PNNL had a significant presence at October’s North American Wind Energy Academy/WindTech 2023 Conference in Denver, Colorado. Thirteen PNNL wind experts participated in various capacities.

PNNL’s Andrea Mengual co-chaired a working group that produced Building Performance Standards: A Technical Resource Guide. PNNL’s Kim Cheslak, Bing Liu, and Jian Zhang contributed to the effort.

Corinne Fuller has been named the new co-director of the Bioproducts Institute, a research collaboration between Washington State University and PNNL, as of July 2023.

For her most recent efforts, Bruckner-Lea, a senior technical advisor at PNNL, received the Secretary’s Appreciation Award from the U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm in July.

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers recognizes Habilou Ouro-Koura at the organization’s recent International Conference on Energy Sustainability.

The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers has given its 2022 Journal Paper Award to Jamie Kono, a PNNL building research engineer.

Daniel Deng, mechanical engineer and Laboratory Fellow at PNNL, has been named 2022 PNNL Inventor of the Year.

PNNL’s Katie Arkema was selected to be on NASEM committee focused on public health and conservation.

PNNL Earth scientist Nick Ward has been recognized as a 2022 fellow of the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography.

The Building and Environment journal named Drgoňa’s co-authored work one of 2022’s best papers.

Lili Yao named associated editor at the Journal of Hydrology, a leading journal in the field of hydrological sciences.

PNNL’s Karma Sawyer has been named a Distinguished Gilbreth Speaker by the National Academy of Engineering.

PNNL wind energy program manager Alicia Mahon was a guest editor in a special issue about advancements in buoy technology in the Marine Technology Society Journal.

Fish biologist Brenda Pracheil has been named chair of the Low Impact Hydropower Institute focused on reduction of impacts of hydropower dams on the environment.

Five staff members from PNNL received awards from the Department of Energy’s Federal Energy Management Program for contributions to projects for the U.S. Army.

Evangelina Galvan Shreeve, STEM Education director at PNNL, received the 2022 Energy JEDI award on November 1 at the Energy Leadership Summit in Seattle, WA.

David Senor has been selected for the Department of Energy’s Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee.

PNNL’s Ján Drgoňa and Draguna Vrabie are part of an international team that authored a most-cited paper on Model Predictive Control, an approach for improving operations, energy efficiency, and comfort in buildings.

Teams at PNNL welcomed their first two interns this summer from the competition-based program.

PNNL’s Reid Hart and Bing Liu have earned individual Champions of Energy Efficiency in Buildings awards from the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy.