From vehicles and airplanes to solid-phase processing of metals—how Curt Lavender and his team at PNNL solve industry problems with practical ingenuity.

PNNL’s patented Shear Assisted Processing and Extrusion (ShAPE™) technique is an advanced manufacturing technology that enables better-performing materials and components while offering opportunities to reduce costs and energy consumption.

Scott Whalen, a chief scientist in the Applied Materials and Manufacturing group at PNNL, has been named 2023 PNNL Inventor of the Year

The next-generation ShAPE machine has arrived at PNNL, where it will help prove the mettle of the ShAPE extrusion technique. ShAPE 2 is designed to allow researchers to produce larger, more complex extrusions.

Adom Cooper was selected for the inaugural cohort of the Black Professionals in International Affairs at the Colin Powell Leadership Institute.

Madalina Man, an international compliance analyst, recently lent her legal expertise to an International Atomic Energy Agency International Physical Protection Advisory Service Mission in Zambia.

Chanel Chauvet-Maldonado, nonproliferation policy and law analyst, completed the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development Nuclear Energy Agency International School of Nuclear Law program.

The Department of Energy’s Vehicle Technologies Office recently issued two awards to researchers at PNNL for their contributions to areas that are crucial for the expansion of electric vehicles.

The PNNL-patented ShAPE™ manufacturing process produces high-strength aluminum vehicle parts that lower costs and are more environmentally friendly.

PNNL senior materials scientist Keerti Kappagantula has been named to the 2023 Nominating Committee of ASM International.

Kathleen Doty recently shared legal insight on the challenge of space debris in her presentation “Regulating Space Junk” as part of the University of Georgia School of Law’s Spring 2023 Space Law Speaker Series.

PNNL is the newest member of the CONsortium on Nuclear sECurity Technologies (CONNECT).

Research published in Journal of Manufacturing Processes demonstrates innovative single-step method to manufacture oxide dispersion strengthened copper materials from powder.

Multidisciplinary teams from research and industry are brought together using management systems developed by a team of software engineers at PNNL.

Kate Doty was invited to lend her expertise as guest editor for the International Journal of Nuclear Security on a special issue on women in nuclear security.

Nonproliferation Policy and Law Analyst, Chanel Chauvet, served as the legal expert in the International Atomic Energy Agency's effort to update Uzbekistan's Integrated Nuclear Security Support Plan.

John VerWey, East Asia national security advisor, delivered remarks on competition in global supply chains at a U.S.-China Economic Security Review Commission hearing in June 2022.

A new extrusion process eliminates pre-heating to provide significant energy savings during production of extruded aluminum alloys.

The first-ever simulation of aluminum conductivity offers a recipe for an inexpensive, lightweight alternative to copper.

Road tripping? PNNL’s researchers driving science and technology for clean, efficient and convenient transportation.