NREL Director Dan Arvizu appointed to National Science Board.
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Dan Arvizu, NREL director since 2005, will serve 6-year term on National Science Board, which advises president and Congress on science and engineering issues, and is the policy-setting and budget-approving body for National Science Foundation. Before NREL, Arvizu served as CTO with CH2M HILL, and worked more than 20 years with Sandia National Laboratories. He holds a bachelor's in mechanical engineering from NMSU and a master's and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Stanford University.
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NREL Director Dan Arvizu Appointed to National Science Board
Panel Advises the President and Congress on Science and Engineering
The U.S. Senate confirmed President Barak Obama's appointment of Dan Arvizu, director of the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory, to a seat on the National Science Board.
The 25-member body advises the president and Congress on science and engineering issues, and is the policy-setting and budget-approving body for the National Science Foundation
Arvizu, who has served as director of NREL since 2005, will serve a six-year term ending in May 2016. "I am deeply honored to be confirmed as a member of the National Science Board," Arvizu said. "The board plays a vital role in setting national science policy, promoting science, technology, engineering and math education, and in furthering the goal of a clean energy future."
Candidates for the board must demonstrate leadership, intellectual contributions, breadth, depth, and understanding of scientific knowledge, distinguished service and potential for further contribution.
Arvizu holds a bachelor's in mechanical engineering from New Mexico State University and a master's and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Stanford University. Arvizu started his career at the AT&T Bell Telephone Laboratories.
He was first appointed to the National Science Board in 2004 and chaired the Audit and Oversight Committee for four years and co-chaired the NSB Task Force on Building a Sustainable Energy Future.
Before NREL, Arvizu served as Chief Technology Officer with CH2M HILL, and worked for more than 20 years with Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, N.M. Arvizu was inducted into the Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Awards Conference Hall of Fame in 2008 and was named the Hispanic Scientist of the year in 2010 by the Museum of Science and Industry in Tampa, Florida.
Arvizu serves on many boards and advisory panels including the American Council on Renewable Energy Advisory Board; the Stanford University Precourt Energy Advisory Board; the Singapore Clean Energy International Advisory Panel; the International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis in Vienna, Austria's U.S. National Committee; and the Colorado Renewable Energy Authority Board of Directors.
NREL is the U.S. Department of Energy's primary national laboratory for renewable energy and energy efficiency research and development. NREL is operated for DOE by the Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC.
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