Accelerating A Career
Chicago native learns valuable lessons through her two WDTS internships at SLAC national laboratory
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Engineered to Perfection
Brookhaven National Laboratory opens world of possibilities to community college student
A Materials Leap from Community College to National Laboratory
Everett, Washington, student gains research experience through DOE Office of Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists’ Community College Internships program
Many Teachers, One Goal
Biology professor Mautusi Mitra advances research, cultivates colleagues during her Oak Ridge National Laboratory internship
Born to be a Scientist
SULI experience at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory provides more fuel to her research fire
Super Mario to Super Computers
Video games sparked computer interest for Oak Ridge National Laboratory intern
Inspiration From a Superhero
University of Chicago rising senior Angela Abongwa spent summer 2024 at Argonne National Laboratory through the Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships program offered by the Department of Energy’s Office of Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists.
Researchers Put Frontier AI Models Through Paces to See What Sticks at AI Jam
We all know that artificial intelligence (AI) is dramatically changing how we interact with computers and with each other. But AI still needs guidance from experts to be useful. Joining the brain power of more than 1,000 leading experts with some of the top AI models, a first-of-its-kind event promises to supercharge AI even more. The “1,000 Scientist AI Jam Session,” held Feb. 28 at nine national laboratories, including Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), provided a focused, one-day e...
Field Trip Gives Wings to Career Options
Jessica Watley was already nurturing her passion for environmental science when she took a field trip that changed her life. Watley and other Michigan State University students took a short bus ride from East Lansing, Michigan, to Lemont, Illinois, for an excursion focusing on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics careers. Destination: Argonne National Laboratory, where Watley and the group toured several Argonne buildings.
Feeling Plasma’s Pull
It pays to listen to your professors. Margaret Fairborn was a sophomore at Whitworth University in Spokane, Washington. Physics professor Kamesh Sankaran told her the American Physical Society was holding its annual convention in town and that Arturo Dominguez would be speaking. She should go, the professor advised.
PNNL Helps Malaysia and Thailand Chart Carbon-Neutral Course | Article | PNNL
For a team of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) researchers, the models were the common thread for a three-year project assisting counterparts in Malaysia and Thailand in exploring carbon-neutral pathways. The project produced recommendations for the two Southeast Asian nations, and it might pave the way for PNNL scientists to offer the laboratory’s climate science resources to other countries in the region.
“Southeast Asia is undergoing rapid growth and urbanization, largely driven
Striving for a More Secure World | PNNL
PNNL experts work with international partners to heighten awareness of biological, chemical threats
Drones Fly Low and Slow for Radiation Detection | PNNL
Unoccupied aerial vehicles, better known as drones, have rapidly advanced from a quirky, high-flying novelty to a versatile workhorse.
They are tools for search and rescue, traffic monitoring, weather monitoring, and perhaps even package hauling.
One day, they may work with humans to augment the task of conducting surveys to detect low levels of radiation—information that could contribute to the decommissioning of sites no longer needed for nuclear-related energy production or research.
Pacif
Enriching Science Education with Thin Films | PNNL
“The instrument,” as it’s called, seems to take up the entire room. The sprawling molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) system is all tubes, bolts, stainless steel components, and air-tight glass. It can create an ultrahigh-vacuum environment, a space nearly devoid of matter, a space similar to that outside the International Space Station.
The main chamber is about the size of a wine barrel and looks as durable as a tank. Tiffany Kaspar, however, makes sure it’s treated with the care befitting an instru
PNNL’s Climate Research Inspires Artist | PNNL
Earth Scientist Hailong Wang has published more than a hundred research papers over the past two decades that have landed in prestigious academic journals. But only one of his articles has inspired an art exhibit.
“An art exhibit? I was very surprised,” said Wang, who began working at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in 2009.
A journal article Wang co-authored last year captured the attention of Seattle-area artist Eileen Wold, who is a 2021 Bainbridge Arts and Humanities Grant recipient.
Seeking Energy Frontiers | PNNL
One of the better days in Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) history occurred in April 2009.
That’s when the White House and Department of Energy (DOE) announced that PNNL would be lead organization for one of the newly created Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs). From the start, the centers were charged with the mission to accelerate scientific breakthroughs needed to build a 21st-century energy economy, laying the groundwork for fundamental advances in electricity storage and t
From Steel Mill to DOE Laboratory, Arun Devaraj Seeks Perfection | PNNL
Through sparks, dust, and a primordial roar, a fiery world took shape outside Arun Devaraj’s office.
Three giant electric arc furnaces transformed steel scrap and hot briquetted iron made from iron ore into steel. Every day, Devaraj would venture onto the floor of the cavernous Essar steel factory in Surat, a city in the western Indian state of Gujarat. He’d feel a heat blast from the 1,600-degree molten metal inside a giant cauldron while checking for the quality of the steel chemistry. He’d w
X Marks the Spot; So Does UBID | PNNL
Computerized maps and their multiple features are a marvel. They’ll get you from point A to point B. They’ll even get you to points C and D and to places in between while suggesting the best neighborhood shops for coffee, pizza, and office supplies.
But they’re not perfect. Not by a long shot.
For a sophisticated subset of map users, shortcomings lurk beneath the surface. Precision-minded users are flummoxed by maps showing buildings that lack accurate addresses. Or maybe they show an accurate
Seeking to Reduce Carbon Footprint with Foot on Two Continents | PNNL
The dissection of a frog doesn’t have much in common with catalysis, but an aspiring young scientist has to start somewhere.
A reflective Johannes Lercher marked that high school frog experiment as his starting point in biology and chemistry. Both had to compete with writing for his career ambitions. That, as well as tennis and skiing. He excelled at them all.
“I was always quite broadly interested,” said Lercher.
Science won. Today, the Battelle Fellow and director of the Institute for Integ
PNNL-Led Study Delivers Road Map of Lung Development | PNNL
RICHLAND, Wash.—Researchers have compiled the most comprehensive road map of the protein composition of human lungs, providing a clearer picture of the healthy development of this essential organ that made terrestrial life possible.
The study, led by scientists at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, describes how thousands of molecules are modulated in a coordinated fashion during the formation of pulmonary tissue. The findings are expected to provide a gateway for
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