From the so-called Calutron Girls who ran the cyclotron at Oak Ridge during the Manhattan Project to Hungarian biophysicist Maria Telkes who built the very first 100 percent solar house, women have played an important role in energy innovation in the United States and around the world. Yet, women’s roles in energy and scientific discovery… Keep reading →
Astronaut Ellen Ochoa is our fourth and final woman in STEM #ThrowbackThursday for 2016. | Illustration by Carly Wilkins, Energy Department. It’s Women’s History Month on Energy.gov. During the month of March, we’re highlighting the great contributions to science, technology, engineering and mathematics or STEM fields made by women of color throughout history, as well… Keep reading →
It’s Women’s History Month on Energy.gov. During the month of March, we’re highlighting the great contributions to science, technology, engineering and mathematics or STEM fields made by women of color throughout history, as well as taking a look at fascinating work that women are doing in STEM fields today. Our latest #WomeninSTEM video features Dr.… Keep reading →
Meet Suzanne Singer, an energy and thermal fluids analyst at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), and the latest profile in the Energy Department’s #WomenInSTEM video series. Suzanne works in solar forecasting, where she tries to predict how much solar energy a solar farm will produce. She also works to build collaborations between the Energy Department’s… Keep reading →
Big things happened this year at the Energy Department and we were on the ground to record and bring many of those moments to you. We swore-in our new Deputy Secretary Dr. Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, we kicked off our #WomenInSTEM video series, and we met the next generation of leaders in science. 2014 was also a momentous… Keep reading →
This article is part of the Energy.gov series highlighting the “Top Things You Didn’t Know About…” Be sure to check back for more entries soon. 5. Holiday lights have a long, fiery history. Candles were the original holiday lights, posing fire hazards for generations until Thomas Edison created the first electric lighting display for the… Keep reading →
Women have been making a significant impact in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields for centuries. Join the Energy Department in celebrating Women’s History Month by viewing this timeline for a glimpse of the accomplishments of women in energy. WOMEN IN STEM — ANCIENT HISTORY TO MODERN TIMES Our timeline starts in the 1940s,… Keep reading →
Last week, 79 Chicago-area high school students visited the Energy Department’s Argonne National Lab for “Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day,” an educational outreach program designed to give 8th-grade girls an opportunity to explore careers in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). While at the Lab, the girls participated in tours to explore different aspects… Keep reading →
Meet Carter Wall. She’s the director of the performance solar division at a Boston-area electrical construction company and the first profile in our new #WomeninSTEM video series. Carter developed an interest in science at an early age, yet struggled to find examples of women scientists and engineers beyond historical figures, like Marie Curie. A lack of relatable… Keep reading →
