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Workforce Development in the Horizon-broadening Isotope Production Pipeline Opportunities

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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.

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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