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SAE International (SAEI)

SAE International is a global association of more than 128,000 engineers and related technical experts in the aerospace, automotive and commercial-vehicle industries.

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National Association of Black Geoscientists (NABG)

The National Association of Black Geoscientists, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, was founded in 1981 with the purpose of building community – enabling Black Geoscientists to connect, communicate, and network with other minority professionals.

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Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE)

For over 50 years, SHPE has driven progress in STEM. As the nation’s leading organization advancing Hispanics in STEM, we welcome allies and partners who share our vision.

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Battery R&D and Next-Generation Batteries COP

This Community of Practice (COP) comprises experienced professionals specializing in Battery R&D and Next-Generation Batteries.

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National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)

NSBE is more than just an organization; it is a movement. It's where STEM dreams are built, leadership is nurtured, lifelong networks are formed, and excellence is not the exception but the expectation.

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Drones, Unmanned Systems, & Autonomous Vehicles COP

This Community of Practice (COP) comprises experienced professionals specializing in Drones, Unmanned Systems, & Autonomous Vehicles.

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National Society of Hispanic Physicists (NSHP)

NSHP seeks to develop and support efforts to increase opportunities for Hispanics in physics and to increase the number of practicing Hispanic physicists, particularly by encouraging Hispanic students to enter a career in physics.

Professional-development

TensorFlow

TensorFlow is a popular, open-source machine learning library developed by Google. It supports multiple languages and platforms.

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Society of Maintenance & Reliability Professionals (SMRP)

In 1992, practitioners from 18 different companies created the SMRP to actively promote maintenance and reliability within their field and to the public. As a nonprofit organization created by practitioners for practitioners, SMRP remains committed to conducting business with a member focus.

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LangChain

LangChain is an open-source Python and JavaScript framework that integrates large language models into applications, supporting many data sources.

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National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE)

NOBCChE is a non-profit organization dedicated to building a strong cadre of people of color in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) by providing leadership development, mentorship, and networking for students and professionals, as well as fostering early interest in STEM through outreach.

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Battery / E-Waste Reuse & Recycling COP

This Community of Practice (COP) contains experienced professionals who specialize in E-Waste Reuse & Recycling for batteries.

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International Federation of Robotics (IFR)

The International Federation of Robotics is a professional non-profit organization established in 1987 to promote, strengthen and protect the robotics industry worldwide.

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Battery Charging & Infrastructure COP

This Community of Practice (COP) contains experienced professionals who specialize in designing, planning, and creating the systems and equipment for battery charging and infrastructure.

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Graduate Women in Science (GWIS)

Graduate Women in Science (GWIS) has been empowering women as individuals and as a community since 1921.

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Connecticut-Massachusetts-Rhode Island Hub

The Connecticut-Massachusetts-Rhode Island Hub spans three states to maximize access to the regions emerging technologies,

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Association for Materials Protection and Performance (AMPP)

The Association for Materials Protection and Performance—the largest global community for corrosion and coatings expertise.

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American Welding Society (AWS)

The American Welding Society (AWS) was founded in 1919, as a nonprofit organization with a global mission: "Advancing the science, technology, and application of welding and allied joining and cutting processes worldwide, including brazing, soldering and thermal spraying.

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NumPy

NumPy is a popular open-source Python library enabling efficient, large-scale numerical computing with multi-dimensional arrays and mathematical functions.

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Institute for Supply Management (ISM)

Institute for Supply Management (ISM) is the first and largest not-for-profit professional supply management organization worldwide. Founded in 1915, ISM has over 50,000 members across 100 countries.

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Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)

Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) lets AI models pull in external data to improve accuracy, reduce hallucinations, and cite sources.

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Materials Research Society (MRS)

Founded in 1973, and headquartered in Warrendale, Pennsylvania, The Materials Research Society is a growing, vibrant member-driven organization of over 13,000. It includes people from over 90 countries around the world—from the richest of nations to developing countries.

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UL Solutions

UL Solutions is a global safety leader offering testing, certification, and advisory services to help businesses meet regulations and ensure compliance.

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American Society of Precision Engineering (ASPE)

The objective of this Society shall be to advance the arts, sciences, and technology of precision engineering, and to promote its dissemination through education and training, and to promote its use by science and industry.

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UL Standards & Engagement

UL Standards & Engagement creates and maintains science-based safety standards for products and systems worldwide.

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Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

IEEE is the world’s largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity. IEEE nurtures, develops, and advances the building of global technologies.

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UL Research Institutes

UL Research Institutes is a global, independent safety science leader advancing safer, healthier, and sustainable living via research.

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American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)

AIChE is the world's leading organization for chemical engineering professionals, with more than 60,000 members from more than 110 countries.

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Sandia National Laboratories (SNL)

Sandia National Laboratories applies science and engineering to national security challenges, operating as a leading U.S. research center for over 70 years.

Professional-development

Pandas

Pandas is a Python library for data analysis and manipulation, offering flexible data structures like Series and DataFrames for tabular data.

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Pembina Institute

Pembina Institute accelerates cleantech innovation and adoption nationwide, supporting ventures, industry, and net-zero goals with impactful programs.

Professional-development

Vibe Coding

Vibe coding is AI-driven programming where prompts to language models produce code, prioritizing results over review and deep code understanding.

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BATT CAVE

UNC Charlotte’s BATT CAVE drives battery and autonomous vehicle innovation, boosting the region’s tech growth and expanding research with major state investment.

Professional-development

Matplotlib

Matplotlib is a widely used Python library for creating static, interactive, and animated data visualizations in scientific and educational fields.

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Idaho National Laboratory (INL)

Global pre-competitive research organization advancing next-generation lead battery innovation for energy storage and automotive applications.

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American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

Founded in 1852, ASCE is the nation’s oldest national civil engineering society.

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Center for Automotive Research (CAR)

Independent nonprofit research organization informing industry and policy through automotive research, education, and dialogue for a sustainable ecosystem.

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American Society for Quality (ASQ)

The American Society for Quality (ASQ), formerly the American Society for Quality Control (ASQC), is a society of quality professionals, with nearly 800,000 members.

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Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL)

APL is the nation’s largest UARC advancing national security, space, and scientific innovation through multidisciplinary research.

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American Chemical Society (ACS)

Our mission is to advance the broader chemistry enterprise and its practitioners for the benefit of Earth and its people.

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National Renewable Energy Laboratory

NREL leads U.S. research in renewable energy and efficiency, advancing technologies for solar, wind, and sustainable transportation to enable a clean future.

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American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical & Petroleum Engineers (AIME)

AIME was one of the first national engineering societies established in the United States, and, along with ASCE (civil), ASME (mechanical), IEEE (electrical), and AIChE (chemical), it is known as an Engineering Founder Society.

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National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (MagLab)

National MagLab is the world’s largest magnet lab, enabling global research with record-high magnetic fields for breakthroughs in science and technology.

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Warehouse Operations

Warehouse operations covers the day-to-day work of receiving, storing, picking, packing, and shipping goods, supported by a WMS and an evolving stack of automation. Strong operations combine layout and slotting design, labor management, KPI tracking (lines per hour, accuracy, on-time ship), and continuous improvement to deliver consistent service at competitive cost. As e-commerce, near-shoring, and onshoring reshape distribution networks, warehouse operations is one of the fastest-evolving disciplines in the supply chain.

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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab accelerates scientific discovery and innovation, supporting urgent national priorities with world-class research.

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High-Performance Liquid Chrmoatography (HPLC)

High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) separates compounds in solution by pumping samples through a packed column at high pressure, then detecting them by UV-Vis absorbance, fluorescence, or mass spectrometry. As a hard skill it requires selecting the appropriate column chemistry and mobile phase for the target analytes, developing and validating gradient methods, and interpreting peak purity and quantitation results from calibration curves. Battery researchers apply HPLC to identify and quantify electrolyte additive decomposition products, characterize organic species in aged electrolytes, and verify purity of synthesized electrolyte components and binders.

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Cold Regions Research & Engineering Laboratory

ERDC’s CRREL advances science and engineering to solve challenges in cold, complex environments, supporting DoD and national needs with unique expertise.

Professional-development

Hazardous Waste Management

Hazardous waste management in refining and chemical processing handles spent catalysts, solvents, sludges, and contaminated water under RCRA and equivalent state regulations, from point of generation through treatment and disposal. Practitioners classify wastes, manage manifests and storage limits, and select treatment paths — incineration, stabilization, recycling — that minimize risk and cost. Sound waste management is a regulatory necessity and a meaningful operating cost lever, especially as the industry pushes toward circularity and emissions reduction.

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Referencing & Scientific Literature

Academic and scientific referencing is the practice of accurately citing prior work — journal articles, patents, standards, and data sets — to acknowledge sources, situate new findings, and direct readers to supporting evidence. As a hard skill it requires selecting the citation style required by the target journal or organization, using reference management software such as Zotero, Mendeley, or EndNote to organize and format citations, and performing systematic literature searches to ensure relevant prior art is captured. Battery researchers apply rigorous referencing in publications, patents, and technical reports to establish novelty, avoid unintentional plagiarism, and build credibility with peer reviewers and patent examiners.

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