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DOE News Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 21, 2002

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Teri Ehresman, 208-526-7785, ehr@inel.gov

INEEL selects three employees for Fellow designation

Three scientific researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory have been selected as “INEEL Fellows” for their contribution to the INEEL in their areas of scientific expertise.

The employees, Robert A. Anderl, Eric Greenwade and Terry A. Todd, were selected on the basis of having a distinguished career of broad technical contributions having national or international significance or an extraordinary impact on the technical success of the Laboratory, according to Richard Jacobsen, INEEL chief scientist. The “Fellow” designation is the highest professional designation within the INEEL’s scientific working community.

Anderl is the lead experimental scientist for the Fusion Safety Program and is the technical leader for the Safety and Tritium Applied Research (STAR) facility at the INEEL. He is responsible for the coordination and planning of all experimental work done in the STAR facility, a recently designated National User Facility. He has been a technical staff scientist at the INEEL for the past 28 years, working in a variety of research areas including applied and basic nuclear science, materials science, fusion materials and safety research. Highlights of this research included novel application of integral data measurements to the evaluation of neutron cross sections, development of an online isotope separator for nuclear decay studies of fission-product radionuclides, and investigation of hydrogen/tritium interactions and chemical reactivity effects in materials important to fusion energy technology.  He has authored or co-authored about 140 publications. He has a bachelor of science degree in physics and math from Wisconsin State University-Eau Claire and a Ph.D. in experimental nuclear physics from Iowa State University.

Greenwade is the group leader for the Numerical Simulation laboratory. He manages and mentors a staff of eight in the support areas of high performance computing, visualization and intelligence work for others. He has expertise in mathematics, parallel processing, high-performance computing, visualization, image compression, numerical computing, computer graphics, virtual environments and large-scale scientific data management. He holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from California State University, and a master of science degree in mathematics from Montana State University and has continued his education by conducting research, performing individual study and attending and presenting courses at professional meetings. He has authored 56 publications during his career, including 48 in which he is the primary author, and 32 of which were invited or peer-reviewed.

Todd directs separation research activities for the INEEL’s Environmental Research and Development Laboratory. He has over 20 years experience in the fields of chemical separations and radioactive waste processing. His experience includes the development of novel separation methods for treatment of hazardous and radioactive wastes. He has directed collaborative research programs in the area of chemical separations with numerous Russian Institutes and the Czech Technical University in Prague. He has published over 100 journal articles, technical reports and conference proceedings and has been awarded three U.S. and three Russian patents. Prior to joining the INEEL in 1983, he worked at Battelle Northwest Laboratory in Richland, Wash. He has bachelor’s and master’s degrees in chemical engineering from Montana State University.

The three were nominated by their managers and selected by a team of employees. They were selected on the basis of professional knowledge in a specialized field, ability to come up with new ideas to solve problems, technical leadership, contributions to company business objectives, and recognition as company experts, performance on important projects, education and experience and external letters of recommendation.

“Our senior management team is proud to add these distinguished leaders to the ranks of our Fellows at INEEL,” says Jacobsen. “Only a very few employees are so honored.  Frequently, national laboratory Fellows lead research in emerging fields where the risks and potential rewards are high. They also help define and lead the national and international research agendas in critical scientific and technical areas through their participation in national academies and societies. The expectations of senior management are that Fellows will enhance the reputation of INEEL at all levels through their interactions with peers and colleagues worldwide. These new Fellows will join others who have helped us define INEEL’s future as that of a world-class multipurpose national laboratory with unique capabilities in engineering and environmental quality.”

The INEEL is a science-based, applied engineering national laboratory dedicated to supporting the U.S. Department of Energy’s missions in national security, energy security, environment and science. The INEEL is operated for the Department of Energy by Bechtel BWXT Idaho, LLC.

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