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Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Research Services
Richland, WA 90,447 followers
Advancing scientific discovery and driving innovation that improves energy resiliency and enhances national security.
About us
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory advances the frontiers of knowledge, taking on some of the world’s greatest science and technology challenges. PNNL is a U.S. Department of Energy national lab with distinctive strengths in chemistry, Earth sciences, biology, and data science that are central to our scientific discovery mission. PNNL’s research lays a foundation for innovations that advance sustainable energy through decarbonization and energy storage and enhance national security through nuclear materials and threat analyses. PNNL collaborates with academia in its fundamental research and with industry to transition technologies to market.
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http://www.pnnl.gov
External link for Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
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- Research Services
- Company size
- 5,001-10,000 employees
- Headquarters
- Richland, WA
- Type
- Government Agency
- Founded
- 1965
- Specialties
- Fundamental Science, Environment, Energy, National Security, Data Science, Mathematics, High Performance Computing, Biology, Chemistry, Computing, Earth Systems Science, Materials Science, Nuclear Physics, Particle Physics, Electric Grid Modernization, Energy Efficiency, Energy Storage, Renewable Energy, Transportation, Nuclear Energy, Fossil Energy, Cybersecurity, Nuclear Nonproliferation, and Weapons of Mass Effect Detection
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Jennifer Pham remembers a high school math teacher who helped steer her towards math, the first step towards becoming a software engineer at PNNL. A talented saxophone player, Jennifer had considered pursuing music professionally, but her mother—her biggest influencer—instilled in her the importance of a college degree and having a solid, long-term career. 🎷🎶 Jennifer describes her story as a classic tale of Asian American immigration that brought her family to Oklahoma. Her grandfather was found by U.S. soldiers on a beach in Cambodia, sponsored to travel to the U.S., and found his way to Oklahoma. There, he sponsored the rest of his family. That’s where Jennifer was born. 🎓💻 After graduating from the University of Oklahoma with a degree in computer science, Jennifer interned at PNNL and was hired as a full time staff member in 2022. But her biggest achievement is choosing happiness wherever she’s working. “The moment I dread going to work is when I know I’ll change something,” Jennifer says. #AANHPIHeritageMonth
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Thanks to everyone who joined us for the 8th annual Energy Storage Safety & Reliability Forum! ⚡🔋 The event brought together a diverse group of more than 200 experts from the energy storage landscape, including researchers, manufacturers, developers, code officials, and emergency responders. Highlights included two full days of presentations and interactive discussions, an expert panel on sodium-ion safety, and tours of the Grid Storage Launchpad.
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Heading to the ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit? Come meet PNNL researchers and learn about technologies that could revolutionize the way we use, generate, and store energy. Check out some of the projects we'll be showcasing: 🏡 A net-zero circular home (Booth 1007) 🚦 AI-assisted traffic management (Booth 1329) ⚡ Advanced alloy materials for fusion energy (Booth 521) 🚂 Route and fuel planning for intermodal freight (Booth 1428) 💡 Grid optimization competition (Booth 328) ✨ Recovering critical elements in red mud waste (Booth 806) ⛏️ A carbon negative mining process (Booth 807) Learn more ⤵️ #ARPAE24
ARPA-E 2024 Innovation Summit
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We're excited to host the 2024 IEEE Women in Engineering International Leadership Summit! Join us on August 2 for an inspiring day focused on women in STEM, inclusion, leadership, mentorship, and more. Learn more and register: https://bit.ly/3K3nEYP
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Thanks to everyone who stopped by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) booth at the AI Expo for National Competitiveness in Washington, D.C. to experience emerging AI technologies from national labs. PNNL Center for AI director Courtney Corley gave an overview of how AI fits into our work modeling the climate, accelerating scientific discovery, managing the grid, and more. #AIatPNNL #SCSPAIExpo2024
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As a child, Vishvas Chalishazar, Ph.D. wanted to be an actor. But as a student in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, he had a choice: go into science or commerce. Vishvas was “always a troubleshooter" and knew it was a must-have quality as an engineer, so he chose science. 👨🔬 Vishvas earned his bachelor’s degree in Dubai and then journeyed to Oregon, a state he described as “right on top of California” to his friends and family back home, to attend Oregon State University and its world-renowned engineering programs. While at OSU, Vishvas worked with Professor Ted Brekken to collaborate on projects with Portland General Electric (PGE). He carried those relationships into his career at PNNL, where he now works with PGE on wildfire-related research. 🔥 During #AANHPIHeritageMonth, we celebrate the diverse backgrounds and perspectives that staff bring to PNNL. Vishvas says that one of the things he looks forward to each spring is the international dinners that his PNNL mentor, Jim Follum, introduced him to. 🌍 “Staff who are from all parts of the world make at least one dish and we get together to eat and discuss our interests and backgrounds,” Vishvas said. “We share our cultures through food.”
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🌬 Don't miss the chance to blow us away with your distributed wind photos! Submit your contribution to our Distributed Wind Photo Search by Friday, May 31. 📷 Learn more ⤵
Our annual Distributed Wind Photo Search has begun, and we want to be blown away by your photos! 🌬️ If you know of a beautiful distributed wind installation, capture it, share it with us, and get paid! In each of five categories, the top photo contribution will receive $500 and the runner up will receive $100. Submit your contributions by May 31! https://bit.ly/3Ur41ia
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New research led by scientists from Washington State University and PNNL shows that over the course of just a few days, a night shift schedule can knock the body's biological rhythms off course, disrupting important processes related to blood glucose regulation, energy metabolism, and inflammation. “What we showed is that we can really see a difference in molecular patterns between volunteers with normal schedules and those with schedules that are misaligned with their biological clock,” said computational scientist Jason McDermott.
Study Shows How Night Shift Work Can Raise Risk of Diabetes, Obesity
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“An AI-empowered grid could make autonomous decisions to manage load and generation in real-time.” —Steven Ashby, Laboratory Director
National Labs Guide Critical AI, Energy Storage, And Grid Research