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2023 Internship Reports |
Hannah Aziz Savannah River National Laboratory (SRLN), Aiken, SC. Mentor: Hansell Gonzalez-Raymat, Ph.D. Evaluating Spatial Distribution of Contaminants in the Savannah River Site F-Area using ArcGIS Interpolation Methods |
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Shawn Cameron Florida International University, Miami, FL. Mentors: Anthony Abrahao & Pieter Hazenberg, Ph.D. Long-Term Surveillance for the Department of Energy Legacy Management’s Disposal Cell – Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) Deployment |
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Brendon Cintas Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS), WA. Mentor: Dr. Douglas Reid Development of a Long-term Surveillance Unmanned Ground Vehicle (LTS-UGV) for Surveillance at the Hanford 200 Area |
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Josue Estrada Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS), WA. Mentor: Douglas Reed, Ph.D. Development of Control Software for Autonomous and User-monitored Operation of Lateral Gamma Scanner System |
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Alejandro De La Noval Savannah River National Laboratory (SRLN), Aiken, SC. Mentor: Thomas Danielson Using Natural Language Processing for Semantic Search in the Nuclear Domain |
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Aris Duani Rojas Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA. Mentor: Timothy Johnson, Ph.D. Automatic Monitoring of Water Seepage in the F-Area 3 Basin Cap |
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Nicholas T. Espinal Savannah River National Laboratory (SRLN), Aiken, SC. Mentor: Patrick Folk Development of Robotic Arm for the Purpose of Glovebox Automation to Enhance Nuclear Waste Processing and Worker Safety |
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Aubrey Litzinger Florida International University, Miami, FL. Mentors: Zexuan Xu, Ph.D. & Haruko Wainwright, Ph.D. Development of an Integrated Hydrology Spinup Model for the F-Area of Savannah River Site with the ALTEMIS Project |
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Bryan Torres Savannah River National Laboratory (SRLN), Aiken, SC. Mentor: Jenniffer Wohlwend, Ph.D. Testing of Radiation Resistant High Density Polyurethane Foam |
2022 Internship Reports |
Joel Adams Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS), WA. Mentor: Douglas Reed Development of Semi-Autonomous Robotic Manipulator for Off-Riser Sampling of Tank Waste |
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Angel Almaguer Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA. Mentor: Jim Szecsody 1-D Column Flow-Through Study |
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Olivia Bustillo DOE-LM (Grand Junction, CO) Mentor: Ken Williams Hydroxyapatite and Uranium Interaction in Moab Groundwater and Sediment |
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Stevens Charles Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL), Aiken, SC. Mentor: Hansell Gonzalez Understanding Groundwater-Surface Water Interchange in the F-Area Wetlands of Fourmile Branch Watershed |
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Brendon Cintas Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL), Aiken, SC. Mentors: Dan Lambert Modeling of Chemical Slurry Rheology in DWPF Sludge Batch (SB) 10 Simulants |
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Mariah Doughman Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA. Mentors: Nik Qafoku Sorption and Desorption of Cr(VI) in Hanford Sediments as an Indication of Natural Attenuation Capacity |
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Caridad Estrada Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), TN. Mentor: Alexander Johs Evaluation of Sorbent Effectiveness in the Presence of Particulate Mercury Species |
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Josue Estrada Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS), WA. Mentor: Douglas Reed Integration and Automation of Pipe Crawler and Reel System for Lateral Gamma Scanner |
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David Mareno DOE-EM, Washington, DC. Mentors: Genia McKinley Contributing to the DOE EM-3.2, Office of Technology Development: Dashboard Enhancements |
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Philip Moore (Spring 2022 Internship) Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL), Aiken, SC. Mentor: Corey Hopper Automation of the Receipt Inspection of Criticality Control Overpacks (CCO) |
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Aurelien Meray Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA. Mentor: Zexuan Xu Deep Learning Based Surrogate Modeling for Supporting Climate Resilience at Groundwater Contamination Sites |
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Aubrey Litzinger Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), NM Mentor: David Moulton Investigation of the Workflow to Construct an Integrated Hydrology Model for Basin 6 of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) |
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Phuong Pham Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL), Aiken, SC. Mentor: Hansell Gonzalez-Raymat, Ph.D. Insights into the sorption and release mechanisms of Iodine-129 at Savannah River Site |
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Rohan Shanbhag Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA. Mentor: Xuehang Song Time Series Decomposition and Reconstruction Using Single Spectrum Analysis in the Hanford 200 West Area |
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Desmond Sinnott Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL), Aiken, SC. Mentor: Joseph Kinnney Automating Surplus Plutonium Disposition: Research and Design of the Blend Can Loading System |
2021 Internship Reports |
Joel Adams Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS), WA. Mentor: Alexander Pappas Development of Semi-Autonomous Robotic Platform for Mapping Radioactive Hanford Farms |
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Roger Boza Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID. Mentor: Ahmad Al. Rashdan, Ph.D. Implementation of Machine Learning and Deep Learning Algorithms to Facilitate and Automate Nuclear Power Plant Operations |
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Olivia Bustillo DOE-LM (Grand Junction, CO) Mentor: Jalena Dayvault Summer Learning Experience |
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Stevens Charles Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA. Mentor: Haruko Wainwright, Ph.D. Characterization of Surface Water Dynamics within Fourmile Branch and its Linkages with Groundwater and I-129 Geochemistry |
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Brendon Cintas Field Operations Oversight (CNS), Office of Safety Management. Mentors: Amanda Anderson, Larry Perkins Development of an Authorized Release Limit Database |
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Christian Dau Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID. Mentors: Ahmad Al Rashdan Ph.D., Brian Wilcken Dataset Curation and Virtual Environment Creation for Machine Learning Tasks |
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Mariah Doughman Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA. Mentor: Nikolla Qafoku, Ph.D. Adsorption of Uranium to Hanford Formation Sediment in the Vadose Zone |
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Josue Estrada DOE-EM, Washington, DC. Mentor: Jean Pablo Pabon Quiñones Contributing to the DOE EM-3.2, Office of Technology Development: Dashboard / Wearable Technologies Database |
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Christian Gonzalez Lopez Pacific Northwest National Laboratory(PNNL), Richland, WA. Mentors: Mark Rockhold, Ph.D., Xuehang Song, Ph.D. Gap-Filling Time Series Using Direct Sampling in the Hanford 100-Areas |
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Gisselle Gutierrez-Zuniga Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), NM Mentors: David Moulton, Ph.D., Daniel Livingston, M.S. Exploration of Toolsets for Development of an Integrated Hydrology Model of Basin-6 near the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) |
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Aurelien Meray Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA. Mentor: Haruko Wainwright pyLEnM Update: A Machine Learning and Data Analysis Python Package for Long-Term Soil and Groundwater Monitoring |
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Philip Moore Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL), Aiken, SC. Mentor: Dr. Jennifer Wohlwend Environmental Testing of Polyurethane Foams for use as 3-Dimensional Fixatives |
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Jeff Natividad Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS), WA. Mentor: Alexander Pappas Autonomous Navigation and Radiation Mapping Platform – Hardware Updates and Integration |
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Phuong Pham Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL), Aiken, SC. Mentor: Hansell Gonzalez-Raymat, Ph.D. Sorption of Iodine Species on SRS Wetland Soils |
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Eduardo Rojas Grand junction, CO. Mentor: Ms. Jalena Dayvault Remote Sensing Technologies for Long-Term Surveillance of DOE-LM Sites |
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Thi Tran Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS), WA. Mentor: Alexander Pappas Autonomous Navigation and Radiation Mapping Platform – Radiation Sensor Package Development |
2020 Internship Reports |
Roger Boza Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID. Mentor: Mike Griffel Artificial Intelligence Implementation for Object Detection in Route Operable Unmanned Navigation of Drones (ROUNDS) |
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Christopher Excellent Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID. Mentor: Steven Egan Mobile Hot Cell for End-of-Life Source Management – Camera Control |
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Gisselle Gutierrez Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, Carlsbad NM. Mentor: Anderson Ward Processing of Time Series Data in Support of Producing a Climatological Summary of WIPP |
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Aurelien Meray Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA. Mentor: Haruko Wainwright pyLEnM: A Python Package for Long-Term Soil and Groundwater Monitoring |
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Juan Carlos Morales Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in Richland, WA. Mentor: Katrina Waters Investigation of Heavy Metal Biomarkers for the Assessment of Remediated Surface Waters |
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Jeff Natividad Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS), WA. Mentor: Alexander Pappas Navigation and Positioning Tests for Vector Platform |
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Edward Nina Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS), WA. Mentor: Trent Fullmer Numerical Simulation for Radioactive Waste Transfer using COMSOL Multiphysics (Under Review) |
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Michael Thompson Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID. Mentor: Ahmad Rashdan Flight control systems for autonomous indoor drones |
2019 Internship Reports |
Alejandro Koszarycz Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL), Aiken, SC Risk Model for EM Decision Support Toolsets(pending review) |
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Alexis Suarez DOE HQ EM 3.2, Germantown, Maryland Contributing to the DOE EM 4.1 and 4.12, Office of Groundwater and Subsurface Closure |
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Alexis Vento Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) in Albuquerque, New Mexico H-6bR Water density Stratification Investigation |
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Amanda Yancoskie Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL), Aiken, SC 2D Dam-Break Analysis of L Lake and PAR Pond Dams Using HEC-RAS |
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Anilegna Nunez Abreau DOE HQ EM 3.2, Germantown, Maryland An Assessment of Long-Term Monitoring Strategies and Developing Technologies |
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Frances Zengotita (Internship sponsored by the hosting institution) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA Plutonium Migration from Estuary Sediments (Ravenglass, UK) |
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Jason Soto Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS), WA Test Bed Initiative (TBI) (pending review) |
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Juan Carlos Morales Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Lemont, IL Amplicon Sequencing Assessment to Measure Microbial Community Response from Heavy Metal Contaminated Soils in Savannah River Site, Tims Branch Watershed |
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Katherine Delarosa & Silvia Garcia Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL), Aiken, SC Innovative Systems for Mercury Speciation (pending review) |
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Patrick Uriarte Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS), WA Double Shelled Tank Visual Inspections |
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Roger Boza Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID Subtle Process Anomalies Detection using Machine Learning Methods |
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Ryan Cruz (Internship sponsored by the hosting institution) Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID Nuclear Cyber Ontology: Blueprint for Success in the Digital Tapestry (not for public release) |
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Silvina Di Pietro Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA Neptunium (IV) Diffusion Rates through Bentonite Clay |
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Tristan Simoes-Ponce Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL), Aiken, SC Mechanical Properties of Permanent Foaming Fixatives for D&D Activities |
2018 Internship Reports |
Joseph Coverston Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS), WA Double Shell Tank Visual and Non-Destructive Evaluation Program Plan |
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Ryan Cruz Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL), Aiken, SC Authentication Protocol for Industrial Control Systems without Encryption |
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Clarice Davila Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS), WA Utilizing OSIsoft Visualizing PI Data System for Tank Level Data |
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Katherine Delarosa Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL), Aiken, SC Mercury Speciation via Direct Mercury Analyzer |
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Michael DiBono Carnegie Mellon University, CA Deployment of the Pipe Crawling Activity Measurement System (PCAMS) |
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Silvina Di Pietro Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in Richland, WA Iodate Reduction and Dissolution by Dithionite of Hanford Sediments |
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Christopher Excellent DOE HQ EM 3.2, Germantown, Maryland Pipe Crawling Activity Measurement System (PCAMS) |
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Silvia Garcia DOE HQ EM 4.12, Germantown, Maryland Assisting DOE EM 4.12, Office of Groundwater and Subsurface Closure |
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Alejandro Koszarycz DOE HQ EM 4.11, Germantown, Maryland DOE EM Web Refresh Project and LLNL Building 280 |
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Manuel Losada Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL), Aiken, SC IMU Integration into Sensor Suite for Inspection of H-Canyon |
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Ximena Lugo DOE HQ EM 4.31, Germantown, Maryland Regulatory Reform: A Summer Experience |
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Juan Carlos Morales DOE HQ EM 4.31, Germantown, Maryland Contrast of Cultures in Interagency Radiological Management Involving Human Health Reference Dose and Risk |
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Anibal Morales Argonne National Laboratory, IL Performance Evaluation of Augmented Teleoperation of Contact Manipulation Tasks |
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Joshua Nuñez DOE HQ EM 3.2, Germantown, Maryland Support to the Technology Development Office |
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Tristan Simoes-Ponce Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL), Aiken, SC Characterizing the Mechanical Properties of Polyurethane Foams (limited public release, please contact lagosl@fiu.edu) |
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Sebastian Zanlongo Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL), Aiken, SC Informative Path Planning for Mapping Radiation |
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Frances Zengotita Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), NM Potential for Transport of Cesium as Biocolloids in a High Ionic Strength System |
2017 Internship Reports |
Alexander Piedra Savannah River National Laboratory, Aiken, SC High Density Polyurethane Foam for Radiation Shielding & D&D Applications (Alexander Piedra completed his summer internship but left the DOE Fellows Program before developing a technical report.) |
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Andres Cremisini Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) in Albuquerque, New Mexico Coding a Weather Model |
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Christine Wipfli DOE HQ EM 4.31 Office of Regulatory Compliance, Germantown, Maryland Supporting DOE EM 4.31, Office of Regulatory Compliance |
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Frances Zengotita Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM The Role of Chromohalobacter on Transport of Lanthanides and Cesium in the Dolomite Mineral System |
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Juan Morales and Mohammed Albassam Savannah River Site (SRS) Aiken, S.C. Groundwater/Surface Water Interface and Radioactive Contaminant Ecological Risk Assessment Using EPA Method at the F- Area Seepage Basins |
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Michael DiBono Nuclear and Applied Robotics Group – University of Texas at Austin Simulation of a Mobile Robotic Platform in Gazebo and RViz using ROS |
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Ripley Raubenolt and Sarah Solomon Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL), Aiken, SC Mercury Speciation via Diffusive Gradients in Thin-Films Technology |
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Ron Hariprashad In-Situ Data Collection, Sampling, and Water Quality Monitoring in Tims Branch Watershed, Savannah River Site, SC In-Situ Data Collection, Sampling, and Water Quality Monitoring in Tims Branch Watershed |
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Sebastian Zanlongo Sandia National Laboratory Anomaly Detection and Task Planning via Neural Networks and Hierarchical Task Networks (limited public release, please contact lagosl@fiu.edu) |
2016 Internship Reports |
Alejandro Garcia Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in Richland, WA Spectral Induced Polarization (SIP) Measurements on Sediment Columns |
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Alejandro Hernandez Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL), Aiken, SC In Situ Precipitation of Silver Chloride for Treatment of 129I-Contaminated Groundwater |
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Alexis Smoot & Sarah Bird DOE-EM Headquarters in Germantown, MD Sustainability Index |
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Awmna Rana University of Georgia’s Savannah River Ecology Lab on the Savannah River Site (SRS), SC Tritium Partitioning in the Biosphere |
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Christopher Strand Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in Richland, Washington Calculating the Retention Storage Volume of Surface Water within a Predetermined Contour Area in Los Alamos County |
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Hansell Gonzalez Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL), Aiken, SC Study of an Unrefined Humate Solution as a Possible Remediation Method for Groundwater Contamination |
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Maximiliano (Max) Edrei National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Morgantown, WV Investigation of Ethanol as a Feasible Tracer in the Experimental Investigation of a Non-Newtonian Fluid Undergoing Pulse Jet Mixing |
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Sebastian Zanlongo Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM Artificial Personality Synthesis (limited public release, please contact lagosl@fiu.edu) |
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Silivina Di Pietro Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA Effects of Base Treatment and Redox Conditions on Mineral Dissolution |
2015 Internship Reports |
Anthony Fernandez Washington River Protection Solutions at Washington State Overview of DOE Hanford Site Single-Shell Waste Storage Tank Internship (limited public release, please contact lagosl@fiu.edu) |
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Andrew De La Rosa Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Division of Cyber and Computational Sciences Using a 64-bit Disassembler to Employ Heuristic Analysis of Executable Programs using Hyperion |
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Aref Shehadeh Savannah River Site (SRS) in Aiken, SC Optimizing Remediation of I-129 using AgCl Colloidal-Sized Particles in SRS F-Area Sediments |
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Christine Wipfli DOE EM Headquarters, Germantown, MD Development of Case Study Examples for ITRC Remediation of Complex Sites Subgroup |
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Claudia Cordona Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in Richland, Washington Geochemistry Related to NH3 Gas Used for Uranium Remediation in the Vadose Zone |
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Janesler Gonzalez Idaho National Laboratory Mercury Abatement via Strippable Coating Technologies |
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Jesse Viera Idaho National Laboratory Mock- Up Scrubber System |
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John Conley DOE Office of River Protection, WA Stainless Steel Corrosion: Feed Properties Affecting Material Selection for LAWPS Piping at Hanford Site |
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Jorge Deshon Savannah River National Laboratory, SC 3D Visualization |
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Kiara Pazan Savannah River National Lab in Aiken, South Carolina Processing of Diffusion Samplers to Test Remediation of Uranium by Humate |
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Max Edrei Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, WA Radial Jet Impingement Correlation Investigation |
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Meilyn Planas Washington River Protection Solutions at Washington State Heat Transfer Calculations for the Use of an Infrared Temperature Sensor |
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Natalia Duque Savannah River National Laboratory in Aiken, South Carolina Analysis of Solar Generated Power in the Southeastern United States |
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Ryan Sheffield Savannah River National Laboratory, SC Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Radioactive Release |
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Yoel Rotterman Savannah River National Laboratory, SC Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Plan for DOE Sites |
2014 Internship Reports |
2013 Internship Reports |
Jennifer Arniella Washington River Protection Solutions, WA Analysis of Life Expectancy for Waste Transfer Lines Located in SY-Farm at Hanford Site |
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Dayron Chigin Washington River Protection Solutions, Hanford Site Preventative Maintenance Procedures for Sensors along PC-5000 Condensate Transfer Line |
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Joel McGill Washington, D.C. – DOE Headquarters EM Office of Environmental Management International Program |
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Valentina Padilla Savannah River National Laboratory SRS In Situ Bioremediation Techniques and F-area Post Molasses Injection Analysis |
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Paola Sepulveda DOE HQ Office of Soil and Groundwater EM-12 Database of Groundwater Pump-and-Treat Systems |
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Gabriela Vazquez Office of Waste Management (EM-30) Low Level and Mixed Low Level Waste Treatment Technology and Orphan Waste Stream Identification |
2012 Internship Reports |
2011 Internship Reports |
2010 Internship Reports |
2009 Internship Reports |
2008 Internship Reports |