This program is designed to increase the number and quality of New Mexico students who are pursuing degrees in emerging technologies and to strengthen the academic environment at the state s two-year colleges by enhancing the teaching and research capabilities at those institutions. Faculty and student teams participate in Laboratory internships that expose student participants to the cutting-edge technologies of the competitive career market. The institute at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is open to students from the 18 partnered California Community Colleges. Each laboratory will offer an eight-week summer institute for selected students from a regional consortium of community colleges partnering with DOE and that laboratory. The program is designed to provide educational training and research experience at DOE Laboratories for highly undergraduate students.
Appointments are available during the spring, summer, and fall terms.
The program provides research and training opportunities that complement academic programs and introduce students to the unique intellectual and physical resources present at the DOE laboratories. Students in any scientific or engineering discipline may apply. SAGE is an intensive four-week program designed to introduce geophysics students to geophysical exploration and research. The program enhances a student's knowledge by going beyond a standard classroom-based geophysics curriculum, and encourages qualified students in related fields to consider careers in geophysics. Students are mainly upper-division or graduate students in geophysics or related disciplines, and professionals from various earth science fields.