Are you a current undergrad looking for a prestigious research opportunity? Do you want to gain hands-on experience at a national laboratory?
The Oak Ridge Institute at The University of Tennessee is seeking applications from undergraduate students currently enrolled in colleges and universities across the US who are interested in participating in its Science Alliance Student Mentoring and Research Training (SMaRT) Program. Students who will be rising sophomores, juniors and seniors in fall of 2022 are eligible to apply. This prominent program will select 30 qualified candidates to participate in this 10-week summer program scheduled for May 23 until July 29, 2022. As a selected intern, you will receive a funded internship, including stipends, housing and an allowance for travel to and from Knoxville, TN. This program will focus on four interdisciplinary areas:
*Data science and engineering threads will be woven through each of these four areas.
Check out this YouTube video from past participants: UT-ORII—2021 Summer Internship Program
You will engage in interdisciplinary research jointly administered by some of the nation’s top researchers from The University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Dedicated graduate student mentors will work closely with you, and through focused professional development activities you will prepare materials necessary to apply for future opportunities. This summer program will build your network, build your resume and prepare you for the next steps in your academic and professional career.
UT-ORII SMaRT interns will explore cost-effective electrochemical and chemical energy systems, i.e., batteries, fuel cells, electrolyzers and synthetic fuels for integrated systems linking clean energy generation to utilizations, relevant to non-mobile (grid) and mobile (electric vehicles) applications.
Innovation is expected at the intersections of electrochemistry, chemistry, materials science, and data and system sciences. For example, new solid-state battery concepts are emerging through integration of a metal anode with a ceramic or polymer electrolyte and solid-phase cathode, to provide enhanced safety, high capacity, high specific power, and rapid discharge rate. Furthermore, earth abundant electroactive materials are being developed for scalable and cost-effective storage systems that can support the electric grid for a duration exceeding 10 hours.
These efforts will enable students and faculty to accelerate advances in electrochemical energy systems. In addition, the UT-ORII team will develop data science tools to extract correlations across disparate data sets, build integrated models and process controls to enable discovery of new materials, accelerate technology development cycles (scale-up of catalytic processes for synthetic fuel), and provide understanding of device performance and life cycle (e.g., reduce over potential and polarization losses in electrolyzers).
The University of Tennessee (UT) and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have launched the UT-ORII to foster interdisciplinary research and education. The primary goals of the institute are to: attract talent to East Tennessee and to develop a world-class STEM workforce that will, among other things, create and lead the industries of the future. UT-ORII brings together faculty, research scientists, students, and ORNL researchers to create a collaborative environment in which interdisciplinary discovery and creativity flourish.
The interdisciplinary atmosphere provided at the UT-ORII will expose you to team science, an increasingly important platform for research. As an intern, you will also gain first-hand research experience in emerging fields (e.g. quantum information sciences and data sciences) while working with state-of-the-art research instruments (e.g. 3D printers of metals and polymers). Together, these experiences will help prepare you for exciting and rewarding careers. Interns will prepare CVs, personal statements for future opportunities, as well as short research presentations and scientific posters that can be presented at conferences. Graduate student mentors will work closely with SMaRT interns, and will be available to share their graduate school experiences. Overall, participation in the SMaRT Program will help you understand and evaluate their future career options, including in academia, national laboratories, and in the industries of the future.
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