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Todd Samuel joined Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in 1996 and has been a group leader at PNNL since 2004. Since the beginning of his career in 1985, he has developed a record of accomplishment in the areas of project management, technology development, field deployment, systems testing, data acquisition and control, and organizational leadership.

Currently, Samuel is the group leader of the Building Systems group with over 68 scientists and engineers focused on research, development, testing, and evaluation of building energy, environmental, and water systems. He is responsible for the management and operations of the following research facilities: PNNL Lab Homes, Environmental Test Chambers, Lighting Science and Technology Laboratory, Advanced Buildings Controls Laboratory, and the Building Energy Science and Technology Laboratory.

Prior to PNNL, Samuel worked at Westinghouse, where he was a project manager and senior plant engineer for 11 years working in the areas of reactor physics, radiation detection, ultrasonics, nondestructive examination, remote systems in hazardous environments, data acquisition and control, and systems testing and integration. 

• Building systems and energy efficiency
• Energy policy and economics
• Nuclear science
• Radiation science
• Remote systems
• Ultrasonics
• Nondestructive examination
• Data acquisition

• MBA in engineering and technology management, City University of Seattle
• BS in business administration (business information systems), City University of Seattle

• Member, Project Management Institute
• Member, American Planning Association 
• Adjunct Faculty, School of Management, City University of Seattle

• Federal Laboratory Consortium Award for Successful Commercialization of the Product Acoustic Signature System, 2005
• R&D 100 Award for the Development of the Product Acoustic Signature System, 2004

• Diaz, A. A, T. J. Samuel, J. D. Valencia, K. L. Gervais, B. J. Tucker, L. J. Kirihara, J. R. Skorpik, L. D. Reid, J. T. Munley, R. A. Pappas, B. W. Wright, P.D. Panetta, and J. S. Thompson. 2007. Methods and apparatus for multi-parameter acoustic signature inspection. U.S. Patent No. 7,246,522.
• Diaz, A. A., B. J. Burghard, J. R. Skorpik, R. A. Pappas, O. D. Mullen, T. J. Samuel, L. D. Reid, J. C. Harris, J. D. Valencia, J. T. Smalley, C. L. Shepard, and T. T. Taylor. 2005. Acoustic inspection device. U.S. Patent No. 6,938,488. 

2017

• Anderson D. M., M. G. Hoffman, J. M. Niemeyer, and T. J. Samuel. 2017. Economic and Physical Linkages of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Service Industry to Key Industries of the Economy: An Ad Hoc Report. PNNL-26137 Rev 0. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

2009

• Diaz A. A., A. D. Cinson, B. J. Tucker, T. J. Samuel, and R. Morales. 2009. "Ultrasonic, Non-Invasive Classification/Discrimination of Liquid Explosives (LEs) and Threat Liquids from Non-Threat Liquids in Sealed Containers." In IEEE Conference on Technologies for Homeland Security (HST '09), May 11–12, 2009, Waltham, MA, 199–205. Piscataway, New Jersey: IEEE. PNNL-SA-66098. doi:10.1109/THS.2009.5168035

2008

• Diaz A. A., T. J. Samuel, B. J. Tucker, A. D. Cinson, J. D. Valencia, K. L. Gervais, and J. S. Thompson. 2008. "Through-Container Measurements of Acoustic Signatures for Classification/Discrimination of Liquid Explosives (LEs) and Precursor Threat Liquids." In Proceedings of the SPIE: Nondestructive Characterization for Composite Materials, Aerospace Engineering, Civil Infrastructure, and Homeland Security 2008, edited by PJ Shull, HF Wu, AA Diaz, DW Vogel, 6934, 693413. Bellingham, Washington: SPIE—International Society for Optical Engineering. PNNL-SA-59659. doi:10.1117/12.776420

2005

• Andersen E. S., T. J. Samuel, and K. L. Gervais. 2005. "Portable Source Identification Device." In Nondestructive Detection and Measurement for Homeland Security III. Proceedings of the SPIE, March 8, 2005, San Diego, California, edited by AA Diaz, et al, 5769, 41–47. Bellingham, Washington: SPIE. PNNL-SA-44118. doi:10.1117/12.606665
• Andersen E. S., T. J. Samuel, and O. Mullen. 2005. "Straddle Carrier Radiation Portal Monitoring." In Nondestructive Detection and Measurement for Homeland Security III, May 13, 2005, San Diego, California. Proceedings of the SPIE, edited by AA Diaz, et al, 5769, 33–40. Bellingham, Washington: SPIE. PNNL-SA-44179. doi:10.1117/12.606664
• Brodzinski R. L., R. A. Craig, S. D. Fink, W. K. Hensley, N. Holt, M. A. Knopf, and E. A. Lepel, et al. 2005. "An Instrument for Measuring the TRU Concentration in High-Level Liquid Waste." Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 263, no. 3:625-628. PNNL-SA-43323.
• Brodzinski R. L., R. A. Craig, S. D. Fink, W. K. Hensley, N. O. Holt, M. A. Knopf, and E. A. Lepel, et al. 2005. "An Instrument for Measuring the TRU Concentration in High-Level Liquid Waste." Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 263, no. 3:625-628. PNNL-SA-41903. doi:10.1007/s10967-005-0634-8

2004

• Diaz A. A., B. J. Burghard, J. D. Valencia, and T. J. Samuel. 2004. "Ultrasonic database development for the acoustic inspection device: the velocity-attenuation measurement system (VAMS)." In Nondestructive Detection and Measurement for Homeland Security, proceedings - SPIE THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR OPTICAL ENGINEERING, edited by Doctor, S. R., 5395, 26-35. Bellingham, Washington: SPIE-INT Society Optical Engineering. PNNL-SA-40921.
• Diaz A. A., E. S. Andersen, and T. J. Samuel. 2004. "Low Frequency-SAFT Inspection Methodology for Coarse-Grained Steel Rail Components (Manganese Steel Frogs)." In Proceedings of the 16th World Conference on Nondestructive Testing. Hamilton: Canadian Institute for Non-Destructive Evaluation. PNNL-SA-41589.

2003

• Diaz A. A., B. J. Burghard, J. R. Skorpik, C. L. Shepard, T. J. Samuel, and R. A. Pappas. 2003. "Non-Invasive Ultrasonic Instrument for Counter-Terrorism and Drug Interdiction Operations - The Acoustic Inspection Device (AID)." In IMTC/03: Proceeding of the 20th IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference: Instrumentation and measurement at the summit, 2, 1275-1280. Piscataway, New Jersey: IEEE. PNNL-SA-39484.
• Diaz A. A., B.J. Burghard, J. R. Skorpik, C. L. Shepard, T. J. Samuel, and R. A. Pappas. 2003. "Noninvasive Ultrasonic Examination Technology in Support of Counter-Terrorism and Drug Interdiction Activities: the Acoustic Inspection Device (AID)." In Nondestructive Detection and Measurement for Homeland Security, edited by SR Doctor, Y Bar-Cohen and AE Aktan, 5048, 34-35. Bellingham, Washington: SPIE. PNNL-SA-40037. doi:10.1117/12.484671

2002

• Pardini A. F., S. L. Crawford, R. V. Harris, T. J. Samuel, R. A. Roberts, J. M. Alzheimer, and K. L. Gervais, et al. 2002. Annual Report - Remotely Operated NDE System for Inspection of Hanford's Waste Tank Knuckle Regions and Development of a Small Roving Annulus Inspection Vehicle T-SAFT Scanning Bridge for Savannah River Site Applications. PNNL-14072. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. 

2001

• Pardini A. F., and T. J. Samuel. 2001. Functions and Requirements for the DST Knuckle Region Ultrasonic Scanning System. PNNL-13436. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. 
• Pardini A. F., J. M. Alzheimer, S.L. Crawford, A.A. Diaz, K.L. Gervais, R.V. Harris, and D.M. Riechers, et al. 2001. Development of a Remotely Operated NDE System for Inspection of Hanford's Double Shell Waste Tank Knuckle Regions. PNNL-13682. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. 
• Rinker M. W., and T.J. Samuel. 2001. "Overview of Remote Retrieval Equipment and the Strategy for removal of Radon Bearing Waste from Silos 1 and 2 at the Fernald Site." In American Nuclear Society 9th International Topical Meeting on Robotic and Remote Systems. Session 2a—Underground Storage Tanks—General., 10 pp. La Grange Park, Illinois: American Nuclear Society. PNNL-SA-34129.