Dianne Ezell will serve as the next National Technical Director for the Energy Department's Advanced Sensors and Instrumentation (ASI) program. Credit: Carlos Jones/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy
The Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy has selected Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Dr. Dianne Ezell to serve as the next National Technical Director for the Advanced Sensors and Instrumentation (ASI) program.
Ezell, previously the Nuclear Sensors, Instrumentation and Controls R&D Coordinator in the Nuclear Energy and Fuel Cycle Division, brings technical expertise and leadership experience in sensors and instrumentation to the National Technical Director role. Her experience in advancing commercialization of laboratory-developed technologies will guide the ASI program in expanding its impact with nuclear reactor and fuel cycle stakeholders across government and industry.
A member of Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s research staff since 2010, Ezell’s research spans harsh environment experiments, advanced instrumentation for nuclear systems, and radiation-hardened electronics. She contributed to key efforts including microreactor instrumentation, NASA’s Space Nuclear Propulsion and Fission Surface Power initiatives, and the National Molten Salt Campaign.
Ezell holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Tennessee. She has been an IEEE Senior Member since 2017, serving on the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers East Tennessee Executive Committee for more than five years. She also serves on the American Nuclear Society’s Operations and Power Division Conference Planning Executive Committee, the Aerospace Nuclear Science & Technology Division Executive Committee, and the Honors and Awards Committee.
The Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy works to advance nuclear energy science and technology to meet the nation's energy, environmental, and economic needs. The Advanced Sensors and Instrumentation program develops and qualifies innovative sensors and instruments for the nuclear energy industry.
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