Matthew L. Robinson

Matthew L. Robinson, a mechanical engineer for Bechtel National in Richland, Washington, is working on the nation’s largest and most complex environmental challenge.

In eastern Washington State, Bechtel National is designing and building a complex of treatment plants to convert 55 million gallons of radioactive waste into stable glass. For the past four years Robinson has worked on the design of a maintenance facility for pumps and valves caked with radioactive sludge. The challenge was designing the facility to maintain the equipment using only robotic arms and other remote manipulators behind the safety of a 3-foot thick concrete wall. Robinson serves as chair of the local ASME section and volunteers for Junior Achievement, National Engineers Week, A World in Motion, MATHCOUNTS, local science fairs, and more.

matt@asme.org

Catherine Quynh-chi Duc Le

Catherine Quynh-chi Duc Le, an engineer with Northrop Grumman Corporation in El Segundo, California, is part of an electrical engineering group responsible for the development of avionics models used in requirements analysis and system verification.

Prior to joining Northrop Grumman, Le worked in vastly different engineering environments -- from the manufacturing floor to the academic research lab, from software development to risk management, and from mass-production design to a cutting-edge research and development team. Le is an active member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and recently joined the Project Management Institute and the International Council on Systems Engineering.

Lec5@asme.org

Luca Oriani, Ph.D.

Luca Oriani, a senior engineer with Westinghouse Science & Technology in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is a member of the international team working to develop a Generation IV advanced nuclear reactor design.

The project, called IRIS, or International Reactor Innovative & Secure, is an international consortium led by Westinghouse and energy companies and universities from seven other countries. Oriani is the lead engineer responsible for safety analyses and has been the lead author of the safety analyses documentation being forwarded to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission. IRIS features an enhanced safety approach where the possibility of many accidents are eliminated or their consequences reduced by design ("safety-by-design") without the need for dedicated safety grade components. Dr. Oriani has identified the design characteristics required for this safety approach and has performed the analyses required to demonstrate the IRIS response during different accident scenarios.

orianil@westinghouse.com

Mark Christian Lengsfeld

Mark Christian Lengsfeld, an analyst with Northrop Grumman Corporation in El Segundo, California, has broad expertise in engineering design, project management, and marketing.

Lengsfeld has worked as a design engineer, marketing engineer, production engineer, and project engineer in the power industry. Currently, he is a capital asset management analyst for a $25-billion global defense enterprise. Lengsfeld implemented designs that reduced cost while maintaining performance to meet customers’ requirements. He led cost reduction efforts for transitioning products from concept phase to mass production. Fluent in German, Lengsfeld produced crossover standards for effective communication between European design and American manufacturing. Lengsfeld published two technical papers on pressure vessels impacting international industry standards. He was also awarded the 2003 ASME Pacific Region Young Engineer Award. Lengsfeld is a member of the ASME Leadership Development Initiative. His objective is to examine the causes of a high attrition rate of new graduates from technical professional organizations, and develop beneficial programs and marketing campaigns to retain participations.

LengsfieldM1@asme.org