Moses Davis, a participant in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security HS-STEM Summer Internship Program, is developing skills in simulation models at ORNL to contribute to transportation security improvement projects. More . . .

After a 15-year career spent working in information technology, Mariano Padilla decided to change professions, return to school and pursue his childhood passion—physics. More . . .

As a Department of Homeland Security Scholar, Steve McKinney spent 10 weeks at Oak Ridge National Laboratory developing a prototype that would help organizations detect insider threats to their computer systems. More . . .

Ariel Ruffin took full advantage of research participation programs administered by ORISE, receiving three appointments at the Spallation Neutron Source at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. More . . .

Chelsea DeCapua, a participant in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Scholarship and Fellowship Program, uses geographic information systems to identify new ways to improve emergency response. More...

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2008 Marvin L. Wesely Distinguished Graduate Research Environmental Fellowship Award winner Sarah O’Brien is exploring how tallgrass prairie land formerly used for farming rebuilds organic matter, or humus, that was lost through cultivation. More...

Eric Beier, a U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) fellow placed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, studied programming computer code that would assist a variety of federal agencies when working together on national security initiatives. More...

As a winner of the 2006 Marvin L. Wesely Distinguished Graduate Research Environmental Fellowship award, Cynthia Randles studies how carbonaceous particles, like soot and smoke, affect global climate change. More...

Paul Emanovsky, a participant in the Research Participation Program at the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command / Central Identification Laboratory in Hawaii, played a key role in the identification of the missing 1942 airman found in the Sierra Nevada. More...

Major Ricardo Reyes—a health physicist and nuclear medicine science officer— transitioned from a research participant in a U.S. Army program to a fully commissioned officer following his appointment. More...

Kristen Lancaster writes code for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for specialized software that will gather safety information, including details about radioactive materials carried by trucks, at interstate weigh stations. More...

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Tennessee doctoral student and Wesely award winner Colleen Iversen is pursuing research that considers how excess carbon dioxide affects plants. More...

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While at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Angela Reevely studied the bacterium S. oneidensis, which can possibly be used to clean polluted soil, sediment, and groundwater. More...

LaShunda Clay surveyed equipment used to test, analyze and store data from radiation samples. More...

As a summer intern at Oak Ridge National Laboratry, Aaron Fleckenstein worked on a sophisticated software program used in nuclear physics applications. Fleckenstein graduated from Western Michigan University with a degree in computer engineering. More...

A participant in the ORNL Postdoctoral Research Associates Program, Sylva Nintcheu Fata is helping to develop improved mathematical tools used in large-scale computer models that will reduce computational input and uploading time. More...

As a participant in the NASA Postdoctoral Program, astrophysicist Keigo Fukumura is studying the mystery surrounding black holes. More...

As a participant in the NASA Postdoctoral Program, Jill Deppe is studying the effects of environmental factors on bird migration. More...

NASA Postdoctoral Fellow Leigh Jenkins studies the Coma cluster, an enormous congregation of galaxies 320 million light-years away in the Coma Berenices constellation. More...

Dr. Santosh Mandal studied the incorporation of rhenium into glass and in the process, discovered that perrhenate complexes make excellent anticancer drugs. More ...

Dr. Shahzad Akbar used an electronic beam evaporator to help generate materials used to convert heat to electricity in a clean, environmentally friendly way. More ...

Dr. Edu B. Suarez-Martinez hopes to lessen the probability of a pandemic flu occurring through her research of the distribution of avian influenza virus receptors in Puerto Rican wild, migratory and non-migratory birds. More ...

Dr. Walter Shumate and his undergraduate research team worked in a microbiology lab researching methods for decontaminating household surfaces. More...

Dr. Terri Adams-Fuller and her undergraduate research team from Howard University studied the responsiveness of public safety officers during the Hurricane Katrina crisis. More ...

Cecilia Serrano spent the summer with two of her National Hispanic University students studying how certain bacteria can be used by terrorists to contaminate our nation's food supply. More ...

Dr. Lisa Webb and her student research team studied genetic traits in mice in order to gain a better understanding of energy balance in mice and the role of dietary fat in energy-balance control. More...

Dr. Dave Sree, a professor at Tuskegee University, studied ways to build machines that collect fog while saving energy during a research appointment at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. More ...

Destiny Evans used her summer research experiences to implement an inquiry-based physics curriculum. More...

Bridgette Boudreaux gathered data from oak tree leaves to better understand how the trees endure drought. More...

High school science teacher Mike Smith spent three summers on a research team at ORNL. More ...

Few high school students in their first job get to assist scientists in research directed at solving a national problem such as developing an alternative fuel source, but Oak Ridge High School senior Nadya Ally did. More ...