Partnerships for Innovation
K-12 Teachers and Students Research Experiences
Nadya Ally
Oak Ridge High School senior Nadya Ally interned in the Biosciences Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory where she helped assemble data on switchgrass, a potential biofuel feedstock.
S. Hakan Armagan
S. Hakan Armagan, a physics/nuclear science and energy teacher, recently completed his third year with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Academies Creating Teacher Scientists program at Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Holifield Radioactive Ion Beam Facility.
Elaine Custer
Elaine Custer spent the summer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory helping with the installation of the diffractometer on the Spallation Neutron Source.
Suji Jeong and Gina Lebkuecher
Biomedical scientist Brynn Voy of Oak Ridge National Laboratory mentored Suji Jeong and Gina Lebkuecher—students from the Tennessee Governor’s Academy for Mathematics and Science.
Lucas Laudermilk
High school junior Lucas Laudermilk knew that conducting research at ORNL as part of his academic program at the Tennessee Governor’s Academy for Mathematics and Science represented for him the chance of a lifetime.
Lorna O’Connor
Lorna O’Connor, a biology teacher in Cape Coral, Fla., took part in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Academies Creating Teacher Scientists program at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, where she studyied the genetic make-up of hybrid trees.
Adam Riazi
Three years ago, Adam Riazi had no idea there were so many opportunities for high school teachers to do authentic scientific research.
Ethan Sanders and Aaron Smith
Tennessee Governor’s Academy for Mathematics and Science students Ethan Sanders and Aaron Smith took part in the Oak Ridge National Laboratory SensorPedia project.