Caltech’s Castañeda Named Director of Human Resources at PNNL
April Castañeda, a senior executive with 20 years of experience leading human resources programs at Caltech and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, has been named director of Human Resources at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.
The Future of Cooling? A Molecular Pump
Researchers at PNNL have introduced an alternative method using a molecular-based pump that could potentially use a quarter less energy than the age-old mechanical pump.
Gorton Joins Marine Technology Society Journal Editorial Board
Alicia Gorton, marine scientist and project manager in the PNNL’s Coastal Sciences Division, has joined the editorial board of the Marine Technology Society Journal.
PNNL Research Wins William F. Meggers Award
PNNL’s Tim Johnson and lead researcher Tanya Myers were recently selected for the Applied Spectroscopy William F. Meggers Award.
Designer Proteins Form Wires and Lattices on Mineral Surface
This research is a fundamental discovery of how to engineer proteins onto non-biological surfaces.
Murugesan Named Next-gen Leader in Battery Research
Murugesan has 15 years of experience in analyzing energy storage materials using multimodal spectroscopy.
PNNL to Host Women in Engineering Global Summit
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is one of 10 sites worldwide to host an IEEE Women in Engineering International Leadership Summit in 2019. The event will take place July 30 at Discovery Hall.
Surprise Finding Uncovers New Capability for Semiconductor Material
Scientists have taken a common component of digital devices and endowed it with a previously unobserved capability, opening the door to a new generation of silicon-based electronic devices.
Applying a New Multi-Scale Aerosol Model
Researchers from PNNL modeled aerosols on a 1-kilometer scale—on par with clouds—for the first time in a global climate model using the new multi-scale modeling framework.
DOE Honors Fuels and Engines R&D Leadership
PNNL’s Dan Gaspar and John Holladay were part of the Co-Optima leadership team honored by DOE’s Vehicle Technologies Office. The award recognized groundbreaking work to synergistically improve fuels and engines to maximize fuel economy.