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INEF Forum: Digging for Energy – Why Critical Minerals Matter

INEF Forum: Small Modular Reactors – Opportunities and Challenges

INEF at the Technology Alliance Policy Matters 2024 Summit on Fueling the #AI Revolution: People, Power & Purpose

L-R Yonas Demissie, INEF Assistant Director of Engineering & Environment, Noel Schulz, INEF Inaugural Director and Bob Ferguson Endowed Professor, Carmine Hanks, INEF Public Relations & Communications Coordinator, Yasmin Santana, Administrative Assistant to the Director standing in front of the mobile science adventure lab.
Noel Schulz, INEF Inaugural Director and Bob Ferguson Endowed Professor mediating the panel at the Tech Alliance conference.

INEF at the Seattle Children’s Research Institute Science Adventure Lab

L-R Yonas Demissie, INEF Assistant Director of Engineering & Environment, Noel Schulz, INEF Inaugural Director and Bob Ferguson Endowed Professor, Carmine Hanks, INEF Public Relations & Communications Coordinator, Yasmin Santana, Administrative Assistant to the Director standing in front of the mobile science adventure lab.
Lab leaders, Yonas, Yasmin and Noel standing inside the mobile lab holding plush toys in the shape of cells of the body.
Brains and eyes of small creatures preserved in plastic and a stress "brain" ball with the words "science adventure lab"
Grade 5 students smiling and holding clickers.
Yonas talking with the students.
Students recording using an EMG while they flex their muscles.
Noel, Yonas and Yasmin smiling and students paying attention as they are asked questions.
Grade 5 students guessing at which brain is which based on clues they were given.

Community event at the Richland Public Library

Noel Schulz, INEF Inaugural Director and Bob Ferguson Endowed Professor presents at the RPL.
L-R Chad Kruger, INEF Assistant Director for Agriculture, Extension & Outreach, Noel Schulz, INEF Inaugural Director and Bob Ferguson Endowed Professor, Michelle Hrycauk Nassif, Cougar Tracks Director, Kate McAteer, WSU Tri-Cities Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs, Sandra Haynes, WSU Tri-Cities Chancellor at the Richland Public Library.
Jillian Cadwell, WSU Tri-Cities Research Associate and Civil Engineering Adjunct Professor presenting at RPL.
Yonas Demissie, INEF Assistant Director of Engineering & Environment answering questions from the community.
WA State Legislative Rep. Stephanie Barnard and Noel Schulz, INEF Inaugural Director and Bob Ferguson Endowed Professor standing together.
Scott Hanks, PE City of Richland, standing beside WSU CEAN student ambassador Michael Jordan after viewing Michael's poster.
Carmine Hanks, INEF Public Relations & Communications Coordinator smiles at the camera - students presenting their photos.
CEAN Student ambassadors and WSU Student Environmental group leaders Rachel Holland and Razan.
Yonas Demissie, INEF Assistant Director of Engineering & Environment and Chad Kruger, INEF Assistant Director for Agriculture, Extension & Outreach flanked by Yonas' children.

INEF Ribbon-Cutting and Open House

WSU Tri-Cities Institute for Northwest Energy Futures ribbon-cutting and open house reception.  L-R Washington State University President Kirk Schulz, Central Washington Outreach Director from the Office of U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell Richard Evans, Congressman Dan Newhouse, WA State Senator Nikki Torres, WA State Senator Perry Dozier, WSU Tri-Cities Chancellor Sandra Haynes, INEF Inaugural Director and Bob Ferguson Endowed Professor Noel Schulz, WA State Senator Matt Boehnke, WA State Legislative Rep. Stephanie Barnard and WA State Legislative Rep. Alex Ybarra.
INEF Team: L-R Desiree Urban, Procurement & Contracts Coordinator; Yasmin Santana, Administrative Assistant to the Director; Yonas Demissie, INEF Assistant Director of Engineering & Environment; Carmine Hanks, INEF Public Relations & Communications Coordinator; Washington State University President Kirk Schulz; Sandra Haynes, WSU Tri-Cities Chancellor; Noel Schulz, INEF Inaugural Director and Bob Ferguson Endowed Professor; Chad Kruger, INEF Assistant Director for Agriculture, Extension & Outreach
People sitting and watching the ribbon-cutting ceremony.
CEAN ambassadors and with Jillian Cadwell, WSU Tri-Cities Research Associate and Civil Engineering Adjunct Professor in front of an INEF step and repeat.
Washington State University President Kirk Schulz talking to an attendee.
People talking in front of a poster asking people to write a response to "What does clean energy mean to you?"
CEAN student ambassadors looking at a pamphlet.
Vicki McCracken, WSU Associate Dean and Director of Extension and Professor in the School of Economic Sciences. talking with Lora Rathbone, community member.
Man talking to another man representing WSU oilseed entity,
Georgine Yorgey, Senior Research Fellow, CSANR talking to in interested individual. Chad Kruger, INEF Assistant Director for Agriculture, Extension & Outreach is in the background.

INEF Sponsored Energy Summit and Workshop

Micheal Wolcott, Interim Vice President for Research, shares during discussion time at INEF's Energy Summit 2024
INEF's Inaugural Director and Bob Ferguson Endowed Professor Noel Schulz is all smiles about the Energy Summit 2024's success! Also in the photo L-R is Jim Jensen, Sr. Bioenergy & Alternative Fuels Specialist; Director, Washington Green Transportation Program and Birgitte Ahring, Professor, Biological Systems Engineering & Chemical Engineering.
JCDREAM's Executive Director Aaron Feaver gives his flash talk before Vishal Agarwal, Director of Business Development, and Melanie Eng, Communications Manager, have a part.
Jonathan Male, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research and Director of the WSU systemwide Office for National Laboratory Partnerships, makes a point at the 2024 Energy Summit.
Bright smiles from Randy Thorn, Energy Engineer with the WSU Energy Program, Shelby Ruiz, Research Project Manager ID&CL, and Jake Wagner, CAHNRS Scholarly Assistant Professor at the 2024 Energy Summit.
Associate Dean and Director of Extension Vicki McKracken shares a point with Yonas Demissie, INEF Assistant Director of Engineering & Environment, Climate Pollution Reduction Program Manager Joel Creswell, and another individual during the 2024 Energy Summit.
A photo of the work stemming from discussions around "Topic #2 Coordination of Systems Approach Across WSU."
Melanie Eng, JCDREAM Communications Manager, smiles big for the camera!
Joshua Heyne, Director of the Bioproducts, Sciences, and Engineering Lab (BSEL) and Co-director of the WSU-PNNL Bioproducts Institute (BIO-IN) invites the Energy Program to his lab.
Ryan Tsingine, Energy Coordinator, WSU Green Transportation Program helps light the sustainable aviation fuel.

WSU Tri-Cities Clean Energy Showcase

Noel Schulz presenting about INEF.
Quinn Miller Quinn Miller holding a piece of rock while standing besides a WSU Tri-Cities podium and a presentation screen.
Jillian Cadwell with a guest
Rep. Stephanie Barnard and guest.
Stephanie Diraddo and Noel Schulz discuss the properties of basalt and olivine for carbon capture.
Jaime Shimek stands between Paul Carlisle and a guest.
David Reeploeg, Tri-City Development Council (TRIDEC), Sean O’Brien, Energy Forward Alliance, and guests.
Participants sitting at a table and smiling.

Presenting to the Murdock Foundation

Washington State University Leadership standing in front of a table with plant matter.
People connecting with INEF.
Michael Wolcott answering a question.
Noel Schulz answering a question.
AgSymbiosis report and plants.

Advanced Grid Institute

Noel Schulz, Chancellor Sandra Haynes, and Uzma Saddiqi stand in front of the INEF poster.
Bob Bauman, Kate McAteer, and Michelle stand in front of a poster.
Uzma Saddiqi, Stephanie Barnard and Jillian Cadwell stand in front of Jillian's posters.
Bo Lui and guest stand by his poster.
AGI panel answering questions.