
FEATURES Workshops of Berkeley Lab
Willy Evans admits he didn’t think his skillset
was a perfect match when he applied for a
mechanical technician job at Berkeley Lab. After
all, this was the legendary Lawrence Berkeley
National Laboratory, whose scientists have won
16 Nobel Prizes.
“The job description was extremely broad and
ranged from everything like machining to cryo,”
said Evans. “Nobody’s going to have all that.”
Eight years later, he runs the Engineering
Division’s Additive Manufacturing Lab, using
industrial 3D printers and lasers to fabricate
the unique scientific
contraptions that
make prize-winning
discoveries possible.
Evans grew ...