Judith Ann Bamberger is an American mechanical engineer whose research has concentrated on the measurement of physical properties in materials undergoing

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, especially through the use of

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, and its applications in the cleanup of the

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. She is a senior research engineer at the

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) is one of the United States Department of Energy national laboratories, managed by the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science. The main campus of the laboratory is in Richland, Washington ...

, in its Energy and Environment Directorate.

Education

Bamberger majored in physics and chemistry at

Dickinson College Dickinson College is a Private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1773 as Carlisle Grammar School, Dickinson was chartered on September 9, 1783, ...

. She has a master's degree in mechanical engineering from

Pennsylvania State University The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State or PSU) is a Public university, public Commonwealth System of Higher Education, state-related Land-grant university, land-grant research university with campuses and facilities throughout Pennsyl ...

, and completed her Ph.D. in mechanical engineering at

Washington State University Washington State University (WSU, or colloquially Wazzu) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Pullman, Washington, United States. Founded in 1890, WSU is also one of the oldest Land-grant uni ...

. Her 2013 doctoral dissertation, ''Characterizing and Modeling of Concentration Profiles during Pulsed Jet Mixing of Slurries'', was supervised by Cecilia Richards.

Recognition

Bamberger was named as an

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in 2014. She was the recipient of the 2015 Tri-Cities Engineer of the Year Award.

Personal life

Bamberger also competes as a

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bamberger, Judith Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American mechanical engineers American women engineers Dickinson College alumni Pennsylvania State University alumni Washington State University alumni Fellows of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers