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Hear from colleagues representing our Women in Nuclear, Quarterman Group, Asian Heritage, NAYGN and Veterans Employee Resource Groups about what creating the future means to them and the significance of engineering expertise throughout their careers.
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Cynthia Bradley Bryant, Principal Engineer, Secondary Water Treatment Subject Matter Expert in Balance of Plant Mechanical
Tenure at Westinghouse: 15 years
What does creating the future mean to you?
Creating the future at Westinghouse to me means continuing to make positive, innovative strides in technology and business by embracing our strengths and expanding our knowledge base by growing our teams with diverse individuals.
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Timothy D. Brown, Principal Solutions Engineer in Fuel Hardware Solutions
Tenure at Westinghouse: 18 years
What does creating the future mean for you?
I think at the heart, to me, creating the future has meant continually investing in the improvement of Westinghouse regardless of my job title or position within the company. It means seeing significant value in what we do and what our vision is but recognizing that there are always opportunities to execute the vision more efficiently and bring benefit to Westinghouse, our customers, partners and ultimately society. In doing so I will have left a small piece of my DNA in the organism, body if you will, called Westinghouse.
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Rachel Christian, New Plants Licensing Lead in Global Engineering Services Licensing
Tenure at Westinghouse: 14+ years
What is the most exciting thing you have worked on in your career or at Westinghouse?
I spent 13 years in the Probabilistic Risk Assessment group, the majority of which was spent working on the development of the updated AP1000 PRA for Vogtle. While the project as a whole has been a major accomplishment and highlight of my career, participating in the Seismic PRA walkdowns at Vogtle Unit 3 was the most exciting part. Finally, after many years of working with a paper plant, I got to see and experience the design firsthand!
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Marci Eddy, Principal Engineer – Manufacturing Engineering in Uranium Recycling and Recovery
Tenure at Westinghouse: 20 years
Why did you choose engineering?
I chose chemical engineering because I have a natural affinity for chemistry and love finding innovative solutions to improve manufacturing processes.
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Asia DeLaney, Principal Engineer – Construction Engineering in Construction Engineering & Technical Services
Tenure at Westinghouse: 1.5 years
What does creating the future mean to you?
Creating the future means constantly helping others in any and every way possible. When you help others, you help brighten the world around you. Helping one person doesn’t just end with that person. When you help someone, that assistance becomes like a domino effect and can also help many more people connect to that initial person. Help comes in many forms. Something as small as a smile can be beneficial to someone. It is our duty to help our peers and those who come after us.
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Pete Chan, Vice President of Quality and Continuous Improvement in Quality, Environment, Health & Safety (QEHS)
Tenure at Westinghouse: 2.5 years
Why did you choose engineering?
I have an incredible fascination with all things mechanical, especially intricate, and precise movements. As a child, on my first airplane ride from Hong Kong to Chicago, as we immigrated to the US, I became fascinated with the sound system in the armrest. I proceeded to dismantle it and made a lot of progress until my father ordered a work-stoppage. From that time, I was hooked on engineering, from the television series “The Six Million Dollar Man” to tinkering with my own motorcycles and cars.
As one of my revered professors once lectured on, engineers are in a unique position. We have the technical aptitude to understand underlying trends and the principles that cause things to happen, we choose to apply this to our technical problems; however, we are equally equipped for non-technical issues as well. He then proceeded to explained how he saw the stock market trends and sold his positions before the market lost 20% on Black Monday. By the way, while most of my other professors wore worn out sport coats, this professor wore silk suits and ties with very shiny leather shoes. From that lecture, I lost any doubt about being an engineer!
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Dorothy Johnson, Principal Engineer in Construction Engineering & Technical Services
Tenure at Westinghouse: 1 years
What does creating the future mean to you?
It means being an active and positive participant in the future now and embracing change. You must take action and have a plan. You should invest in yourself and others. Work on becoming the future you want to see and share that knowledge along with seeking more knowledge. Give your time to others and give advice when needed, especially onto the youth. Being active in the community, outreach programs, schools, and/or churches is a great way to start. Also, investing your money into programs, charities, and businesses that you care about will aid in creating a future that you can admire.
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Kareem Pratt, Quality Engineering Supervisor in Quality Engineering / Plant Vogtle
Tenure at Westinghouse: 4 years
What does creating the future mean to you?
Building an environment that allows sustainable growth for the current adults and future adults to thrive collectively. Creating educational spaces to develop the whole human from cradle to grave.
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Lisa Dudas, Principal Design Engineer in Grids and Core Components Design
Tenure at Westinghouse: 15 years
What's the most exciting thing you have worked on in your career or at Westinghouse?
The recovery effort from the S1030 scrubber event at CFFF in 2016 was exciting in that a lot of information was being gathered at once, and the chemistry investigation team had to put together the pieces to determine what happened. I had plenty of experience with this scrubber in the years prior to the event but learned a lot of new information during this investigation.
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Tiffani Teachey, Senior Mechanical Engineer in OP Mechanical Systems
Tenure at Westinghouse: 14.5 years
What does creating the future mean to you?
Creating the future means using our skills, knowledge, and expertise to drive progress and make a positive impact in the world.
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Melanie Burley, Principal Quality Engineer/Audit Team Lead in Quality, Environment, Health & Safety (QEHS)
Tenure at Westinghouse: 17 years
What is the most exciting thing you have worked on in your career or at Westinghouse?
One of the most exciting aspects of my career at Westinghouse was to work in Quality Oversight on the V.C. Summer Units 2&3 project. Overall working as a Root Cause Team Lead provided me the opportunity to learn a lot about the various business units in the company.
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Nicole Gaussa, Engineer in Risk Analysis
Tenure at Westinghouse: 3 years
Why did you choose engineering?
I loved chemistry and math but couldn’t see myself pursing a chemistry degree. I was interested in the problem solving involved with engineering, so it seemed like a good fit.
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John C. Moore, P.E., Senior Civil Structural Engineer in Civil, Structural & Architectural Engineering (CSA)
Tenure at Westinghouse: 14.5 years
What does creating the future mean to you?
Creating the future for oneself involves developing an interest in a subject matter of choice, becoming a visionary, and being passionate as it will increase your devotion, developing a strategy for the necessary training and education to obtain the skill set needed. It also includes associating yourself with likeminded experience /inexperienced individuals for lessons learned and new innovative ideas, obtaining professional memberships through organizations related to your field of practice to stay abreast with current world issues and achievements, and overcoming failures as it will most likely play a huge part in your success throughout your career.
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Rita Baranwal, Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President of Digital & Innovation
Tenure at Westinghouse: 11 years
What is the most exciting thing you have worked on in your career or at Westinghouse?
Leading the launch of the eVinciTM microreactor, before it was even called that, was an exciting moment. It speaks to the perseverance of our original team, and having the courage of one’s convictions, especially when facing those who say it cannot be done.
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Janis Bestul Ossmann, Consulting Engineer; Piping Discipline Technical Leader; Stone & Webster ASME III Project Engineer in Global Engineering Services
Tenure at Westinghouse: 45 years
What is the most exciting thing you have worked on in your career or at Westinghouse?
Two things about equal: Early in my career I spent 5 years at Millstone 3 during the completion of construction, startup, and the first few years of commercial operation. Getting to see that transition was a great experience, as was getting to crawl and climb all over the plant. Also, I was co-author of the EPRI Guide for the Application and Use of Valves in Power Plant Systems and of the NMAC Check Valve Maintenance Guide. To write those I got to travel all over North America (US and Canada) to interview valve designers/manufacturers and utility engineering and maintenance personnel.
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Nick Piplica, Principal Engineer in Global Instrumentation & Control (I&C) – Plant Control Systems Engineering
Tenure at Westinghouse: 15 years
What does creating the future mean to you?
Keep challenging yourself and over time you will become very skilled, knowledgeable, and experienced to tackle the complex problems of the future. Maintain a healthy lifestyle so you will be at your best for your family, your community, and your country. Share or pass on your knowledge and experiences to the next generations so they can continue enjoying a high quality of life. Treat everyone fairly and with respect. People remember being treated well and consciously or subconsciously choose to treat others the same. This is what creating the future means to me and to continue advancing our experience of human exploration.
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Nader Mamish, Vice President of Global Nuclear Regulatory Affairs in Quality, Environment, Health & Safety (QEHS)
Tenure at Westinghouse: 4 months
Why did you choose engineering?
I chose to study and work in the field of health physics because I was attracted to the exciting opportunities to produce of electricity in the US, to help ensure the safety of nuclear power plants, and to use my talents to make the world a better place in which to live.
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Kendrick L Wright, Project Engineer in Global Engineering Services – Facility Engineering
Tenure at Westinghouse: Nearly 23 years
What does creating the future mean for you?
To have a vision and creative goals to make that vision come to fruition. This will require discipline and focused mindset to achieve these goals to create the future you envision.
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Don Seeger, Principal Field Specialist in Reactor and BOP Inspection Operations
Tenure at Westinghouse: 37 years
What does creating the future mean for you?
Having made strategic deterrent patrols on submarines during my service in the Navy provided me with a unique perspective. Creating the future means ensuring that our children, grandchildren, future generations have the freedom to grow and thrive.
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