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3D Printing Metal for Ocean Energy Devices, Unlocking AI’s Potential, Early Career Spotlight

3D Printing Metal for Ocean Energy Devices, Unlocking AI’s Potential, Early Career Spotlight

Update: 2025-09-03
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It’s the 50th episode of The NREL Podcast! Today, you’ll hear about: 

  1. A new tool that lets researchers and partners cut prototyping costs, wait times, and design barriers for ocean energy technologies. 
  2. A recent gathering at NREL where experts explored how artificial intelligence can accelerate materials synthesis, characterization, and modeling—unlocking new insights and speeding technologies to market. 
  3. NREL data scientist Hilary Egan's creative career path from astrophysics to applied artificial intelligence. 

This episode was hosted by Kerrin Jeromin and Taylor Mankle, written and produced by Allison Montroy, Hannah Halusker, and Kaitlyn Stottler, and edited by Taylor Mankle, Joe DelNero, and Brittany Falch. Graphics are by Brittnee Gayet. Our title music is written and performed by Ted Vaca and episode music by Chuck Kurnik, Jim Riley, and Mark Sanseverino of Drift BC. Transforming Energy: The NREL Podcast is created by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colorado. Email us at podcast@nrel.gov. Follow NREL on X, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, Threads, and Facebook.

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3D Printing Metal for Ocean Energy Devices, Unlocking AI’s Potential, Early Career Spotlight

3D Printing Metal for Ocean Energy Devices, Unlocking AI’s Potential, Early Career Spotlight

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