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Albert Leslie Babb
Albert Leslie Babb, known as Les Babb, was a Canadian-born American chemical and nuclear engineer at the University of Washington who developed the first practical home kidney dialysis machine.
David A. Petti
David A. Petti is an American nuclear engineer who spent about 35 years at Idaho National Laboratory and was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2022.
Edwin E. Kintner
Edwin E. Kintner (1920–2010) was an American nuclear engineer and Navy captain who helped develop the USS Nautilus reactor and led the US magnetic fusion program.
Fred W. Albaugh
Frederic W. Albaugh (1913–1999) was an American chemist-engineer and National Academy of Engineering member who led plutonium reprocessing and reactor research at Hanford, helping establish Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.
Hans K. Fauske
Hans Kare Fauske (1935–2021) was a Norwegian-born American chemical engineer who founded Fauske & Associates in 1980 and was an authority on fast breeder reactor safety.
John M. Googin
John M. Googin (1922–1994) was an American physical chemist at the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge who developed isotope-separation processes and won the 1967 Lawrence Award.
Karl P. Cohen
Karl P. Cohen (1913–2012) was an American physicist who led uranium isotope-separation theory for the Manhattan Project and later served as General Electric's chief nuclear scientist.
Massoud T. Simnad
Massoud T. Simnad (1921-2002) was an Iranian-born American engineer and materials scientist who spent 25 years at General Atomics on nuclear fuels, reactors, and fusion materials, later teaching at UC San Diego.
Monica C. Regalbuto
Monica C. Regalbuto is a Mexican-born American chemical engineer who works on the nuclear fuel cycle, serving as Vice-President of Science and Technology at Canadian Nuclear Laboratories.
Stephen Lawroski
Stephen Lawroski (1914–1997) was an American chemical engineer who worked on the Manhattan Project, directed Argonne National Laboratory's Chemical Engineering Division, and pioneered processes for recovering uranium and plutonium from spent nuclear reactor fuel.
Thomas H. Pigford
Thomas H. Pigford was an American nuclear engineer and founding chair of nuclear engineering at UC Berkeley, coauthor of the seminal textbook Nuclear Chemical Engineering.
William Balliet
William Balliet, published as W. Hill Balliet, is an American energy-systems researcher who leads Energy and Water Systems Analysis at Idaho National Laboratory and received a 2025 PECASE award.