Isaac GarciaIsaac GarciaSystem Architect and OwnerApplied Automation ITNumber of employees you oversee: 4Brief background of your business:We started in September of 2018. We started out of a love for people in our community and a passion for technology. At Applied Automation IT, we put people first and information technology second.How...

By Amanda MasonFor the Tri-Cities Area Journal of BusinessToxic algae can no longer hide in plain sight.The Benton-Franklin Health District Water Lab in Kennewick is now home to ELISA, a testing kit and plate reader that detects toxins from algae blooms in water samples collected from local lakes and rivers.The...

The greater Tri-Cities is rich with STEM jobs.The chart, taken from the Vitals of the Association of Washington Business Institute, makes this clear.The density of STEM jobs in 2021 in the two-county workforce was slightly over 5.6%. That places the metro area at the top of the heap for STEM...

Science and technology have made many things better when it comes to sports.And they will continue to do so in the future.The Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business talked to some Tri-City area high school athletic directors and one football coach about what science and technology have done for sports.Here is...

Over the course of the pandemic, using technology to connect with family and friends was a lifeline for so many, but a switch away from 3G – third-generation wireless – could leave loved ones in a lurch.This year, wireless carriers are shutting off 3G coverage, forcing consumers to replace older...

Completion of the $7.7 million LIGO Exploration Center, called LExC, is on track to be completed by the end of September, with a spring 2022 grand opening planned.LIGO Hanford, one of two detectors making up the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory, broke ground in fall 2020 on the science center.Expected to...

Director, Environmental Molecular Sciences Division and EMSLPacific Northwest National LaboratoryDouglas MansEmployees you oversee: 168What is the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory?  The Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory or EMSL, is a Department of Energy Office of Science National User Facility funded and managed within the Biological and Environmental Research Program. As a User Facility,...

Growth has been a common refrain in the Tri-Cities over the past decade.Population has climbed, as Benton-Franklin Trends laid out, from 262,500 in 2012, to the estimated of 308,800 today. Similarly, the average number employed, has risen from 120,474 in 2011, to 130,516 in 2020. And median household income has...

Hanford talk focuses on salmon, sturgeonSalmon, sturgeon and more are the topic of the Aug. 25 edition of the Let’s Talk About Hanford series of virtual science talks.The program is a collaboration with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and will explore the fish found in the Columbia River...

You cannot read the news today without finding another story of a company besieged by a malware infection: their files encrypted, and the company brought to its knees by cybercriminals.We’ve recently seen a large pipeline company forced to shut down all operations and a U.S. government agency suspending operations for...