Tri-Cities Tech Business Update
Researcher honored with early career award
Alexandre Tartakovsky
A computational mathematician at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has been recognized with a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. Alexandre Tartakovsky earned the PECASE award for pioneering work in environmental sciences. The award honors his research on subsurface flow that addresses past and future energy needs: cleaning up buried nuclear or toxic contaminants and storing carbon dioxide from fossil fuels underground. Announced by the White House, the PECASE is the highest honor given by the U.S. government to scientists and engineers who are at the start of their careers. Read the complete news release. Contact Mary Beckman at 509-375-3688.
