{"id":16142,"date":"2023-06-26T11:44:41","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T07:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/events.iliauni.edu.ge\/event\/meeting-with-jill-marie-hruby-the-first-woman-head-of-the-us-nuclear-weapons-laboratory-2\/"},"modified":"2024-02-02T13:06:01","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T09:06:01","slug":"meeting-with-jill-marie-hruby-the-first-woman-head-of-the-us-nuclear-weapons-laboratory-2","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/events.iliauni.edu.ge\/en\/event\/meeting-with-jill-marie-hruby-the-first-woman-head-of-the-us-nuclear-weapons-laboratory-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Meeting with Jill Marie Hruby, the first woman head of the US nuclear weapons laboratory"},"content":{"rendered":"

On June 23, Jill Marie Hruby, the first woman head of the US Nuclear Weapons Laboratory, the US Department of Energy’s Deputy Secretary for Nuclear Security, held a meeting with the students of Ilia State University, organized by the US Embassy in Georgia.<\/p>\n

At the meeting, a mechanical engineer, Jill Hruby talked to the students about her career and activities.<\/p>\n

The meeting was held in question-answer mode and was opened by the Rector, Professor Nino Doborjginidze<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

About the speaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jill M. Hruby<\/strong> is an American mechanical engineer and government official. Since July 26, 2021, Hruby has served as Under Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Security and Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration, a post subject to Senate confirmation. Jill Hruby made history as the first woman to ever head a U.S. nuclear weapons lab, serving as director of Sandia National Laboratories from 2015-2017.<\/p>\n

Hruby served as the director of Sandia National Laboratories from July 2015 through May 2017. Sandia is a Department of Energy\/National Nuclear Security Administration national laboratory with diverse national security missions that include nuclear weapons, cyberspace, energy, non-proliferation, biological defense, and space.<\/p>\n

2023<\/p>\n