Radiological Protection Intern
A complete application must include the following to be considered:
- Completion of all required fields in the application and successful application submission
- Undergraduate or graduate transcripts as appropriate
- Two recommendations
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The Minority Serving Institutions Partnership Program (MSIPP) Internships is a new program to promote the education and development of the next generation workforce in critical science, engineering, technology, and math (STEM) related disciplines that complement current and future missions of DOE national laboratories. The MSIPP Internship program is designed to provide an enhanced training environment for next generation scientists and engineers by exposing them to research challenges unique to our industry.
MSIPP Interns will be given the opportunity to complete Summer Internships aligned with ongoing U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (DOE-EM) research under the direction of a host national laboratory. The internship will be performed at the host national laboratory, utilizing their facilities and equipment under the guidance of a research staff member.
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Project Description:
Date of Appointment: May 26-July 31, 2020
The participant in the Radiological Protection Program internship may be involved in one of several projects that would provide an opportunity to get hands on experience and expand their knowledge in Radiation Health Physics. These opportunities would further the knowledge of the participant while also providing valuable knowledge to Radiation Protection Program on how to effectively and efficiently detect radiation at Argonne National Laboratory. The projects that the participant may engage in collaboration with a Health Physicist:
• Evaluating how air sampler inlet size affects the collection of particulates while the air sampler is running at a constant flow rate.
• Determining an appropriate method to evaluate and assess intakes from special tritiated compounds.
• Evaluating and recommending an instrument for surveying neutron pulsed fields for accelerator facilities.
• Developing a clearance and release protocol for potentially activated materials at one of Argonne’s accelerator facilities; including the use of Canberra’s In-Situ Object Counting System (ISOCS).
• Evaluating and update the use of passive area monitoring at Argonne to improve the characterization of radiological hazards.
Salary: Selected candidate will be compensated by either a stipend or salary, and may include one round trip domestic travel to and from the host laboratory. Stipends and salaries will be commensurate with cost of living at the location of the host laboratory. Housing information will be provided to interns prior to arrival at the host laboratory, and will vary from lab to lab.
Required Knowledge, Skills, Work Experience, and Education Successful candidates will:
• Be a rising junior or senior undergraduate student studying microbiology, biochemistry or chemistry.
• Have the ability to complete a scientific literature review on subject of study.
• Have skills and maturity to operate advanced laboratory instruments, perform experiments, analyze data, and maintain records in the environmental biotechnology laboratory.
• Have ability to follow all laboratory safety rules and procedures.
Desired Knowledge, Skills, Work Experience, and Education It is desirable for the candidate to have:
It is desirable for the candidate to have:
- Knowledge of health physics and radiation protection theory and practice, the measurement and analysis of ionizing radiation and radioactivity, and radiation protection standards.
- Knowledge of effects of radiation on tissues, nuclear and atomic physics, ALARA principles, and instrumentation theory.
- Proven oral and written skills to effectively communicate problems and solutions to workers and management.
- Ability to develop interpersonal relationships with various researchers and scientists.
- Currently enrolled in occupational safety and health or radiological protection related program (ABET accredited preferred) full time and seeking a degree in an occupational safety and health or radiological protection field. Master/Ph. D students are eligible to apply.
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