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College Institute |
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 various labs listed below.
Each lab is funded from the
Office of Science for a different number of CCI students. The number
of CCI students for the past summer is listed for most labs.
The Community College Institute internships are available at the following
DOE laboratories:
ANL placed 6 CCI students in summer 2008.
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 12 CCI students in summer 2008.
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.
LBNL placed 11 CCI students in summer 2008.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's 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.
Lawrence
Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is a premier research and development
institution for science and technology applied to national security. We
are responsible for ensuring that the nation's nuclear weapons remain
safe, secure, and reliable. LLNL also applies its expertise to prevent the
spread and use of weapons of mass destruction and strengthen homeland
security.
Our
national security mission requires special multidisciplinary capabilities
that are also used to pursue programs in advanced defense technologies,
energy, environment, biosciences, and basic science to meet important
national needs. These activities enhance the competencies needed for our
defining national security mission. The
Laboratory serves as a resource to the U.S. government and is a partner with industry and
academia. Safe, secure, and efficient operations and scientific and
technical excellence in our programs are necessary to sustain public trust
in the Laboratory. LLNL is
located Livermore is located in the Tri-Valley
region East of San Francisco on Interstate 580 providing easy access to
both the Central Valley and San Francisco Bay metropolitan area. It is served by public bus transportation, and links to the Bay Area Rapid
Transit (BART) system to help visitor move about the community.
Major airports are located in San Jose,
Oakland
, Sacramento, and San Francisco
.
SULI
and CCI applicants will be considered for the HCDAssist program which is
sponsored by the LLNL Hazards Control Department. Assist strives to
educate students about the ever-expanding field of applied safety in a
scientific research and development environment.
This program places students in any one of several safety fields within
the LLNL Hazards Control Department. Students will collaborate with
safety and research professionals on projects related to the development
and application of safety concepts in support of cutting-edge laboratory
research efforts.
Project
opportunities combine hands-on experience with technical development in
such areas as:
* bio-safety
* computer applications development
* ergonomics
* industrial hygiene/chemical safety
* industrial safety
* radiation safety
* safety education and training
HCDAssist participants will have the opportunity to:
* experience applied safety within a dynamic, multi-disciplinary
environment
* work and network with LLNL safety and research professionals
* participate in seminars and facility tours, both specially for the HCD
interns
as well as the lab-side LLNL intern program
Requirements include:
* being an undergraduate student in good standing,
* have a GPA of 3.0 minimum (prefer 3.5+ GPA) * be a
US
citizen
* majoring in biology, chemistry, computer science and management
information
systems, environmental science, fire science, general science, health
science, industrial engineering, industrial hygiene, nuclear
engineering, occupational safety, physics, radiological health/health
physics, or related fields.
Click
here to learn more about the educational programs at LLNL.
ORNL placed 7 CCI students in summer 2008.
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:
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materials science and engineering
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neutron science
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life sciences
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computer and computational science
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environmental sciences
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chemical sciences and chemical engineering technology
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fusion science and technology
-
nuclear physics
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instrumentation and measurement science and technology
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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 12 CCI students in summer 2008.
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. |