Materials Engineer, Argonne National Laboratories

Mike Kaminski looks upon the troubles of the world and gets busy. This 33-year-old materials engineer of Mexican descent is hard at work on nuclear reactors that recycle used fuel, and a gel that cleans radioactivity from buildings. So far, the young go-getter has no fewer that 15 inventions to his name.

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Orlando Auciello
Materials Scientist

Nathan Castro
Intern

Miguel Contreras
Materials Scientist

Yahel De La Cruz
Systems Engineer

Mike Kaminski
Materials Engineer

Edgar Lara-Curzio
Materials Scientist

Debora Ley
Mechanical Engineer

Eva Nogales
Biophysicist

Lucia Petkovic
Chemical Engineer

Jose Rodriguez
Chemist

Jose Zayas
Engineer