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Choosing a Lab
Below are brief descriptions
of each of the DOE laboratories. To visit a laboratory homepage, click
on the laboratory's name below. In addition to reading information on
each laboratory that interests you, you are encouraged to take a look
at some of the student abstracts from the
years 2000 through 2008 and descriptions of research
performed by the labs listed below.
Each lab is funded from the Office of Science for a different number of
PST students. The number of PST students for the past summer is
listed for most labs.
Pre-Service Teacher internships
are available at the following DOE laboratories:
Scientists at the Department
of Energy’s Ames Laboratory seek solutions to energy-related problems
through the exploration of chemical, engineering, materials and mathematical
sciences, and physics. Established in the 1940s with the successful development
of the most efficient process to produce high-purity uranium metal for
atomic energy, Ames Lab now pursues much broader priorities than the materials
research that has given the Lab international credibility. Responding
to issues of national concern, Lab scientists are actively involved in
innovative research, science education programs, the development of applied
technologies and the quick transfer of such technologies to industry.
Uniquely integrated within a university environment, the Lab stimulates
creative thought and encourages scientific discovery, providing solutions
to complex problems and educating tomorrow's scientific talent.
Ames Laboratory is located
in Ames, Iowa, on the campus of Iowa State University. Iowa State’s
2,000-acre, park-like campus is home to over 26,000 students. Ames is
approximately 30 minutes north of Des Moines, Iowa’s capitol city.
ANL placed 6 PST students in summer 2009.
Argonne National Laboratory
performs research that falls into four broad categories:
(1) Basic science includes experimental and theoretical work in
materials science, physics, chemistry, biology, high-energy physics, mathematics,
and computer science. (2) Scientific facilities designs, builds,
and operates sophisticated research facilities that would be too expensive
for a single company or university to build and operate. These include
the Intense Pulsed Neutron Source, the Argonne Tandem Linear Accelerator
System and the Advanced Photon Source. (3) Energy resources programs
help ensure a reliable supply of efficient and clean energy for the future
and include developing advanced batteries and fuel cells, as well as advanced
electrical power generation systems. (4) Environmental management
includes alternative energy systems; environmental risk and economic impact
assessments; hazardous waste site analysis and remediation planning; electrometallurgical
treatment to prepare spent nuclear fuel for disposal; and new technologies
for decontaminating and decommissioning aging nuclear reactors.
Click here
to read about research projects open to students at ANL.
Argonne National Laboratory
is surrounded by forest preserve and located about 25 miles southwest
of Chicago's Loop.
BNL placed 6 PST sudents in summer 2009.
The home of five Nobel Prize-winning
discoveries, Brookhaven is a major multidisciplinary laboratory that
carries out basic and applied
world-class research in physical, biomedical and environmental sciences,
as well as energy technologies. Brookhaven sponsors programs for students and
faculty in physics, biology, chemistry, medical science, environmental
science, and many other areas. Educational placements range from working
with physicists to probe the nature of matter at Brookhaven's newest accelerator,
the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider,
to investigating the structure of proteins with biologists at the National
Synchrotron Light Source.
Brookhaven National Laboratory
is located on Long Island, NY.
FNAL placed 3 PST students in summer 2009.
Scientists at Fermilab conduct
basic research in high-energy physics, the science of matter, space, and
time. The Lab is home to the world's highest-energy particle accelerator,
which about 2,500 scientists use to study the structure of matter and
the forces that govern our universe. Experiments at Fermilab can involve
hundreds of scientists from all over the world who work for years designing
and constructing large detectors and then taking and analyzing data. Undergraduates
have an opportunity to work on projects that support these particle physics
experiments in areas such as engineering, applied physics and computing.
In addition, the Fermilab site offers opportunities for environmental
studies particularly in the hundreds of acres of restored tall grass prairie.
Located in Batavia, Illinois,
Fermilab is 30 miles west of Chicago's loop. While at Fermilab you can
enjoy a range of outdoor activities (sorry no mountains or oceans) or
take advantage of the cultural resources of a large metropolitan area.
Go Cubs!
INL placed 5 PST students in summer 2009.
The Idaho National Laboratory
(INL) is a multi-purpose national laboratory
delivering specialized science and engineering solutions for the Department
of Energy (DOE). INL offers research opportunities in Environmental
Stewardship, Subsurface Science, Generation IV Nuclear Energy Systems,
Advanced Computing and Collaboration, Advanced Waste Management Solutions,
Biotechnology, and engineering. INL is the lead DOE laboratory in Environmental
Management and in Environmental Stewardship. In partnership with Argonne
National Laboratory, INL is the DOE lead nuclear energy laboratory.
It is home to one of the largest concentrations of technical professionals
in the northern Rocky Mountain region.
Located in southeastern Idaho,
the INL covers 889 square miles of the Snake River Plain between Idaho
Falls and Arco, Idaho. Offices and laboratories are also in the city of
Idaho Falls, Idaho (population 50,000), located about two hours from Grand
Teton National Park, Yellowstone National Park and other areas offering
prime recreational opportunities.
LBNL placed 15 PST students in summer 2009.
Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory's (LBNL) research and development includes new energy technologies
and environmental solutions with a focus on energy efficiency, electric
reliability, carbon management and global climate change, and fusion.
Frontier research experiences exist in nanoscience, genomics and cancer
research, advanced computing, and observing matter and energy at the
most fundamental level in the universe. Ernest Orlando Lawrence founded
Berkeley Lab in 1931. Lawrence invented the cyclotron, which led to
a Golden Age of particle physics, the foundation of modern nuclear
science, and revolutionary discoveries about the nature of the universe.
Berkeley Lab's Advanced Light Source is its premier national user facility,
located centrally on the lab site overlooking the San Francisco Bay.
NOTE: Berkeley Lab will be partnering with the University of California “Cal Teach” program and the California State University "STAR" program for its summer 2009 PST program. Applicants for the 2009 PST program at LBNL must be participants in the Cal Teach or STAR programs. Those in the STAR program must also complete an application by Monday 9 Feb 09 at the following link: http://www.cesame.calpoly.edu/programs-star.html
NREL is the nation's leading
laboratory for renewable energy research. NREL is developing new energy
technologies to benefit both the environment and the economy. NREL
conducts
research in about 50 areas of scientific investigation, including
photovoltaics,
wind turbine and blade research, energy, biomass-derived fuels and chemicals,
energy-efficient buildings, advanced vehicles, industrial processes,
solar
thermal systems, hydrogen technologies fuel cells, superconductivity,
geothermal, distributed energy resources, measurement and testing of
renewable
energy systems, hybrid systems, basic energy research and waste-to-energy
technologies. Research opportunities for undergraduate students have
included
appointments in all research areas at NREL.
NREL's 300-acre main campus
is at the foot of South Table Mountain in Golden, Colo. The National Wind
Technology Center is located "between Golden and Boulder, Colorado on
Highway 93." Golden is a western suburb of Denver which has a unique feel
of a small town in a highly tech metro area. NREL is located at the foothills
of the Rocky Mountains, which offers a wide variety of outdoor activities
"short distance" of the laboratory.
ORNL placed 5 PST students in summer 2009.
The largest of DOE's national
laboratories, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) pioneers the development
of new energy sources, technologies, and materials and the advancement
of knowledge in the biological, chemical, computational, engineering,
environmental, physical, and social sciences. Research opportunities for
undergraduate students include projects in:
- materials science and engineering
- neutron science
- life sciences
- computer and computational
science
- environmental sciences
- chemical sciences and chemical
engineering technology
- fusion science and technology
- nuclear physics
- instrumentation and measurement
science and technology
- social sciences
Click
here to find out more about research at ORNL.
ORNL is located in East Tennessee
about 7 miles from the center of Oak
Ridge (population 27,000) and about 25 miles from Knoxville (metro area population
of 650,000). The Great Smoky Mountains
National Park is nearby along with various state parks and Tennessee
Valley Authority lakes affording numerous recreational opportunities.
Click
here to find out more about DOE's programs for students at ORNL.
PNNL placed 5 PST students in summer 2009.
PNNL is a world leader in
environmental science research. The Laboratory has built an international
reputation in environmental sciences through fundamental studies in chemistry,
biology, computer sciences, and a wide range of other fields. This expertise
has been developed through an emphasis on understanding complex systems,
from molecular to global scales. Research opportunities at the Laboratory
for students include appointments in atmospheric science and global change,
computational sciences, experimental chemistry, marine sciences, molecular
biology, environmental studies, remediation, environmental microbiology,
wildlife and fisheries biology, materials research, process science and
engineering, economics and political science.
Located at the confluence
of the Columbia, Snake and Yakima rivers in southeastern Washington, the
communities of Richland, Kennewick and Pasco (populations ~110,000) offer
a multitude of recreational, cultural and historical activities for you
to enjoy. Our semiarid environment has over 300 days of sunshine a year
and provides many opportunities to play in the great outdoors. Hiking,
biking, fishing, golfing, and boating are all popular activities around
the Tri-Cities area. Riverfront parks offer miles of jogging, biking,
and roller blading trails. A two-hour drive to the Cascade Mountains to
the west or the Blue Mountains to the east provides snow skiing in the
winter and spring and hiking and camping during the summer. To learn more
about activities in and around the Tri-Cities, click
here.
The Department of Energy's
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) is a Collaborative National
Center for plasma and fusion science. Its primary mission is to develop
the scientific understanding and key innovations that will lead to an
attractive fusion energy source. Associated missions include conducting
world-class research along the broad frontier of plasma science and providing
the highest quality of scientific education.
PPPL supports graduate education
primarily through the Program in Plasma Physics in the Department of Astrophysical
Sciences of Princeton
University. In addition, through the interdepartmental program in
Plasma Science and Technology, PPPL supports students in affiliated engineering
and science departments, who pursue research in plasma physics, while
satisfying requirements and receiving degrees in their home departments.
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