Workforce Development in the Horizon-broadening Isotope Production Pipeline Opportunities

ORAL

Abstract

formed under the auspices of the Department of Energy’s Isotope Program to introduce graduate and undergraduate students to new frontiers and career opportunities in the sciences of isotope production. Powered by 17 excellent institutions, this program has attracted a diverse, talented group of 25 students from six different educational majors from all over the United States. These students are performing research in isotope production research groups at universities or national laboratories. Each participant attended at least one weeklong summer school focused on a specific aspect of radionuclide production and application. The entire group met at Los Alamos National Laboratory in summer 2022 to present their research, network, and learn more about isotope production. This cohort will continue research in the fall semester with collaboration meetings and further introduction to possible careers in a virtual format. Methods of evaluation, including self assessment by the students, will be discussed. Lessons learned and successes will both be shared in this talk.

*HIPPO is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy Isotope Program, managed by the Office of Science for Isotope R&D and Production.

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Presenters

  • Lauren McIntosh

    • Texas A&M University
    • Texas A&M

Authors

  • Lauren McIntosh

    • Texas A&M University
    • Texas A&M

  • Eszter Boros

    • Stony Brook University

  • Jonathan Burns

    • The University of Alabama at Birmingham

  • Abdalla Darwish

    • Dillard University

  • Melissa Deri

    • Lehman College of the City University of New York; The Graduate Center of the City University of New York; Brookhaven National Laboratory
    • Lehman College-City University of New York

  • Paul A Ellison

    • University of Wisconsin-Madison

  • Jonathan W Engle

    • University of Wisconsin - Madison

  • Nicholas Esker

    • San Jose State University

  • Lynn C Francesconi

    • Hunter College of the City University of New York; The Graduate Center of the City University of New York
    • Hunter College-City University of New York

  • Reinier Hernandez

    • University of Wisconsin-Madison

  • Suzanne E Lapi

    • The University of Alabama at Birmingham

  • Jorge A Lopez

    • University of Texas at El Paso

  • Tara Mastren

    • University of Utah

  • Larry W May

    • Texas A&M University

  • Jorge A Munoz

    • University of Texas at El Paso

  • Grace Ndip

    • Virginia State University

  • Jerry A Nolen

    • Argonne National Laboratory

  • Ellen M O'Brien

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Graham F Peaslee

    • University of Notre Dame

  • David Rotsch

    • Argonne National Laboratory

  • Toni D Sauncy

    • Texas Lutheran Univ
    • Texas Lutheran University

  • Jennifer Shusterman

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Sherry J Yennello

    • Texas A&M University
    • Texas A&M