIdaho National Laboratorys OpDefender cybersecurity INL since 2010, focused on spent nuclear fuel treatment, energy- technology received a 2021 Far West Regional Award for efficient manufacturing, and recycling of critical materials.Outstanding Technology Development from the Federal His research in materials electrochemistry has resulted in theLaboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer. OpDefender discovery of robust anode materials for reprocessing usedintegrates physical and software components into a small nuclear reactor fuels, producing rare earth metals and alloysdevice that can replace or work in concert with existing network as well as recovering critical elements from waste materials,switches. These switches control communications between including electronic waste. different components within an industrial control system, and Two INL technologiesConsequence-Driven Cyber-InformedOpDefender can reduce the attack surface on control system Engineering (CCE) and General Line Amcapity (ampere capacity)networks by up to 99% compared to traditional industrial State Solver (GLASS)were also recognized as finalists for theswitches. OpDefender is INLs eighth Far West Regional Award in Early-Stage Innovation of the Year Award. the past five years.25'