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The Energy Science and Technology Directorate (ESTD) is comprised of three divisions—Buildings and Transportation Science, Electrification and Energy Infrastructures, and Manufacturing Science. Each division houses sections and groups with specific research areas, many of which overlap with other divisions and directorates within ESTD and ORNL. ESTD is also home to nine programs covering advanced manufacturing, buildings, electricity and the power grid, fossil energy and carbon management, geothermal energy, transportation, solar power, water power, and wind energy. 

Directorate Leadership

Robert Wagner
Associate Laboratory Director
Energy Science and Technology Directorate
 

 

Ron Ott 
Chief Operating Officer,
Energy Science and Technology Directorate

 

Josh Pihl
Buildings and Transportation Science Division Director

Philip R Bingham
Electrification & Energy Infrastructures Division Director

Yarom Polsky
Manufacturing Sciences Division Director
 

Program Managers

Bill Peter
Advanced Manufacturing Program Manager

Melissa Lapsa
Building Technologies Program Manager

Edgar Lara-Curzio
Fossil Energy Program Manager

Madhu Sudhan Chinthavali
Sustainable Electricity Program Manager

Rich Davies
Sustainable Transportation Program Manager

Shih-Chieh Kao
Water Power Manager

Section Heads

Kashif Nawaz
Building Technologies Research

Vlastimil Kunc
Composite Science and Technology Section

Ilias Belharouak
Electrification Section Head

James E Parks II
Energy and Industrial Decarbonization

Ryan A Kerekes
Energy Sensing, Analytics, and Communications

Michael Starke
Energy Systems Integration and Controls

Scott Smith
Precision Manufacturing and Machining

James P Szybist
Propulsion Science

Vincent C Paquit
Secure and Digital Manufacturing 

Burak Ozpineci
Vehicle and Mobility Systems Research Section