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Nov. 25, 2024
The Communications group manager was named one of 13 Distinguished Members of Operations Staff in 2024.
Nov. 19, 2024
Six researchers from NREL are included in this year's list of the most highly cited researchers.
Oct. 30, 2024
Energy and Sustainability Manager Suzy DiMont was named a Distinguished Member of Operations Staff for her "dedication to advancing NREL's mission and making meaningful strides toward a sustainable and clean energy future."
Oct. 30, 2024
The journal Trends in Chemistry recently honored NREL researcher Melissa Gish in a special issue designed to highlight emerging leaders in chemistry innovating in their respective fields.
Sept. 24, 2024
The Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) has honored the solar researcher with a STAR of Tomorrow Award.
Sept. 18, 2024
The Materials Science senior scientist was named one of NREL's 2024 Distinguished Members of Research Staff.
Sept. 3, 2024
Heath Garrison has significantly raised the standard of electrical safety across the laboratory—so much so that he was named one of NREL's 2024 Distinguished Members of Operations Staff.
Aug. 20, 2024
The Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) announced approximately $11.5 million in funding through its new Inspiring Generations of New Innovators to Impact Technologies in Energy 2024 (IGNIITE 2024) program. Three researchers from NREL are among the inaugural class of selectees.
Aug. 8, 2024
Khan is a researcher within NREL's Center for Integrated Mobility Sciences and has been named a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
Aug. 8, 2024
Bill Gillies was chosen as a 2024 Distinguished Member of Operations Staff for his contributions to the laboratory.
Aug. 5, 2024
Parveen Dhillon and Paul Torcellini have been recognized by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) for their outstanding contributions and accomplishments to sustainable technology.
Aug. 1, 2024
Over the past seven months, a select group of college students in Texas and Georgia have been collaborating with local organizations to drive clean energy education and solutions.
July 16, 2024
Sreekant Narumanchi, who leads NREL's Advanced Power Electronics and Electric Machines group, was chosen as one of NREL's Distinguished Researchers in 2024.
July 15, 2024
Each year, awards are presented to individuals from Department of Energy national laboratories and other partner organizations for their contributions to overall program efforts and in recognition of their research, development, demonstration, and deployment achievements in specific areas.
July 2, 2024
As a young girl growing up in Connecticut, NREL's Strategy Lead Kate Anderson dreamed of becoming an astronaut.
June 24, 2024
An interest in juggling paved the way for Jason Jonkman's offshore wind research and allowed him to become one of NREL's 2024 Distinguished Researchers.
June 5, 2024
When asked about winning one of the inaugural Distinguished Members of Operations Staff awards for 2024, NREL's Kelly McIltrot could only shake her head in disbelief.
May 20, 2024
Senior Licensing Executive Eric Payne was named a Distinguished Member of Operations Staff in NREL's first cohort.
May 20, 2024
NREL's Venu Garikapati, a senior transportation data researcher, started his three-year term as chair of the Transportation Research Board's Technical Committee on the Effects of Information and Communication Technologies on Travel Choices on April 15, 2024.
May 13, 2024
NREL's Staff Awards event has taken place annually since 1980.
April 18, 2024
Nancy Haegel, the director of the National Center for Photovoltaics at NREL, has been elected as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Feb. 29, 2024
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on Feb. 20 honored staffers from NREL for their work on five major projects with far-reaching implications.
Feb. 5, 2024
The Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) for Technology Transfer recently awarded NREL Director Martin Keller its 2024 Laboratory Director of the Year Award.
Jan. 19, 2024
Mithat John Kisacikoglu has been tapped to lead the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Transportation Systems Committee (TSC), which focuses on electrification of the entire transportation sector.
Jan. 18, 2024
In just three years as a researcher at NREL, K. Shankari successfully enabled communities to collect impactful multimodal data and went on detail to the U.S. Joint Office of Energy and Transportation to ensure the reliable buildout of a national electric vehicle charging network.