Three Livermore scientists received the 2025 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. The award is the highest honor given by the U.S. government for research activities, highlighting those with great opportunity for broad societal impact. Nuclear engineer Tomi Akindele was recognized for her research using neutrinos as a means of monitoring nuclear reactors through international cooperation. Materials scientist Holly Carlton was recognized for her efforts to understand failure modes and defect tolerances in 3D-printed metal alloys and other lightweight structures. Design physicist Kelli Humbird was recognized for her work building machine-learning models to discover a new class of igniting implosions for inertial confinement fusion experiments.
Four Lawrence Livermore engineers attended the National Academy of Engineering’s Early Career Engineering Convocation in February 2025. The event recognizes promising early-career engineers to inspire next-generation leaders in the field and drive future innovation. Attendees from the Computational Engineering Division included Jorge-Luis Barrera, specializing in design optimization using high-performance computing, and Ruben Glatt, who researches autonomous AI systems. Attendees from the Mechanical Engineering Division included Sara Harrison, who specializes in semiconductor fabrication techniques, and Elaine Lee, an expert in additive manufacturing processes.
