Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Research Services

Richland, WA 98,723 followers

Advancing scientific discovery and driving innovation that improves energy resiliency and enhances national security.

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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.

Website
http://www.pnnl.gov
Industry
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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  • One of the coolest things about joining our national lab is the mentorship available to everyone from interns up through full-time staff members. These opportunities for professional development strengthen the ability of PNNL'ers to address the world's toughest energy and security challenges. 👩🎓 Full-time staff members mentor interns as part of our Office of STEM Education Gold Experience. 👩🔬 Full-time employees, research associates, postdocs, and more work together across disciplines throughout the lab. This #NationalMentoringDay, we thank every person who makes these programs possible! 🎉

    • Photo of PNNL staff mentor standing beside a mentee a lab.
    • Photo of PNNL staff mentor talking with their mentee in the lobby of PNNL's Energy Sciences Center.
    • Photo of two PNNL staff members at work in a forest.
    • Photo of PNNL staff mentor standing beside a mentee, looking into a glove box.
    • Photo of PNNL staff mentor seated beside a mentee, looking at computer screens.
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  • "When your values are clear, your choices are easy." PNNL staff gathered this week to demonstrate a collective commitment to safety and heard Capt. Sully Sullenberger, world-renowned airline captain and safety expert, share the tenet above. Sullenberger received it not long after the January 2009 "Miracle on the Hudson" emergency landing of US Airways Flight 1549, during which his quick decision-making and expert piloting saved the lives of all 155 passengers and crew members—a powerful example of leadership, resilience, and composure in the face of extreme crisis. A special thanks goes out to Captain Sullenberger and all staff members at our U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratory for coming together to both acknowledge PNNL's longtime culture of safe work performance and discuss how we can do even better.

    • Photo of Captain "Sully" Sullenberger speaking onstage at PNNL's We are Safe event.
    • Photo of PNNL staff members lining up in the Discovery Hall lobby.
    • Photo of PNNL staff members seated in a multi-tiered room, listening to guest speaker Captain Sullenberger.
    • Photo of Captain Sullenberger speaking onstage at PNNL's We are Safe event.
    • Photo of PNNL staff members seated, listening to guest speaker Captain Sullenberger.
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  • Meet John Shilling, a PNNL chemist who built a custom chamber that simulates the Earth’s atmosphere. Inside the Environmental Chamber Laboratory—the only large-scale atmospheric reactions chamber in the DOE national laboratory system—Shilling works to create clarity around one of climate science’s most baffling sources of complexity: the influence of aerosols on clouds. Learn more about Shilling and the discoveries that are unfolding in the Environmental Chamber Laboratory: https://bit.ly/4hw55fF

    • Photo of John Shilling standing inside the environmental chamber laboratory.
  • While browsing for souvenirs at a Colorado Rockies game, staff members Mario Sanchez, a pipefitter, and John Stephenson, an aerial facility operations specialist, found themselves racing toward the checkout counter after hearing a faint cry for help. There they found a young woman on the floor, with a head wound, suffering from a seizure. "When I saw [her] lying on the ground, all the years of training I received at PNNL just kicked in," Mario says. 🆘🏃 Mario quickly assessed the situation: the woman had seemingly struck her head while falling and the intensity of her convulsions was increasing. He cushioned her head, held her neck, and worked to turn her onto her side to prevent her from choking on blood filling her mouth. "I could see the fear in her eyes and that she needed help but couldn't talk," he says, "so I just kept talking to her, telling her my name, and reassuring her she would be okay." 📱🚑 Meanwhile, John called 911, kept bystanders back, and made Mario aware that help was coming. After paramedics arrived and took over, one commended Mario on his good work and asked if he was an emergency medical technician himself. "No, I'm a pipefitter," he said. ⛑️🦺 PNNL provides lifesaving training to staff, such as Medic First Aid, CPR, and working with automated external defibrillators (AEDs). Regarding this safety education, John says, "It equips us with the skills to act beyond the workplace, like an extension of community service in emergency situations." As embodied in PNNL's WE Culture, we believe that everyone's contributions—and every person—matter, at both our lab and throughout the communities in which our staff live. "Looking back on it now, if we didn't help that young woman, she would have died," Mario says. "I'm thankful that John and I were prepared to step in when it mattered most."

    • Photo of PNNL staff members Mario Sanchez and John Stephenson smiling at the camera, standing in the Colorado Rockies ballpark.

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