PNNL

Nicole Harvey was born and raised in Bozeman, MT where she currently resides. She began her professional career at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in November 2022. At PNNL, Nicole focuses on energy resilience and security and brings a wealth of experience conducting feasibility and resilience studies for for the Department of Defense.

Nicole has spent a bulk of her time at PNNL working on geothermal energy projects for all ranges of geothermal energy including ground source heat pumps, direct use heating, and geothermal power. She has contributed to projects evaluating the feasibility of these technologies across the Department of Defense (DoD) enterprise and in the commercial sector. Her work is also driven by a keen interest in industrial energy, an area she delved into while working at the Industrial Assessment Center during her graduate studies. Some industrial projects in her portfolio include assessing onsite energy opportunities (including geothermal) at manufacturing and large energy facilities for the Industrial Technologies Office (ITO) and assessing the feasibility of utilizing hydrogen at the Army’s Organic Industrial Bases (OIBs).

Nicole holds a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from South Dakota State University and a Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from North Carolina State University. 

Nicole is passionate about the preserving the environment and also getting out to explore it. In her free time you can almost always find Nicole outside with her dogs, Malley and Boom, hiking, climbing, backpacking, or skiing. She also competitively shows horses in the National Reined Cowhorse Association. 

• Building Energy Efficiency
• Building Energy Analysis
• Net Zero Buildings
• Geothermal Heat Pumps
• Renewable Energy Systems
• geothermal energy
• Industrial Energy
• Energy Resiliency

• Association of Energy Engineers
• Building Energy Analysis
• Energy Audits
• Energy Efficiency
• Energy Modelling
• Geothermal
• Geothermal Heating and Cooling
• HVAC Design
• Industrial Buildings
• Renewable Energy Systems

• B.S., Mechanical Engineering from South Dakota State University, 2017
• M.S. Mechanical Engineering from North Carolina State University, 2021

• ASHRAE - American Society of Heating Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers
• AEE - Association of Energy Engineers
• CWEEL - Council on Women in Energy and Environmental Leadership