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Denise Antunes da Silva, a senior R&D staff member at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been elected a Fellow of the American Ceramic Society for her outstanding contributions to the field of ceramics and materials science.

Additive Engineering Solutions, an Ohio-based company that’s now a leader in large-format 3D printing, began as an idea sparked by additive manufacturing research at the Department of Energy’s Manufacturing Demonstration Facility, or MDF, at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Tech startup Atomic Canyon used the Frontier supercomputer to train nuclear-specific AI models to radically speed up document search and analysis capabilities for nuclear reactors. The AI models are designed to radically reduce the time, labor and resources the nuclear industry spends searching the millions upon millions of complex nuclear documents related to parts, maintenance records, engineering evaluations, regulations and plant procedures. Once fully developed, the open-source AI models could be used in plants all across the country.

Brittany Rodriguez and Akash Phadatare of Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Manufacturing Science Division have been named to SME's prestigious 30 Under 30 program for 2025.

Two engineers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have been elevated to senior membership in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Researchers receiving the honor include Bryan Maldonado in the Building Envelope Materials Research Group and Jin Dong in the Interactive Controls Group.

Future Foundries seamlessly integrates multiple manufacturing processes, delivering a flexible, end-to-end solution for efficient part production that meets stringent qualification and certification standards. By running workflows concurrently, the platform achieves remarkable efficiency, cutting production cycles by up to 68%.

Chemist Bruce Moyer, a Corporate Fellow at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has won the 2025 Carl Hanson Award, the highest international recognition for achievement in solvent extraction. The International Solvent Extraction Community bestows the medal every three years based on nominations from the global community.

For more than 60 years, the High Flux Isotope Reactor has produced neutron beams for the benefit of society, creating real-world impacts that span energy security, quantum computing, healthcare, national defense and advanced materials. 

Veterans of the U.S. Navy’s Nuclear Propulsion Program are bringing their expertise to the Department of Energy’s High Flux Isotope Reactor at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, applying the same precision and discipline that powers the Navy’s fleets to America’s science, energy and security missions.

Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have developed the first X-ray imaging system that clearly reveals the interior of suspicious objects or infrastructure underwater.