{"id":17549,"date":"2023-12-20T20:57:19","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T20:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edx.netl.doe.gov\/sami\/?page_id=17549"},"modified":"2025-06-04T22:44:02","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T22:44:02","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/edx.netl.doe.gov\/sites\/sami\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling fusion-equal-height-columns fusion-animated\" style=\"--awb-border-sizes-top:0px;--awb-border-sizes-bottom:0px;--awb-border-sizes-left:0px;--awb-border-sizes-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:20px;--awb-padding-right:20px;--awb-padding-bottom:20px;--awb-padding-left:20px;--awb-margin-top:0%;--awb-margin-bottom:0%;--awb-background-color:#eaeaea;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;--awb-box-shadow: 5px 5px 5px rgba(0,0,0,0.3);\" data-animationType=\"fadeIn\" data-animationDuration=\"0.5\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third fusion-column-first\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:0%;--awb-padding-right:0%;--awb-padding-bottom:0%;--awb-padding-left:0%;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;width:33.333333333333%;width:calc(33.333333333333% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.33333333333333 ) );margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-center in-legacy-container\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-margin-top:0%;--awb-margin-right:0%;--awb-margin-bottom:0%;--awb-margin-left:0%;--awb-max-width:200px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);--awb-filter:opacity(100%);--awb-filter-transition:filter 0.3s ease;--awb-filter-hover:opacity(60%);\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\" style=\"border-radius:5px;\"><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.energy.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"DOE Logos_rgb_horz-stacked_color\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3150\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/edx.netl.doe.gov\/sites\/sami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/DOE-Logos_rgb_horz-stacked_color.png\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-18720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edx.netl.doe.gov\/sites\/sami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/DOE-Logos_rgb_horz-stacked_color-200x57.png 200w, https:\/\/edx.netl.doe.gov\/sites\/sami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/DOE-Logos_rgb_horz-stacked_color-400x114.png 400w, https:\/\/edx.netl.doe.gov\/sites\/sami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/DOE-Logos_rgb_horz-stacked_color-600x171.png 600w, https:\/\/edx.netl.doe.gov\/sites\/sami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/DOE-Logos_rgb_horz-stacked_color-800x229.png 800w, https:\/\/edx.netl.doe.gov\/sites\/sami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/DOE-Logos_rgb_horz-stacked_color-1200x343.png 1200w, https:\/\/edx.netl.doe.gov\/sites\/sami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/DOE-Logos_rgb_horz-stacked_color.png 3150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1040px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:0%;--awb-padding-right:0%;--awb-padding-bottom:0%;--awb-padding-left:0%;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;width:33.333333333333%;width:calc(33.333333333333% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.33333333333333 ) );margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-center in-legacy-container\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-margin-top:0%;--awb-margin-right:0%;--awb-margin-bottom:0%;--awb-margin-left:0%;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);--awb-filter:opacity(100%);--awb-filter-transition:filter 0.3s ease;--awb-filter-hover:opacity(60%);\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-2 hover-type-none\" style=\"border-radius:5px;\"><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/netl.doe.gov\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"NETL Logo\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"138\" height=\"53\" src=\"https:\/\/edx.netl.doe.gov\/sites\/sami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/NETL-53h.png\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-16351\"\/><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:0%;--awb-padding-right:0%;--awb-padding-bottom:0%;--awb-padding-left:0%;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;width:33.333333333333%;width:calc(33.333333333333% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.33333333333333 ) );\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-center in-legacy-container\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-margin-top:0%;--awb-margin-right:0%;--awb-margin-bottom:0%;--awb-margin-left:0%;--awb-max-width:130px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);--awb-filter:opacity(100%);--awb-filter-transition:filter 0.3s ease;--awb-filter-hover:opacity(60%);\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-3 hover-type-none\" style=\"border-radius:5px;\"><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/edx.netl.doe.gov\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"EDX Logo\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"130\" height=\"53\" src=\"https:\/\/edx.netl.doe.gov\/sites\/sami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/EDX-53h.png\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-16350\"\/><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-column-content-centered\"><div class=\"fusion-column-content\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h1>About Us<\/h1>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p>The <strong>Science-based Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Institute (SAMI)<\/strong> was established in 2020 and combines the strengths of NETL\u2019s energy computational scientists, data scientists and subject matter experts with strategic partners to drive solutions to today\u2019s energy challenges. The institute has a vision to <strong>leverage science-based models, artificial intelligence, and machine learning (AI\/ML) methods, data analytics and high-performance computing to accelerate applied technology development for clean, efficient, and affordable energy production and utilization<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:30px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"leadership\" class=\"fusion-container-anchor\"><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-3 has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-background-color:rgba(3,169,244,0.2);--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-4 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><h1>Leadership Team<\/h1>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-5 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\" data-scroll-devices=\"small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-column-content-centered\"><div class=\"fusion-column-content\"><div class=\"fusion-content-boxes content-boxes columns row fusion-columns-4 fusion-columns-total-3 fusion-content-boxes-1 content-boxes-clean-horizontal content-left content-boxes-icon-on-side\" style=\"--awb-backgroundcolor:rgba(205,239,244,0.2);--awb-title-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);--awb-iconcolor:rgba(255,255,255,0);--awb-margin-top:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-hover-accent-color:#f05858;--awb-circle-hover-accent-color:transparent;\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div style=\"--awb-backgroundcolor:rgba(255,255,255,0.01);--awb-iconcolor:rgba(255,255,255,0);border-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);\" class=\"fusion-column content-box-column content-box-column content-box-column-1 col-lg-3 col-md-3 col-sm-3 fusion-content-box-hover content-box-column-first-in-row\"><div class=\"col content-box-wrapper content-wrapper-background link-area-link-icon icon-hover-animation-fade\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"content-container\">\n<div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:0px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><a class=\"fusion-modal-text-link\" data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\".fusion-modal.rose-bio\" href=\"#\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18736 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/edx.netl.doe.gov\/sites\/sami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Kelly-Rose_2025-e1743616751297.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"204\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edx.netl.doe.gov\/sites\/sami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Kelly-Rose_2025-e1743616751297-200x278.jpg 200w, https:\/\/edx.netl.doe.gov\/sites\/sami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Kelly-Rose_2025-e1743616751297.jpg 204w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Kelly Rose<\/strong><br \/>\nTechnical Director<\/p>\n<\/a><div class=\"fusion-modal modal fade modal-1 rose-bio\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-labelledby=\"modal-heading-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"--awb-border-color:#ebebeb;--awb-background:#f6f6f6;\"><div class=\"modal-dialog modal-lg\" role=\"document\"><div class=\"modal-content fusion-modal-content\"><div class=\"modal-header\"><button class=\"close\" type=\"button\" data-dismiss=\"modal\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-label=\"Close\">&times;<\/button><h3 class=\"modal-title\" id=\"modal-heading-1\" data-dismiss=\"modal\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Kelly Rose Bio<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"modal-body fusion-clearfix\">\n<p>Kelly Rose is a geology, geo-data science researcher with the National Energy Technology Laboratory\u2019s (NETL) Research Innovation Center. Her research at NETL is focused on using geologic and geospatial science to reduce uncertainty about, characterize and understand spatial relationships between energy, engineered-natural systems at a range of scales. Her work involves development of new data-driven methods and tools for analysis of offshore energy, oil &amp; gas, rare earth element, groundwater, carbon storage, and geothermal systems. Rose\u2019s research interests also include development of software driven solutions to common science-data curation, discovery and inter-operability challenges. She has served on advisory committees including the Department of Interior\u2019s National Geologic and Geophysical Data Preservation Program, United Nations Environmental Programme\u2019s global outlook on methane gas hydrates, and the University of Southern California\u2019s Induced Seismicity and Reservoir Monitoring Consortiums.<\/p>\n<p>She is associate editor for the Journal of Sustainable Energy Engineering, and is also NETL\u2019s Technical Portfolio Lead for the Advanced Offshore Energy Research Portfolio\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/edx.netl.doe.gov\/offshore\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">https:\/\/edx.netl.doe.gov\/offshore<\/a>\u00a0Rose is Principal investigator for NETL\u2019s Energy Data eXchange (EDX), an online, public and private research curation and virtual laboratory platform developed by Rose and the EDX team for DOE FE,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/edx.netl.doe.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/edx.netl.doe.gov<\/a>\u00a0.\u00a0\u00a0 Rose is co-author of 1 patented, 8 trademarked, 2 copyrighted custom tools, and more than 100 published technologies and studies.\u00a0 Throughout her career at NETL, Rose has had the honor of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/4wEXvygcPy4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mentoring and working<\/a>\u00a0with more than forty five STEM\u00a0research interns and fellows.\u00a0 She\u00a0holds geology degrees from Denison University, B.S., Virginia Tech, M.S., and Oregon State University, Ph.D.<\/p>\n<p>For additional information from my vitae please see\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/my-orcid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/orcid.org\/my-orcid<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6130-4727\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Please click here to see extended resume.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"modal-footer\"><button class=\"fusion-button button-default button-medium button default medium\" type=\"button\" data-dismiss=\"modal\">Close<\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div style=\"--awb-backgroundcolor:rgba(255,255,255,0.01);--awb-iconcolor:rgba(255,255,255,0);border-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);\" class=\"fusion-column content-box-column content-box-column content-box-column-2 col-lg-3 col-md-3 col-sm-3 fusion-content-box-hover \"><div class=\"col content-box-wrapper content-wrapper-background link-area-link-icon icon-hover-animation-fade\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"content-container\">\n<div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:0px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><a class=\"fusion-modal-text-link\" data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\".fusion-modal.saidi-bio\" href=\"#\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17561 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/edx.netl.doe.gov\/sami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Saidi-Wissam-1-216x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"204\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edx.netl.doe.gov\/sites\/sami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Saidi-Wissam-1-200x278.png 200w, https:\/\/edx.netl.doe.gov\/sites\/sami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Saidi-Wissam-1-216x300.png 216w, https:\/\/edx.netl.doe.gov\/sites\/sami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Saidi-Wissam-1.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Wissam Saidi<\/strong><br \/>\nDeputy Technical Director<\/p>\n<\/a><div class=\"fusion-modal modal fade modal-2 saidi-bio\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-labelledby=\"modal-heading-2\" aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"--awb-border-color:#ebebeb;--awb-background:#f6f6f6;\"><div class=\"modal-dialog modal-lg\" role=\"document\"><div class=\"modal-content fusion-modal-content\"><div class=\"modal-header\"><button class=\"close\" type=\"button\" data-dismiss=\"modal\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-label=\"Close\">&times;<\/button><h3 class=\"modal-title\" id=\"modal-heading-2\" data-dismiss=\"modal\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Wissam Saidi Bio<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"modal-body fusion-clearfix\">\n<p>Wissam Saidi serves as the head of the Computational Materials Engineering Team within the Computational Science Engineering Directorate at NETL. Dr. Saidi is a seasoned researcher specializing in first-principles quantum mechanical methods, synergistically employing data informatics and artificial intelligence to optimize and design materials with customized properties. Notably, Dr. Saidi has applied these tools to explore a diverse range of energy-related materials, encompassing catalysts, sensors, critical minerals, and materials tailored for extreme environments.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"modal-footer\"><button class=\"fusion-button button-default button-medium button default medium\" type=\"button\" data-dismiss=\"modal\">Close<\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div style=\"--awb-backgroundcolor:rgba(255,255,255,0.01);--awb-iconcolor:rgba(255,255,255,0);border-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);\" class=\"fusion-column content-box-column content-box-column content-box-column-3 col-lg-3 col-md-3 col-sm-3 fusion-content-box-hover content-box-column-last\"><div class=\"col content-box-wrapper content-wrapper-background link-area-link-icon icon-hover-animation-fade\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"content-container\"><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:0px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><a class=\"fusion-modal-text-link\" data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\".fusion-modal.borders-bio\" href=\"#\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17903 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/edx.netl.doe.gov\/sites\/sami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/tammie-borders.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"204\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edx.netl.doe.gov\/sites\/sami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/tammie-borders-200x278.png 200w, https:\/\/edx.netl.doe.gov\/sites\/sami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/tammie-borders.png 204w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Tammie Borders<\/strong><br \/>\nAssociate Director of the Computational Science and Engineering Directorate<\/p>\n<\/a><div class=\"fusion-modal modal fade modal-3 borders-bio\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-labelledby=\"modal-heading-3\" aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"--awb-border-color:#ebebeb;--awb-background:#f6f6f6;\"><div class=\"modal-dialog modal-lg\" role=\"document\"><div class=\"modal-content fusion-modal-content\"><div class=\"modal-header\"><button class=\"close\" type=\"button\" data-dismiss=\"modal\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-label=\"Close\">&times;<\/button><h3 class=\"modal-title\" id=\"modal-heading-3\" data-dismiss=\"modal\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Tammie Borders Bio<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"modal-body fusion-clearfix\">\n<p>Tammie Borders is the Associate Director of the Computational Science and Engineering Directorate at DOE\u2019s National Energy Technology Laboratory. Prior to this position, Dr. Borders was a Senior Member of Technical Staff in the Proliferation Signature &amp; Data Exploitation department at Sandia National Laboratories. She completed her Ph.D. in computational physical chemistry from University of North Texas and has led national security and energy systems research across next-generation artificial intelligence, advanced nanotechnology-based materials by design and transient chemical dynamics, digital engineering, and decision-science frameworks.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"modal-footer\"><button class=\"fusion-button button-default button-medium button default medium\" type=\"button\" data-dismiss=\"modal\">Close<\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-4 has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-background-color:rgba(244,244,244,0.2);--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-6 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\"><h1>Tech Team<\/h1>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-5\"><p>SAMI has established a technical assistance team with capabilities in deep learning, time series modeling, image segmentation, containerization, science-based learning, and more. This team offers strategic assistance and consultancy to leadership and research teams.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-7 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-content-boxes content-boxes columns row fusion-columns-4 fusion-columns-total-4 fusion-content-boxes-2 content-boxes-clean-horizontal content-left content-boxes-icon-on-side\" style=\"--awb-backgroundcolor:rgba(205,239,244,0.2);--awb-title-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);--awb-iconcolor:rgba(255,255,255,0);--awb-margin-top:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-hover-accent-color:#f05858;--awb-circle-hover-accent-color:transparent;\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div style=\"--awb-backgroundcolor:rgba(255,255,255,0.01);--awb-iconcolor:rgba(255,255,255,0);border-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);\" class=\"fusion-column content-box-column content-box-column content-box-column-1 col-lg-3 col-md-3 col-sm-3 fusion-content-box-hover content-box-column-first-in-row\"><div class=\"col content-box-wrapper content-wrapper-background link-area-link-icon icon-hover-animation-fade\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"content-container\">\n<div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:0px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><a class=\"fusion-modal-text-link\" data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\".fusion-modal.rowan-bio\" href=\"#\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17598 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/edx.netl.doe.gov\/sami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/chad-rowan-e1702918600843.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"204\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edx.netl.doe.gov\/sites\/sami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/chad-rowan-e1702918600843-200x278.jpg 200w, https:\/\/edx.netl.doe.gov\/sites\/sami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/chad-rowan-e1702918600843.jpg 204w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Chad Rowan<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a><div class=\"fusion-modal modal fade modal-4 rowan-bio\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-labelledby=\"modal-heading-4\" aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"--awb-border-color:#ebebeb;--awb-background:#f6f6f6;\"><div class=\"modal-dialog modal-lg\" role=\"document\"><div class=\"modal-content fusion-modal-content\"><div class=\"modal-header\"><button class=\"close\" type=\"button\" data-dismiss=\"modal\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-label=\"Close\">&times;<\/button><h3 class=\"modal-title\" id=\"modal-heading-4\" data-dismiss=\"modal\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Chad Rowan Bio<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"modal-body fusion-clearfix\">\n<p>Mr. Chad Rowan has over 20 years of experience in research data management and project management with FEMA, NOAA, DOE, and other federal government agencies. He earned a Master\u2019s degree in Geography from West Virginia University with a focus on Geographic Information Systems. He served as NETL\u2019s Energy Data Exchange Operations Lead for 12 years until recently converting to a federal Research Scientist role within the Computational Sciences and Engineering team.<\/p>\n<p>Capabilities:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Research Data Life-Cycle Management<\/li>\n<li>Data Governance, Ethics, and Compliance<\/li>\n<li>Spatial Data Science and Analytics<\/li>\n<li>Science-Based Learning<\/li>\n<li>Workflow Process Improvement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><div class=\"modal-footer\"><button class=\"fusion-button button-default button-medium button default medium\" type=\"button\" data-dismiss=\"modal\">Close<\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div style=\"--awb-backgroundcolor:rgba(255,255,255,0.01);--awb-iconcolor:rgba(255,255,255,0);border-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);\" class=\"fusion-column content-box-column content-box-column content-box-column-2 col-lg-3 col-md-3 col-sm-3 fusion-content-box-hover \"><div class=\"col content-box-wrapper content-wrapper-background link-area-link-icon icon-hover-animation-fade\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"content-container\">\n<div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:0px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><a class=\"fusion-modal-text-link\" data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\".fusion-modal.sabbatino-bio\" href=\"#\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17605 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/edx.netl.doe.gov\/sami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Mike-Sabbatino.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"204\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edx.netl.doe.gov\/sites\/sami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Mike-Sabbatino-200x278.png 200w, https:\/\/edx.netl.doe.gov\/sites\/sami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Mike-Sabbatino.png 204w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Mike Sabbatino<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a><div class=\"fusion-modal modal fade modal-5 sabbatino-bio\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-labelledby=\"modal-heading-5\" aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"--awb-border-color:#ebebeb;--awb-background:#f6f6f6;\"><div class=\"modal-dialog modal-lg\" role=\"document\"><div class=\"modal-content fusion-modal-content\"><div class=\"modal-header\"><button class=\"close\" type=\"button\" data-dismiss=\"modal\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-label=\"Close\">&times;<\/button><h3 class=\"modal-title\" id=\"modal-heading-5\" data-dismiss=\"modal\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Mike Sabbatino Bio<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"modal-body fusion-clearfix\">\n<p>Michael has been involved in researching machine learning and natural language processing for data extraction at the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL). This research has involved geospatial data extraction. His contributions have helped to advance the field and make data extraction more efficient and accurate.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"modal-footer\"><button class=\"fusion-button button-default button-medium button default medium\" type=\"button\" data-dismiss=\"modal\">Close<\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div style=\"--awb-backgroundcolor:rgba(255,255,255,0.01);--awb-iconcolor:rgba(255,255,255,0);border-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);\" class=\"fusion-column content-box-column content-box-column content-box-column-3 col-lg-3 col-md-3 col-sm-3 fusion-content-box-hover \"><div class=\"col content-box-wrapper content-wrapper-background link-area-link-icon icon-hover-animation-fade\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"content-container\">\n<div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:0px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><a class=\"fusion-modal-text-link\" data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\".fusion-modal.Johnson-bio\" href=\"#\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18725 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/edx.netl.doe.gov\/sites\/sami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Jackson-Zachary_Headshot-scaled-e1743002839918.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"213\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edx.netl.doe.gov\/sites\/sami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Jackson-Zachary_Headshot-scaled-e1743002839918-200x267.jpg 200w, https:\/\/edx.netl.doe.gov\/sites\/sami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Jackson-Zachary_Headshot-scaled-e1743002839918.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Zach Johnson<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a><div class=\"fusion-modal modal fade modal-6 Johnson-bio\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-labelledby=\"modal-heading-6\" aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"--awb-border-color:#ebebeb;--awb-background:#f6f6f6;\"><div class=\"modal-dialog modal-lg\" role=\"document\"><div class=\"modal-content fusion-modal-content\"><div class=\"modal-header\"><button class=\"close\" type=\"button\" data-dismiss=\"modal\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-label=\"Close\">&times;<\/button><h3 class=\"modal-title\" id=\"modal-heading-6\" data-dismiss=\"modal\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Zach Johnson Bio<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"modal-body fusion-clearfix\">\n<p>Zachary (Zach) Johnson has a background in mathematics and is currently a research product developer with LRST, working as an onsite contractor to the National Energy Technology Laboratory in Albany, Oregon. His experience as a software engineer and machine learning engineer in several domains prepared him for his current role supporting GAIA and various tools and projects within NETL. He leverages his skills to develop tools, models, and methodologies supporting the work of scientists and engineers.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"modal-footer\"><button class=\"fusion-button button-default button-medium button default medium\" type=\"button\" data-dismiss=\"modal\">Close<\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div style=\"--awb-backgroundcolor:rgba(255,255,255,0.01);--awb-iconcolor:rgba(255,255,255,0);border-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);\" class=\"fusion-column content-box-column content-box-column content-box-column-4 col-lg-3 col-md-3 col-sm-3 fusion-content-box-hover content-box-column-last content-box-column-last-in-row\"><div class=\"col content-box-wrapper content-wrapper-background link-area-link-icon icon-hover-animation-fade\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"content-container\">\n<div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:0px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><a class=\"fusion-modal-text-link\" data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\".fusion-modal.Trehern-bio\" href=\"#\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18726 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/edx.netl.doe.gov\/sites\/sami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Trehern190of385-1-scaled-e1743003108266.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"213\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edx.netl.doe.gov\/sites\/sami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Trehern190of385-1-scaled-e1743003108266-200x267.jpg 200w, https:\/\/edx.netl.doe.gov\/sites\/sami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Trehern190of385-1-scaled-e1743003108266.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>William Trehern<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a><div class=\"fusion-modal modal fade modal-7 Trehern-bio\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-labelledby=\"modal-heading-7\" aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"--awb-border-color:#ebebeb;--awb-background:#f6f6f6;\"><div class=\"modal-dialog modal-lg\" role=\"document\"><div class=\"modal-content fusion-modal-content\"><div class=\"modal-header\"><button class=\"close\" type=\"button\" data-dismiss=\"modal\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-label=\"Close\">&times;<\/button><h3 class=\"modal-title\" id=\"modal-heading-7\" data-dismiss=\"modal\" aria-hidden=\"true\">William Trehern Bio<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"modal-body fusion-clearfix\">\n<p>William Trehern is a research general engineer on the Computer Science and Engineering team. He graduated from Texas A&amp;M University with a doctoral degree in materials science and engineering with a focus on Materials Informatics and Data Science. His current research uses Large Language Models to extract data from scientific literature for use in materials design and discovery using machine learning methods. Additionally, he is working toward data quality assurance, management and augmentation methods using LLM technology. His previous research work focused on materials design using data curation, feature engineering, machine learning and multi-objective optimization.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"modal-footer\"><button class=\"fusion-button button-default button-medium button default medium\" type=\"button\" data-dismiss=\"modal\">Close<\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-5 has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-background-color:rgba(4,0,7,0.1);--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-8 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"><h1>Technical Advisory Group (TAG)<\/h1>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"><p>The SAMI Technical Advisory Group (TAG) is composed of NETL researchers who are thought leaders and research innovators in data science or AI\/ML. These TAG members serve as ambassadors between their directorates to the Institute.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-9 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-content-boxes content-boxes columns row fusion-columns-4 fusion-columns-total-11 fusion-content-boxes-3 content-boxes-clean-horizontal content-left content-boxes-icon-on-side\" style=\"--awb-backgroundcolor:rgba(205,239,244,0.2);--awb-title-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);--awb-iconcolor:rgba(255,255,255,0);--awb-margin-top:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-hover-accent-color:#f05858;--awb-circle-hover-accent-color:transparent;\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div style=\"--awb-backgroundcolor:rgba(255,255,255,0.01);--awb-iconcolor:rgba(255,255,255,0);border-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);\" class=\"fusion-column content-box-column content-box-column content-box-column-1 col-lg-3 col-md-3 col-sm-3 fusion-content-box-hover content-box-column-first-in-row\"><div class=\"col content-box-wrapper content-wrapper-background link-area-link-icon icon-hover-animation-fade\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"content-container\">\n<div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:0px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><a class=\"fusion-modal-text-link\" data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\".fusion-modal.bauer-bio\" href=\"#\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17606 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/edx.netl.doe.gov\/sami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/jen-bauer.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"204\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edx.netl.doe.gov\/sites\/sami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/jen-bauer-200x278.png 200w, https:\/\/edx.netl.doe.gov\/sites\/sami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/jen-bauer.png 204w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Jen Bauer<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a><div class=\"fusion-modal modal fade modal-8 bauer-bio\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-labelledby=\"modal-heading-8\" aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"--awb-border-color:#ebebeb;--awb-background:#f6f6f6;\"><div class=\"modal-dialog modal-lg\" role=\"document\"><div class=\"modal-content fusion-modal-content\"><div class=\"modal-header\"><button class=\"close\" type=\"button\" data-dismiss=\"modal\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-label=\"Close\">&times;<\/button><h3 class=\"modal-title\" id=\"modal-heading-8\" data-dismiss=\"modal\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Jen Bauer Bio<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"modal-body fusion-clearfix\">\n<p>Jennifer Bauer is a Geo-Data Scientist with the Department of Energy\u2019s National Energy Technology Laboratory. Jennifer\u2019s work applies data science, machine learning, programming, spatio-temporal statistics, and GIS to support several research projects aligned to onshore and offshore risk reduction and prevention, characterizing energy infrastructure integrity, informing infrastructure reuse strategies and energy remediation efforts, identifying energy communities, and supporting energy transitions. Products of her work include the public release of terabytes of data, several custom-built tools and applications, and publications. Bauer serves as the Chair for DOE\u2019s Geospatial Science Steering Committee (GSSC), a member on the Deepwater Horizon Long Term Data Management Coordination Advisory team, and a representative for a National Petroleum Council study on energy infrastructure. She has a M.S. in Geography from Oregon State University and a B.S. in Marine Biology from Texas A&amp;M University.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"modal-footer\"><button class=\"fusion-button button-default button-medium button default medium\" type=\"button\" data-dismiss=\"modal\">Close<\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div style=\"--awb-backgroundcolor:rgba(255,255,255,0.01);--awb-iconcolor:rgba(255,255,255,0);border-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);\" class=\"fusion-column content-box-column content-box-column content-box-column-2 col-lg-3 col-md-3 col-sm-3 fusion-content-box-hover \"><div class=\"col content-box-wrapper content-wrapper-background link-area-link-icon icon-hover-animation-fade\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"content-container\">\n<div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:0px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><a class=\"fusion-modal-text-link\" data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\".fusion-modal.wenzlick-bio\" href=\"#\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17607 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/edx.netl.doe.gov\/sami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/madison-wenzlick.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"204\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edx.netl.doe.gov\/sites\/sami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/madison-wenzlick-200x278.png 200w, https:\/\/edx.netl.doe.gov\/sites\/sami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/madison-wenzlick.png 204w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Madison Wenzlick<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a><div class=\"fusion-modal modal fade modal-9 wenzlick-bio\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-labelledby=\"modal-heading-9\" aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"--awb-border-color:#ebebeb;--awb-background:#f6f6f6;\"><div class=\"modal-dialog modal-lg\" role=\"document\"><div class=\"modal-content fusion-modal-content\"><div class=\"modal-header\"><button class=\"close\" type=\"button\" data-dismiss=\"modal\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-label=\"Close\">&times;<\/button><h3 class=\"modal-title\" id=\"modal-heading-9\" data-dismiss=\"modal\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Madison Wenzlick Bio<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"modal-body fusion-clearfix\">\n<p>Madison Wenzlick is a Research General Engineer at NETL in Albany, Oregon. She supports the development and modeling of materials using machine learning. She is also interested in data management techniques for efficient data capture, and methods of improving model interpretability, including uncertainty quantification.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"modal-footer\"><button class=\"fusion-button button-default button-medium button default medium\" type=\"button\" data-dismiss=\"modal\">Close<\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div style=\"--awb-backgroundcolor:rgba(255,255,255,0.01);--awb-iconcolor:rgba(255,255,255,0);border-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);\" class=\"fusion-column content-box-column content-box-column content-box-column-3 col-lg-3 col-md-3 col-sm-3 fusion-content-box-hover \"><div class=\"col content-box-wrapper content-wrapper-background link-area-link-icon icon-hover-animation-fade\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"content-container\">\n<div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:0px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><a class=\"fusion-modal-text-link\" data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\".fusion-modal.gulliver-bio\" href=\"#\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17608 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/edx.netl.doe.gov\/sami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/djuna-gulliver.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"204\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edx.netl.doe.gov\/sites\/sami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/djuna-gulliver-200x278.png 200w, https:\/\/edx.netl.doe.gov\/sites\/sami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/djuna-gulliver.png 204w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Djuna Gulliver<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a><div class=\"fusion-modal modal fade modal-10 gulliver-bio\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-labelledby=\"modal-heading-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"--awb-border-color:#ebebeb;--awb-background:#f6f6f6;\"><div class=\"modal-dialog modal-lg\" role=\"document\"><div class=\"modal-content fusion-modal-content\"><div class=\"modal-header\"><button class=\"close\" type=\"button\" data-dismiss=\"modal\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-label=\"Close\">&times;<\/button><h3 class=\"modal-title\" id=\"modal-heading-10\" data-dismiss=\"modal\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Djuna Gulliver Bio<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"modal-body fusion-clearfix\">\n<p>Djuna Gulliver has worked as a research scientist for the Research and Innovation Center at NETL-DOE since 2009. Her expertise is in geomicrobiology in energy and energy-impacted environments. She is currently analyzing the microbial communities in various systems, such as hydrogen storage reservoirs, carbon storage reservoirs, shale gas reservoirs, acid mine drainage, and coalbed methane reservoirs. She is also developing biological technologies to upgrade unused resources (such as CO2, syngas, or unminable coal) into value-added products. She utilizes next generation sequencing coupled with bioinformatic analysis to characterize the abundant microbial taxonomy, potential metabolic capability, and microbial activity of these natural and engineered systems<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"modal-footer\"><button class=\"fusion-button button-default button-medium button default medium\" type=\"button\" data-dismiss=\"modal\">Close<\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div style=\"--awb-backgroundcolor:rgba(255,255,255,0.01);--awb-iconcolor:rgba(255,255,255,0);border-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);\" class=\"fusion-column content-box-column content-box-column content-box-column-4 col-lg-3 col-md-3 col-sm-3 fusion-content-box-hover content-box-column-last-in-row\"><div class=\"col content-box-wrapper content-wrapper-background link-area-link-icon icon-hover-animation-fade\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"content-container\">\n<div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:0px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><a class=\"fusion-modal-text-link\" data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\".fusion-modal.wright-bio\" href=\"#\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17609 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/edx.netl.doe.gov\/sami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/ruishu-wright.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"204\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edx.netl.doe.gov\/sites\/sami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/ruishu-wright-200x278.png 200w, https:\/\/edx.netl.doe.gov\/sites\/sami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/ruishu-wright.png 204w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Ruishu Wright<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a><div class=\"fusion-modal modal fade modal-11 wright-bio\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-labelledby=\"modal-heading-11\" aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"--awb-border-color:#ebebeb;--awb-background:#f6f6f6;\"><div class=\"modal-dialog modal-lg\" role=\"document\"><div class=\"modal-content fusion-modal-content\"><div class=\"modal-header\"><button class=\"close\" type=\"button\" data-dismiss=\"modal\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-label=\"Close\">&times;<\/button><h3 class=\"modal-title\" id=\"modal-heading-11\" data-dismiss=\"modal\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Ruishu Wright Bio<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"modal-body fusion-clearfix\">\n<p>Dr. Ruishu F. Wright is a Research Physical Scientist on the DOE National Energy Technology Laboratory\u2019s Functional Materials Team. She serves as Technical Portfolio Lead (TPL) for Natural Gas Infrastructure FWP and co-TPL for Natural Gas Decarbonization and Hydrogen Technologies FWP. She leads and coordinates R&amp;D efforts of an interdisciplinary team to develop real-time sensors and functional sensitive materials to monitor and mitigate corrosion and gas leaks of natural gas pipelines, enable subsurface geochemical monitoring in support of subsurface hydrogen-natural gas storage, wellbore integrity monitoring of carbon storage wells, and plugging abandoned wells.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Wright\u2019s expertise lies in advanced sensors development for structural health monitoring and environmental detection for energy infrastructure using distributed and nondestructive sensor technologies to ensure safe, reliable and resilient infrastructure for, among other things, natural gas and hydrogen transportation, subsurface wellbores, CO2 storage systems, and plugged abandoned wells. She has extensive experience in design and development of functional materials (e.g. metallic thin films, metal oxides, nanomaterials) to enable various sensor platforms(e.g. fiber optic sensors, passive wireless sensors, electrochemical sensors). She also has strong expertise in corrosion and materials degradation in natural gas pipelines and in deep wells with extreme conditions, such as high-temperature, high-pressure (HTHP) environments. Dr. Wright holds a Ph.D. from the Pennsylvania State University, and she has published more than 70 technical articles and given more than 70 presentations at conferences, and holds ten pending and awarded U.S. patents on sensor technologies. She has won 2023 R&amp;D 100 Award.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"modal-footer\"><button class=\"fusion-button button-default button-medium button default medium\" type=\"button\" data-dismiss=\"modal\">Close<\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div style=\"--awb-backgroundcolor:rgba(255,255,255,0.01);--awb-iconcolor:rgba(255,255,255,0);border-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);\" class=\"fusion-column content-box-column content-box-column content-box-column-5 col-lg-3 col-md-3 col-sm-3 fusion-content-box-hover content-box-column-first-in-row\"><div class=\"col content-box-wrapper content-wrapper-background link-area-link-icon icon-hover-animation-fade\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"content-container\">\n<div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:0px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><a class=\"fusion-modal-text-link\" data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\".fusion-modal.romanov-bio\" href=\"#\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17595 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/edx.netl.doe.gov\/sami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Vyacheslav-Romanov-2-e1702673255302.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"204\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edx.netl.doe.gov\/sites\/sami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Vyacheslav-Romanov-2-e1702673255302-200x278.jpg 200w, https:\/\/edx.netl.doe.gov\/sites\/sami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Vyacheslav-Romanov-2-e1702673255302.jpg 204w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Vyacheslav Romanov<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a><div class=\"fusion-modal modal fade modal-12 romanov-bio\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-labelledby=\"modal-heading-12\" aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"--awb-border-color:#ebebeb;--awb-background:#f6f6f6;\"><div class=\"modal-dialog modal-lg\" role=\"document\"><div class=\"modal-content fusion-modal-content\"><div class=\"modal-header\"><button class=\"close\" type=\"button\" data-dismiss=\"modal\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-label=\"Close\">&times;<\/button><h3 class=\"modal-title\" id=\"modal-heading-12\" data-dismiss=\"modal\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Vyacheslav Romanov Bio<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"modal-body fusion-clearfix\">\n<p>Dr. Vyacheslav (Slava) Romanov is a Physical Scientist at the Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory. He holds a PhD in Chemistry from University of Pittsburgh and PhD in Physics and Mathematics from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. Dr. Romanov\u2019s work experience includes research in electrical engineering, materials science, energy and environment, with most recent focus on data science and artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"modal-footer\"><button class=\"fusion-button button-default button-medium button default medium\" type=\"button\" data-dismiss=\"modal\">Close<\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div style=\"--awb-backgroundcolor:rgba(255,255,255,0.01);--awb-iconcolor:rgba(255,255,255,0);border-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);\" class=\"fusion-column content-box-column content-box-column content-box-column-6 col-lg-3 col-md-3 col-sm-3 fusion-content-box-hover \"><div class=\"col content-box-wrapper content-wrapper-background link-area-link-icon icon-hover-animation-fade\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"content-container\">\n<div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:0px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><a class=\"fusion-modal-text-link\" data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\".fusion-modal.weber-bio\" href=\"#\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17610 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/edx.netl.doe.gov\/sami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/justin-weber.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"204\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edx.netl.doe.gov\/sites\/sami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/justin-weber-200x278.png 200w, https:\/\/edx.netl.doe.gov\/sites\/sami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/justin-weber.png 204w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Justin Weber<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a><div class=\"fusion-modal modal fade modal-13 weber-bio\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-labelledby=\"modal-heading-13\" aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"--awb-border-color:#ebebeb;--awb-background:#f6f6f6;\"><div class=\"modal-dialog modal-lg\" role=\"document\"><div class=\"modal-content fusion-modal-content\"><div class=\"modal-header\"><button class=\"close\" type=\"button\" data-dismiss=\"modal\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-label=\"Close\">&times;<\/button><h3 class=\"modal-title\" id=\"modal-heading-13\" data-dismiss=\"modal\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Justin Weber Bio<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"modal-body fusion-clearfix\">\n<p>Justin Weber received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Pennsylvania State University in 2009. Since then, he has been working at the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL). Mr. Weber is involved in various projects encompassing computational analysis and experimental technologies. His areas of work include direct air capture, gasification, chemical looping, rotating detonation engines, and aerothermal heat transfer. On the machine learning side, Mr. Weber focuses on image segmentation, surrogate models, and design optimization.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"modal-footer\"><button class=\"fusion-button button-default button-medium button default medium\" type=\"button\" data-dismiss=\"modal\">Close<\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div style=\"--awb-backgroundcolor:rgba(255,255,255,0.01);--awb-iconcolor:rgba(255,255,255,0);border-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);\" class=\"fusion-column content-box-column content-box-column content-box-column-7 col-lg-3 col-md-3 col-sm-3 fusion-content-box-hover \"><div class=\"col content-box-wrapper content-wrapper-background link-area-link-icon icon-hover-animation-fade\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"content-container\">\n<div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:0px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><a class=\"fusion-modal-text-link\" data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\".fusion-modal.epting-bio\" href=\"#\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17614 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/edx.netl.doe.gov\/sami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/william-epting.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"204\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edx.netl.doe.gov\/sites\/sami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/william-epting-200x278.png 200w, https:\/\/edx.netl.doe.gov\/sites\/sami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/william-epting.png 204w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>William Epting<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a><div class=\"fusion-modal modal fade modal-14 epting-bio\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-labelledby=\"modal-heading-14\" aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"--awb-border-color:#ebebeb;--awb-background:#f6f6f6;\"><div class=\"modal-dialog modal-lg\" role=\"document\"><div class=\"modal-content fusion-modal-content\"><div class=\"modal-header\"><button class=\"close\" type=\"button\" data-dismiss=\"modal\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-label=\"Close\">&times;<\/button><h3 class=\"modal-title\" id=\"modal-heading-14\" data-dismiss=\"modal\" aria-hidden=\"true\">William Epting Bio<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"modal-body fusion-clearfix\">\n<p>William Epting has been at NETL since earning his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, and his B.S. from the University of Pittsburgh. His research uses deep learning, computer vision, and other machine learning techniques to understand reacting energy systems \u2013 in particular, fuel cells, electrolyzers, and other technologies involving fluid, heat, and charge transfer in complicated geometries. When he\u2019s not working he can usually be found enjoying the outdoors with his family, whether it\u2019s hiking, camping, biking, or climbing.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"modal-footer\"><button class=\"fusion-button button-default button-medium button default medium\" type=\"button\" data-dismiss=\"modal\">Close<\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div style=\"--awb-backgroundcolor:rgba(255,255,255,0.01);--awb-iconcolor:rgba(255,255,255,0);border-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);\" class=\"fusion-column content-box-column content-box-column content-box-column-8 col-lg-3 col-md-3 col-sm-3 fusion-content-box-hover content-box-column-last-in-row\"><div class=\"col content-box-wrapper content-wrapper-background link-area-link-icon icon-hover-animation-fade\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"content-container\">\n<div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:0px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><a class=\"fusion-modal-text-link\" data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\".fusion-modal.essendelft-bio\" href=\"#\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17612 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/edx.netl.doe.gov\/sami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/dirk-van-essendelft.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"204\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edx.netl.doe.gov\/sites\/sami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/dirk-van-essendelft-200x278.png 200w, https:\/\/edx.netl.doe.gov\/sites\/sami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/dirk-van-essendelft.png 204w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Dirk Van Essendelft<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a><div class=\"fusion-modal modal fade modal-15 essendelft-bio\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-labelledby=\"modal-heading-15\" aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"--awb-border-color:#ebebeb;--awb-background:#f6f6f6;\"><div class=\"modal-dialog modal-lg\" role=\"document\"><div class=\"modal-content fusion-modal-content\"><div class=\"modal-header\"><button class=\"close\" type=\"button\" data-dismiss=\"modal\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-label=\"Close\">&times;<\/button><h3 class=\"modal-title\" id=\"modal-heading-15\" data-dismiss=\"modal\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Dirk Van Essendelft Bio<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"modal-body fusion-clearfix\">\n<p>Dirk Van Essendelft is a ML and Data Scientist within the Advanced Computing and Artificial Intelligence Team at NETL. His primary areas of research center around solving field equations with novel AI\/ML methods and on novel AI\/ML hardware. In particular, Dirk works on developing some of the worlds most complex Physics Informed Neural Network models and developing scientific software to run on the Wafer Scale Engine. Through this work, NETL is advancing the state of the art in scientific computing by providing solutions that are at least two orders of magnitude faster in computing speed and at least three orders of magnitude lower in energy consumption and carbon emissions.<\/p>\n<p>Dirk joined NETL in 2008 after finishing his doctorate at Penn State University in Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering and after founding a startup company whose focus was commercializing novel CO2 capture technology that Dirk developed during his time at PSU.<\/p>\n<p>Dirk grew up in Hudsonville, Michigan. He earned a bachelors of science in Chemical engineering from Calvin College; a masters in Chemical and Biochemical engineering from University of California, Irvine; and a doctorate from The Pennsylvania State University in Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering.<\/p>\n<p>Dirk and his family currently reside in southern Monongalia County, West Virginia, and Dirk works from the Morgantown campus.<\/p>\n<p>Fun Fact: Dirk is an avid techie and self-proclaimed nerd who loves anything to do with computers, robotics, and making just about anything. Dirk has a fabrication facility in his basement filled with CNC, woodworking, metalworking, and 3D printing equipment. Dirk has two young and energetic boys and cannot wait to start teaching them all the tech-nerd stuff he enjoys. He can\u2019t wait to be able to spend more time together in the shop as the boys grow up and get old enough to start working together on neat projects.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"modal-footer\"><button class=\"fusion-button button-default button-medium button default medium\" type=\"button\" data-dismiss=\"modal\">Close<\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div style=\"--awb-backgroundcolor:rgba(255,255,255,0.01);--awb-iconcolor:rgba(255,255,255,0);border-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);\" class=\"fusion-column content-box-column content-box-column content-box-column-9 col-lg-3 col-md-3 col-sm-3 fusion-content-box-hover content-box-column-first-in-row\"><div class=\"col content-box-wrapper content-wrapper-background link-area-link-icon icon-hover-animation-fade\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"content-container\">\n<div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:0px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><a class=\"fusion-modal-text-link\" data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\".fusion-modal.Lee-bio\" href=\"#\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18728 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/edx.netl.doe.gov\/sites\/sami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Sangbum-Lee-scaled-e1743003346551.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"213\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edx.netl.doe.gov\/sites\/sami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Sangbum-Lee-scaled-e1743003346551-200x267.jpg 200w, https:\/\/edx.netl.doe.gov\/sites\/sami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Sangbum-Lee-scaled-e1743003346551.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sangbum Lee<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a><div class=\"fusion-modal modal fade modal-16 Lee-bio\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-labelledby=\"modal-heading-16\" aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"--awb-border-color:#ebebeb;--awb-background:#f6f6f6;\"><div class=\"modal-dialog modal-lg\" role=\"document\"><div class=\"modal-content fusion-modal-content\"><div class=\"modal-header\"><button class=\"close\" type=\"button\" data-dismiss=\"modal\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-label=\"Close\">&times;<\/button><h3 class=\"modal-title\" id=\"modal-heading-16\" data-dismiss=\"modal\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Sangbum Lee Bio<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"modal-body fusion-clearfix\">\n<p>Sangbum Lee received a bachelor&#8217;s degree in chemical engineering from Seoul National University (Seoul, South Korea) and a doctorate in chemical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. He has worked at ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, ExxonMobil Downstream Research &amp; Engineering Company and BASF. He is currently at the National Energy Technology Laboratory, involved in operations research and simulation projects. His areas of focus include produced water management and carbon storage systems, and his machine learning work centers on production forecasting and planning optimization.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"modal-footer\"><button class=\"fusion-button button-default button-medium button default medium\" type=\"button\" data-dismiss=\"modal\">Close<\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div style=\"--awb-backgroundcolor:rgba(255,255,255,0.01);--awb-iconcolor:rgba(255,255,255,0);border-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);\" class=\"fusion-column content-box-column content-box-column content-box-column-10 col-lg-3 col-md-3 col-sm-3 fusion-content-box-hover \"><div class=\"col content-box-wrapper content-wrapper-background link-area-link-icon icon-hover-animation-fade\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"content-container\">\n<div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:0px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><a class=\"fusion-modal-text-link\" data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\".fusion-modal.Oleksak-bio\" href=\"#\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18730 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/edx.netl.doe.gov\/sites\/sami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Richard-Oleksak-e1743003582205.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"213\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edx.netl.doe.gov\/sites\/sami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Richard-Oleksak-e1743003582205-200x267.jpg 200w, https:\/\/edx.netl.doe.gov\/sites\/sami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Richard-Oleksak-e1743003582205.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Richard Oleksak<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a><div class=\"fusion-modal modal fade modal-17 Oleksak-bio\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-labelledby=\"modal-heading-17\" aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"--awb-border-color:#ebebeb;--awb-background:#f6f6f6;\"><div class=\"modal-dialog modal-lg\" role=\"document\"><div class=\"modal-content fusion-modal-content\"><div class=\"modal-header\"><button class=\"close\" type=\"button\" data-dismiss=\"modal\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-label=\"Close\">&times;<\/button><h3 class=\"modal-title\" id=\"modal-heading-17\" data-dismiss=\"modal\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Richard Oleksak Bio<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"modal-body fusion-clearfix\">\n<p>Richard Oleksak is a research physical scientist on the DOE National Energy Technology Laboratory\u2019s Structural Materials Team. He serves as technical portfolio lead of the Advanced Energy Materials Multiyear Research Plan. Oleksak leads a variety of projects broadly related to the development of cost-effective and high-performance structural materials in support of the DOE mission. He specializes in assessing the compatibility of materials in extreme environments and is especially interested in merging AI\/ML approaches with a fundamental understanding of the physical processes driving material degradation to accelerate the design of new and improved materials for next-generation energy technologies. Oleksak received a bachelor&#8217;s degree and doctorate in chemical engineering from Oregon State University.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"modal-footer\"><button class=\"fusion-button button-default button-medium button default medium\" type=\"button\" data-dismiss=\"modal\">Close<\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div style=\"--awb-backgroundcolor:rgba(255,255,255,0.01);--awb-iconcolor:rgba(255,255,255,0);border-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);\" class=\"fusion-column content-box-column content-box-column content-box-column-11 col-lg-3 col-md-3 col-sm-3 fusion-content-box-hover content-box-column-last\"><div class=\"col content-box-wrapper content-wrapper-background link-area-link-icon icon-hover-animation-fade\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"content-container\">\n<div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:0px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><a class=\"fusion-modal-text-link\" data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\".fusion-modal.Liu-bio\" href=\"#\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18731 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/edx.netl.doe.gov\/sites\/sami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Gavin-Liu-1-scaled-e1743003975683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"213\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edx.netl.doe.gov\/sites\/sami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Gavin-Liu-1-scaled-e1743003975683-200x267.jpg 200w, https:\/\/edx.netl.doe.gov\/sites\/sami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Gavin-Liu-1-scaled-e1743003975683.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Gavin Liu<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a><div class=\"fusion-modal modal fade modal-18 Liu-bio\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-labelledby=\"modal-heading-18\" aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"--awb-border-color:#ebebeb;--awb-background:#f6f6f6;\"><div class=\"modal-dialog modal-lg\" role=\"document\"><div class=\"modal-content fusion-modal-content\"><div class=\"modal-header\"><button class=\"close\" type=\"button\" data-dismiss=\"modal\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-label=\"Close\">&times;<\/button><h3 class=\"modal-title\" id=\"modal-heading-18\" data-dismiss=\"modal\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Gavin Liu Bio<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"modal-body fusion-clearfix\">\n<p>Guoxiang (Gavin) Liu is a general engineer at the National Energy Technology Laboratory, part of the U.S. Department of Energy, focusing on energy system analysis (cost\/economics) and applying subsurface expertise to sustainable energies such as fossil and geothermal. He is also interested in AI\/ML applications for subsurface systems. Previously a team lead and senior engineer supporting NETL&#8217;s mission, Liu has five years of experience in oil and gas and six years in application development. He holds a doctorate in environmental engineering from West Virginia University, a master&#8217;s in computer science from Leiden University, and a bachelor&#8217;s degree in chemistry and computer management from Yunnan Normal University. 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