A total of 163 undergraduates will join the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science incubator course promoting hands-on research and technical training at National Laboratories and a fusion facility this spring.
Texas will be represented by seven students, spanning six institutions and four distinct educational systems. The spring cohort for the incubator program pulls its participating students from two internship programs – the Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships (SULI) and Community College Internships (CCI) programs. Texas’ representatives come from the SULI program exclusively.
Students selected for the program will collaborate with National Laboratory scientists and engineers, working under mentors who will guide them through the latest developments on cutting-edge research and technologies. These may include artificial intelligence (AI), computational sciences, accelerator physics, fusion energy, materials science, quantum sciences and cybersecurity.
The Texas undergraduates were chosen based off the merits of their academic achievements and field of study. By learning under the wing of accomplished STEM professionals, these students will benefit from the DOE’s efforts to cultivate the next generation of scientists and researchers, joining a highly skilled and qualified workforce to address energy, economic and national security challenges and deliver impactful results.
The students selected to represent Texas institutions for this round include the following:
The University of Texas (UT) System
- Isabella Ivanna Garcia from UT-El Paso. They will study cybersecurity at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL).
- Sarah Jagnow from UT-Dallas. They will study catalysis science at the Ames National Laboratory (AMES).
The University of North Texas (UNT) System
- Sanskriti Ambuja Dwivedi from UNT. They will study genetics and genomics at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).
- Sarah McDearis from UNT. They will study engineering materials at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL).
The Texas A&M University System
- Taylor Brewer from Prairie View A&M University. They will study engineering materials at ORNL.
The Texas Woman’s University System
- Simone Sinclair Lang from Texas Woman’s University. They will study materials sciences at the Argonne National Laboratory (ANL).
Baylor University
- Abigail Pitts from Baylor University. They will study biochemistry at the Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL).
Photo by Oak Ridge National Laboratory, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, from Wikimedia Commons
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