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Dr. Linda L. Horton, Presenter, "An Overview of ORNL Research" Dr. Horton is the Associate Division Director and manager of the Basic Energy Sciences Programs in the Metals and Ceramics Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). She is responsible for technical guidance and management of the basic science research that includes theoretical studies, materials characterization, radiation effects, intermetallics, advanced ceramics, and process science. Dr. Horton's personal research has emphasized applications of electron microscopy to materials science problems and has included investigations of the effects of ion implantation and neutron irradiation on the structure and properties of ferritic alloys and ceramic materials and studies of the growth and characterization of diamond thin films. She has authored over 45 publications and has co-edited a book on diamond thin films. Her research has received award recognition from DOE, ASM International (including Fellow), and the Association for Women in Science (East Tennessee Chapter Awards for Distinguished Achievements in Science – 1987 and Distinguished Science Management and Policy Implementation – 1995). She received the 1994 YWCA Tribute to Women award for Science and Technology (East Tennessee). In professional societies, Dr. Horton has served as a Trustee of ASM International and as a Director, Physical Sciences, in the Microscopy Society of America. Currently, she is chairman of the ASM Council of Fellows. Dr. Horton has served on the DOE Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee since 1996, including 2 years as vice-chairman. She has been a member of number of DOE, NSF, and NRC committees and panels, including participation in the ER Strategic Planning activities and the Birgeneau Panel on Synchrotron Sources and Science. Dr. Horton also coordinates the pre-college educational activities in the Metals and Ceramics Division and serves on the ORNL Diversity Leadership Council. Related to these activities, she has been active in presenting science to pre-college students, including targeted groups of young women, both in the Oak Ridge area and to groups across the U.S. through ASM International. Dr. Horton also serves on the External Advisory Committee for Brown University’s Materials Research Science and Engineering Center. Dr. Horton has a Ph.D. and M.S. in Materials Science from the University of Virginia. Her B.S. is in mathematics and physics from Grove City College in Pennsylvania. Her previous positions at ORNL include Leader of the Microscopy and Microanalytical Sciences Group and the Surfaces and Interfaces Group, and Technical Assistant to the ORNL Laboratory Director and to the Associate Laboratory Director for the Physical Sciences. She is married to Dr. Joseph A. Horton, Jr., also on the research staff at ORNL, and has three children. Mary Lou Daugherty, Coordinator, Shadow-A-Mentor Program Ms. Daugherty is a graduate of Carson-Newman College (B.S., biology, 1957), East Tennessee Baptist Hospital School of Medical Technology (M.T. [ASCP], 1958) and University of Tennessee (M.S. in zoology, 1973). She was employed for several years in clinical laboratories in East Tennessee and Indiana and, in 1965, returned to East Tennessee to work as a research assistant in the Biology Division of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, focusing on basic immunology and chemical carcinogenesis. After about 15 years in the research laboratory, she transferred to the Information Division of ORNL where she prepared assessment documents, primarily for the EPA and the Department of Defense, on the health and environmental effects of chemicals that are (or were) released into the workplace and environment. Her group eventually moved into the Health Sciences Research Division of ORNL and she retired from that division in December 1994. Ms. Daugherty continues to work for a subcontractor, part-time, on similar projects at home.
Dianne Rairdon, Discussion Panel Moderator, "Essential Steps to Finding Your First Job" Ms. Rairdon has over 20 years experience with Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) as an administrative assistant, research assistant, and program manager in nuclear medicine, epidemiology, and legal programs. Currently she manages ORAU’s policy and procedure, directives, and ethics programs in the General Counsel’s office. Ms. Rairdon is a former member of ORAU’s Management Advisory Council and a former chairperson of the ORAU EEO/Diversity Council. She has served as logistics coordinator for the DOE Review of Laboratory Programs for Women and the WIST Conference and is a recipient of ORAU’s 1998 Significant Contribution Award and 1999 Achievement Cash Award. Ms. Rairdon completed the Office Administration Program at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, in 1969 and received a B.S. in Business Administration from Tusculum College, Greeneville, Tenn., in 1987. She is a member of the Mediation Association of Tennessee, is a certified mediator by the Tennessee Supreme Court Alternative Dispute Resolution Commission, and serves as a mediator for civil cases in Knox County General Sessions Court.
Leigh Ann Pennington, Discussion Panel Member, "Essential Steps to Finding Your First Job" Ms. Pennington is a statistician/economist with expertise in science and technology workforce issues and science and engineering academic programs. She has 10 years of experience in survey research and statistical analysis related to assessment of educational programs and labor market trends and serves as a lead investigator on applied research and data assessment projects, providing lead support in the areas of quantitative modeling and statistical techniques. Since 1992, Ms. Pennington has served as a statistical analyst for the management of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program, utilizing statistical methods to improve application review efficiency. She has also served as the team leader for the development and implementation of a national database to collect information for the Department of Energy (DOE) on science education program participants, and has been involved in precollege summer activities funded by the NSF. In past years, she has been involved in several evaluation efforts for DOE science education programs, specifically in the statistical analysis of data available from the programs themselves, as well as utilizing other national databases on scientific personnel for comparison groups. She has worked extensively with the data files from surveys that make up the Scientists and Engineers Statistical Data System (SESTAT), sponsored by the NSF, and with other large national databases on occupations and employment maintained by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Ms. Pennington has an M.A. and A.B.D. in economics from Vanderbilt University and a B.A. in economics and mathematics from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Judy Trimble, Discussion Panel Member, "Essential Steps to Finding Your First Job" Ms. Trimble is responsible for R&D Employment at ORNL. She has held several positions in the Human Resources organization and has been responsible for service in staffing, compensation, employee development, and workforce planning. An important and rewarding component of her job involves counseling employees on job opportunities and career development. Ms. Trimble also conducts workshops and seminars on resume preparation, interview skills, and job search strategies. She has been an invited speaker at the DOE Review of Laboratory Programs for Women, four Women in Science and Technology Conferences, the WATTec Conference, and the 1994 Women's History Month Expo. Ms. Trimble has a B.S. in biology and an M.S. in plant pathology from Virginia Tech. She joined ORNL’s Environmental Sciences Division in 1983 and has held several technical and administrative positions including a "developmental assignment" as Technical Assistant to an Associate Laboratory Director. She has participated in ORNL’s Mentoring Program as a mentee and a mentor. She is a charter member and Past President of the Association for Women in Science (AWIS)—East Tennessee Chapter. Dr. Dabney Johnson, Discussion Panel Moderator, "Where Can You Go in 21st Century Science?" Dr. Dabney Kelley Johnson is a Senior Staff Scientist and Section Head in Mammalian Genetics and Development in the Life Sciences Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. She received her Ph.D. in molecular genetics in the Mammalian Genetics program at ORNL from the University of Tennessee Graduate School for Biomedical Sciences in May of 1990. After graduating in 1967 with a B.S. in biology from Salem College, Winston-Salem N.C., and an M.S. in biology in 1968 from Emory University in Atlanta, she raised a family while working in quality control/microbiology for a pharmaceutical company and then as a cytogeneticist and laboratory supervisor at the University of Tennessee Birth Defects Center. Dr. Evelyn Baskin, Discussion Panel Member, "Where Can You Go in 21st Century Science?" Dr. Evelyn Baskin is a mechanical engineer in the ORNL Energy Division. She received her B.S. and M.S. degrees in mechanical engineering from Tuskegee University in Tuskegee, Ala., and her Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Her area of specialty is thermosciences with emphases on heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning. During her education, she worked at various summer internships including Bell Laboratories, Argonne National Laboratory, and IBM and a full-time position at E-System in Texas as a software engineer. After receiving her Ph.D., she taught at Auburn University in the department of mechanical engineering for two years; while there she received a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant and was a 1992 NASA summer faculty fellow. She worked for the U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development in Research Triangle Park, N.C., for almost six years in the atmospheric protection branch evaluating alternative refrigerants for refrigerator/freezer applications and examining biomass feedstocks and their potential for forming products of incomplete combustion under different thermal conditions utilizing analytical methods. On Nov. 9, 1998, she joined ORNL in the Energy Division evaluating the effectiveness of heating and cooling equipment. Dr. Marie Walsh, Discussion Panel Member, "Where Can You Go in 21st Century Science?" Marie Walsh holds a B.S. in biology and chemistry from Illinois College, and an M.S. and Ph.D. in agricultural and applied economics from the University of Minnesota. Dr. Walsh has taught biology and physics in the Peace Corps in Berekum, Ghana, Africa. She has also worked as a research assistant conducting biotechnology research at Washington University Medical School. Dr. Walsh was an American Association for the Advancement of Science Congressional Science Fellow, and worked at the U.S. Congress--Office of Technology Assessment where she conducted analysis of policy issues related to agricultural biotechnology. Currently, she is a Research Staff Economist in the Energy Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Leader of the Resource Economics Task of the Bioenergy Feedstock Development Program at ORNL. She has previously served as the U.S. Representative to the Integrated Bioenergy Systems Activity of the International Energy Agency’s Biomass Utilization Task. Her research focuses on economic issues related to biomass energy systems with emphasis on feedstock supply and biomass resource assessment issues. Kaye Johnson, Discussion Panel Member, "Where Can You Go in 21st Century Science?" Kaye Johnson was born in Loudon, Tenn., and was educated in the public school system of Knox County and graduated from Powell High School. After working six years, she entered Mississippi State University and in three years received her B.S. degree. She was employed by Exxon from 1975 to 1976. In 1976, she joined the staff of Union Carbide Corporation, Nuclear Division ( a U.S. government subcontractor that was later succeeded by Lockheed Martin Energy Research, Corp.) While working, she earned an M.S. degree from the University of Tennessee. Ms. Johnson has over 20 years' experience in areas of finance, subcontract coordination, capital accounting, and program management. In 1994-95, she served on an off-site assignment to DOE Headquarters assisting the Director of the Advanced Automotive Technologies Office in a program spanning seven federal agencies. Until last December, she was Deputy Director of the ORNL Transportation Technologies Program. She currently is the Program Manger for the American Museum of Science and Energy in Oak Ridge. In addition, she has continuously served on four university technical advisory committees and has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Southern Coalition for Advanced Transportation.
Ms. Thomas is a Health Physicist with the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education’s (ORISE) Professional Training Programs. In this position, she is responsible for developing and presenting lectures and laboratory exercises on health and medical physics topics to training course participants. Some of these lectures are about radiation detectors, interactions of radiation with matter, x-ray physics and shielding, internal dosimetry of radionuclides, and the medical uses of radiation. Professional Training Programs’ course participants are typically health physics professionals working in industry, research, medicine, academia, the military, and government. Elyse holds an M.S. degree in allied medical professions and a B.S. degree in radiologic technology, both from the Ohio State University. Prior to coming to ORISE, she managed the x-ray machine inspection program at the Ohio Department of Health and worked as a consulting health physicist for a nuclear medicine clinic. She is certified by the American Board of Health Physics and serves on several commitees of national professional associations. WIST Home || Conference
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