Project Manager
Project Manager

Biography

Donny Mendoza as over 25 years of experience assembling and leading complex teams to execute multiple sponsor missions while aligning with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory requirements. He currently manages multiple Department of Homeland Security (DHS) projects primarily for cybersecurity and formally worked on the DHS Radiation Portal Monitoring Project. 

Donny has a wealth of experience working in research and operations and has managed medium to high-risk projects. He worked in research for 15 years on projects such as groundwater surface water interactions and remediation, Hanford area tank waste monitoring and analysis, radiological research, non-proliferation gas sampling collection systems construction and deployment, and multiple other projects for national security. He has also worked on lab requirements focused on process improvements, leading assessments, effectiveness evaluations, and cause analysis along with safe and compliant execution of research for both the National Security and Operational Systems Directorates.

Education

  • MS in environmental engineering, Washington State University
  • BS in civil engineering, Washington State University

Publications

2016

  • Olsen K.B., R.R. Kirkham, V.T. Woods, D.A. Haas, J.C. Hayes, T.W. Bowyer, and D.P. Mendoza, et al. 2016. "Noble Gas Migration Experiment to Support the Detection of Underground Nuclear Explosions." Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 307, no. 3:2603-2610. PNNL-SA-109064. doi:10.1007/s10967-015-4639-7

2011

  • Truex M.J., T. Macbeth, V.R. Vermeul, B.G. Fritz, D.P. Mendoza, R.D. Mackley, and T.W. Wietsma, et al. 2011. "Demonstration of Combined Zero-Valent Iron and Electrical Resistance Heating for In Situ Trichloroethene Remediation." Environmental Science & Technology 45, no. 12:5346-5351. PNNL-SA-76701. doi:10.1021/es104266a
  • Truex M.J., V.R. Vermeul, D.P. Mendoza, B.G. Fritz, R.D. Mackley, M. Oostrom, and T.W. Wietsma, et al. 2011. "Injection of Zero Valent Iron into an Unconfined Aquifer Using Shear-Thinning Fluids." Groundwater Monitoring and Remediation 31, no. 1:50-58. PNNL-SA-70324.

2010

  • Szecsody J.E., J.S. Fruchter, V.R. Vermeul, M.D. Williams, B.G. Fritz, D.P. Mendoza, and J.P. McKinley. 2010. "Infiltration and Injection of a Ca-Citrate-PO4 Solution to Form Apatite In Situ for Sr-90 Remediation at the Hanford 100N Area - An Update." In 36th Annual Radioactive Waste Management Symposia, WM 2010, March 7-11, Phoenix, AZ, 4, 3441-3452. Tucson, Arizona:Waste Management Symposia, Inc. PNNL-SA-69768.

2009

  • Fritz B.G., D.P. Mendoza, and T.J. Gilmore. 2009. "Development of an electronic seepage chamber for extended use in a river." Ground Water 47, no. 1:136-140. PNNL-SA-58214.

2006

  • Fritz B.G., F. Khan, and D.P. Mendoza. 2006. "Evaluation of airflow patterns following procedures established by NUREG-1400." Health Physics. Operational Radiation Safety 91, no. 8:S18-S23. PNNL-SA-47754.

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1999