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Meet Shahnaz Punjani. Star Wars helped spark her interest in becoming an astronaut. As the division director for #NNSA’s Ballistic Missile Weapons Division, she doesn’t orbit the earth, but she has made a life and career that are out of this world.

While studying mechanical engineering at the University of Texas in Austin, Paquette became interested in structural components and composite materials. Although he originally planned to pursue work in the aerospace industry, he jumped at the opportunity to work at Sandia on wind turbine blades—the largest composite structures in the world.

Meet Sudhakar Arepally! For NNSA, Sudhakar develops and reviews cost estimates in support of capital acquisition projects. At home, he is an aspiring guitar player, tennis lover, and self-proclaimed lifelong student.

A new resource aims to help hydropower organizations smoothly transition knowledge to new workers and to develop and implement succession planning strategies.

With the support of DOE, KidWind called upon kindergarten–8th grade students from around the nation to create artwork based on the theme of “Beautiful Wind Energy.” Check out the artwork of the 18 winners!

Billy Starnes recently celebrated his 50th anniversary working in the oldest operating nuclear facility in the world, located at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).

Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) last week marked the 20th anniversary of being designated as a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratory.