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![Photo of a man in a black jacket suit with a blue shirt crossing his arms outside. He is smiling.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2024-05/2022-P00081%20%281%29.jpg?h=8f0b2d98&itok=iXfjBpJE)
Robert Wagner, associate laboratory director for ORNL's Energy Science and Technology Directorate, has been selected to receive the George Westinghouse Gold Medal from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, or ASME. The award recognizes his work to advance state-of-the-art clean power generation systems through research on combustion, fuel technologies and controls.
![Chapman recognized for work as peer reviewer](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2024-05/2021-P07893.jpg?h=8f9cfe54&itok=Kv_xAmFf)
Joseph Chapman, a research scientist in quantum communications at ORNL, was given the Physical Review Applied Reviewer Excellence 2024 award for his work as a peer reviewer for the journal Physical Review Applied.
![Rigoberto Advincula is a UT-ORNL Governor’s Chair and leads ORNL’s Macromolecular Nanomaterials group. Credit: Carlos Jones/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2024-05/Picture4.jpg?h=9f252dc3&itok=O2JpKqod)
Rigoberto “Gobet” Advincula, a leader in advanced materials, polymers and nanomaterials with joint appointments at ORNL and the University of Tennessee, has been named to the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine’s Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology.
![David Pointer](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2024-04/Dave%20Pointer%20%281%29.jpg?h=502e75fa&itok=TKrkQCu_)
ORNL has named W. David Pointer, director of the Nuclear Energy and Fuel Cycle Division in ORNL’s Fusion and Fission Energy and Science Directorate. As director, Pointer will lead a world-class team of ORNL research professionals focused on addressing the challenges and opportunities presented by current and future nuclear energy systems.
![Eva Zarkadoula](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2024-04/2023-P17716-Eva-Zarkadoula.jpg?h=d94c4b90&itok=kXNiHuAI)
Eva Zarkadoula, a senior R&D staff member at the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, has been elected vice-chair of the Chemistry and Physics of Materials Committee of the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society.
![Scott Curran, group leader for Fuel Science and Engine Technologies Research at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been named a fellow of SAE International and ASME. Credit: ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2024-04/2022-P11499%20%281%29_0.jpg?h=98f45ff8&itok=yUORQ6qa)
ORNL's Scott Curran, group leader for Fuel Science and Engine Technologies Research, has been named a fellow of SAE International and ASME.
![ORNL’s Thomas Proffen, mentee recognized by National Center for Women & Information Technology](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2024-04/220629_ogr_0009.jpg?h=fb5fb322&itok=cObSWWMz)
Thomas Proffen, a neutron scattering scientist at ORNL and founder of Oak Ridge Computer Science Girls, was recognized with an award from the National Center for Women & Information Technology, or NCWIT. In addition, one of his students received a national honor from the organization.
![Rigoberto Advincula has been elected to the to the AIMBE College of Fellows. Credit: Carlos Jones/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2024-04/Picture1_0.jpg?h=978cd9c8&itok=jzDitLYM)
Rigoberto “Gobet” Advincula, a scientist with joint appointments at ORNL and the University of Tennessee, has been named a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.
![AAAS Fellows, left Keith Kline, Rigoberto Advincula and Takeshi Egami have been elected fellows of the AAAS.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2024-04/AAAS2024KAE_1713447945464.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=SeoQo1cW)
Keith Kline, Rigoberto Advincula and Takeshi Egami have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the Science family of journals.
![Three ORNL researchers receive Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2024-04/2013-P05160-cropped_1.jpg?h=55be468c&itok=V0dSpq0r)
The Society of Manufacturing Engineers has honored three Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers with the 2024 SME Susan Smyth Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award.