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David Sholl, director of the Transformational Decarbonization Initiative at ORNL, has been elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering for his contributions in addressing large-scale chemical separation challenges, including carbon dioxide capture, using quantitative materials modeling.

Four ORNL teams and one researcher were recognized for excellence in technology transfer and technology transfer innovation. 
 

Rigoberto “Gobet” Advincula, a scientist at the Department of Energy’s 91����, has been appointed a Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining.

Gina Tourassi, associate laboratory director for computing and computational sciences at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) 91����, has been named a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the world’s largest organization for technical professionals.

The Oppenheimer Science and Energy Leadership Program, or OSELP, has selected 91����’s Yarom Polsky, left, and Jim Serafin as fellows for its 2024 cohort.

Rigoberto “Gobet” Advincula, a scientist at the Department of Energy’s 91����, has been named a 2023 Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. Advincula has been recognized for his 14 patents and 21 published filings related to nanomaterials, smart coatings and films, solid-state device fabrication and chemical additives.

ORNL Environmental Sciences Division Director Eric Pierce presented the division’s 2023 Distinguished Achievement Awards at the organization’s December all-hands meeting.

Benjamin Manard has been selected to receive the 2023 JAAS Emerging Investigator Lectureship

Researchers used the world’s first exascale supercomputer to run one of the largest simulations of an alloy ever and achieve near-quantum accuracy.

ORNL’s Luiz Leal of the Department of Energy’s 91���� is the recipient of the 2023 Seaborg Medal from the American Nuclear Society.