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7 unusual facts about Battelle


Battelle

Battelle Memorial Institute, R&D organization that manages eight national laboratories, headquartered in Columbus, Ohio

Battelle Hall, multi-purpose arena and exhibit hall located in Columbus, Ohio

Father of All Bombs

They quoted Tom Burky, a senior research scientist at Battelle, saying "It's not even clear what kind of weapon the Russians tested."

National Nuclear Laboratory

On 23 March 2009 it was announced by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) that a consortium made up of Serco, Battelle and the University of Manchester had been selected as the new management contractors for the NNL.

Mike Lawrence of Battelle was appointed to lead the new NNL management team as Managing Director.

Peening

In the early 1970s peening experienced a major innovation when researchers such as Allan Clauer at Battelle labs in Columbus, Ohio applied high intensity laser beams onto metal components to achieve deep compressive residual stresses, which they patented as Laser Shock Peening, and became known as laser peening in the late 1990s, when it was first applied to gas fired turbine engine fan blades for the U.S. Air Force.

Wesley R. Elsberry

In 1991, he became a research scientist at the Battelle Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, working on a mapping system for the U.S. Air Force.


Ann Battelle

Recruited by a former high school soccer coach turned moguls coach in Colorado, Battelle skied moguls competitively for the first time after she graduated from Middlebury College in 1989, when she was 21 years old.

Battelle Memorial Institute

Idaho National Laboratory (through the Battelle Energy Alliance – a collaboration between Battelle, BWX Technologies, Inc., Washington Group International, Electric Power Research Institute and an alliance of universities)


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