IE Alumni Christopher J. Saldaña has been selected by the Department of Energy to serve as the Director of the Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies Office (AMMTO).
According to the official DOE announcement, Saldaña will be responsible for identifying opportunties to "advance manurfacturing technologies and materials, as well as sustainable supply chaines, to drive economic competitiveness and pursue a net-zero emission economy." In the announcement Saldaña states "This is an incredible opportunity to support America's leadership in clean energy manufacturing technologies, materials, and supply chains."
Prior to taking on this new role Saldaña spent nearly a decade with the Georgia Tech George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, as well as other positions such as Pennsylvania State University (Harold and Inge Marcus Career Professorship) and as a research engineer at M4 Sciences Corporation, to name a few.
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