MONROEVILLE — Kathryn Jackson was named vice president of Strategy, Research and Technology at Westinghouse Electric.

Jackson previously was the executive vice president of river system operations and environment at the Tennessee Valley Authority.

Jackson's TVA career began in 1991 when she was hired as a project engineer for nuclear power in the generating group. She began her professional career in 1980 at Westinghouse, where she worked for four years as a marketing project engineer and design engineer. She then went to Alcoa as a technology forecaster at the company's Corporate Research and Development Center.

Jackson spent two years as a postdoctoral fellow at the National Academy of Engineering in Washington, D.C., where she was responsible for evaluating national regulations and policies for engineering, technology and society.

She earned a bachelor's degree in physics from Grove City College in 1979 and also has a master's in industrial engineering management from the University of Pittsburgh, and master's and doctorate degrees in engineering and public policy from Carnegie Mellon University.

PITTSBURGH — Avada Hearing Care Centers announced the addition of Dr. Matthew Schomburg to its staff.Schomburg of Cranberry Township received his doctorate in audiology from Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. His bachelor's degree is from Indiana (Pa.) University in speech-language pathology and audiology.He is a licensed audiologist in Pennsylvania and a member of the American Academy of Audiology.Schomburg, who grew up in Beaver County, works in Avada offices in Beaver, Butler, New Castle and Zelienople.

CLINTON TWP — Castcon Stone, which makes precast concrete stairs and structural precast products in Victory Road Business Park, announced two new hires.Case Donchez is now a member of the sales team, selling stair and landing systems in the Mid-Atlantic region.Prior to joining Castcon Stone, Donchez had sales positions in the biotechnology market. His most recent position was a laboratory safety equipment sales specialist with Thermo Fisher Scientific in Pittsburgh.Donchez has a bachelor's degree in organismal biology from Denison University in Granville, Ohio.Ken DiBucci of Pittsburgh was named a Castcon regional sales representative.DiBucci will be responsible for selling stair and landing systems in the Midwest region. He brings more than 20 years of sales experience to the company.For more than 10 years, DiBucci was a partner in Tom DiBucci Concrete, a cast-in-place concrete company servicing Western Pennsylvania. He also worked as a territory manager for Klingspor Abrasives, in Hickory, N.C.DiBucci has a bachelor's degree in communications from the University of Pittsburgh.

HAIYANG, Shadong Province, China — Shandong Nuclear Power, with Westinghouse Electric and its partner The Shaw Group, broke ground Tuesday on the Haiyang Nuclear Power Facility.The Haiyang facility will house two nuclear plants, each with Westinghouse's AP1000TM technology for nuclear reactor and turbine buildings.The Westinghouse consortium is working in partnership with State Nuclear Power Technology to build four nuclear power plants in China.