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ORAU Now Accepting Applications for Inaugural ORNL Challenge ProgramApplications are now being accepted for the inaugural Oak Ridge National Laboratory Challenge Program. Successful applicants will participate in a 10-week Summer Research Institute. The challenges have a direct connection to the research being conducted at ORNL. Participants are selected based on their ability to propose a solution to one of the research challenge questions. The challenges are as follows: Challenge 1: Simulation and Design of Artificial Model Magnets Controlling the emergent properties of quantum materials is one of the grand challenges for basic energy science. In order to analyze neutron scattering experiments on real magnetic materials, ORNL scientists are seeking original and creative approaches to simulate and design artificial magnets that will expose the emergent behavior of different types of materials. Challenge 2: Distributed Energy and Microgrid Research The future grid provides a critical platform for U.S. prosperity, competitiveness, and innovation in a global clean energy economy. It must deliver reliable, affordable, and clean electricity to consumers where they want it, when they want it, and how they want it. In support of grid modernization, ORNL is developing a platform that can be used to evaluate the performance and optimization of distributed energy sources for electrical energy conversion and storage attached to a microgrid. ORNL scientists are seeking creative, but plausible, research projects that would take advantage of this platform. Participants have the exceptional opportunity to conduct hands-on research under the direction of a scientist or engineer at ORNL. In addition to research and professional development, the program gives participants the opportunity to interact with other ORNL staff through attendance at research seminars, tours of laboratory research facilities and participation in other group activities on the ORNL campus. Eligible applicants must be an undergraduate in their junior or senior year and in good standing at a regionally accredited U.S. college or university. Those interested in applying to the program must fill out a short application and upload their challenge solution through the ORAU Zintellect application system. For an in-depth technical description of each challenge project and other application details, visit the ORNL Challenge Program website at www.orau.org/ornlchallenge. The application window closes at 11:59 p.m. on January 15, 2016. For questions regarding ORAU's Zintellect system, please email [email protected].
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