Student Symposium
The Symposium provides a unique opportunity for students to present their research, broadening their expertise and preparing them for careers in science and nontechnical fields.
Contact
- Program Manager
- Scott Robbins
- Student Programs Office
- (505) 667-3639
- UGS & GRA Programs Coordinator
- Emily Robinson
- Student Programs Office
- (505) 667-3639
- HS & Special Programs Coordinator
- Cassandra Casperson
- Student Programs Office
- (505) 667-4866
- Student Intern
- Sofia Roybal
- Student Programs Office
- (505) 665-0905
Showcasing student research
At the end of each summer internship season, the Partnerships & Pipeline Student Programs Office at the Lab hosts a Student Symposium. The Symposium provides a unique opportunity for students to present their research and is an excellent forum for students to network and make professional contacts.
The Partnerships & Pipelines Student Programs Office is proud to congratulate the following award winners for outstanding presentations at the virtual summer 2021 Annual Student Symposium.
Biological Science
| Student Name | Group | Title: | Mentor |
| Sara Crotzer | B-11 | Engineering Enzymes for the Fast and Efficient Degradation of Plastics | Hau Nguyen |
| Sarah Kane Moser | B-10 | Comparing screech owl microbiomes using a novel 16s rRNA sequencing method | Andrew Bartlow |
| Kayley You Mak | B-10 | Evaluation of carbon utilization by the algae Scenedesmus obliquus | Shawn Starkenburg |
Chemistry
| Student Name | Group | Title: | Mentor |
| Jalen Borne | MPA-11 | Hydrazine Based Grid Energy Storage Using Lanthanide Electrocatalysis | Benjamin L. Davis |
Computing and Information Technology
| Student Name | Group | Title: | Mentor |
| Zachary DeStefano | A-4 | Distributed and Verifiable Uncertainty Quantification Via Zero-Knowledge Proofs | Michael Dixon |
| Emily Holmes | XCP-2 | Improvements in PDV Diagnostics in Pagosa | David Culp |
Earth and Space Science
| Student Name | Group | Title: | Mentor |
| Genevieve Kidman | Sigma 2 | Measuring Stress Percolation through the Elastic Strain of Polycrystals | Daniel Hooks |
| Madelyn Kingston | ISR-1 | Mapping the Galactic Plane at Gamma Ray Energies with LOX | Peter Bloser |
Engineering (All Disciplines)
| Student Name | Group | Title: | Mentor |
| Isaiah Archuleta | IQPA-MPCL | Investigation of Radius of Curvature Measurements using Laser Interferometry | Mario Valdez |
| Colton Graham | NEN-1 | In Situ Assay for Dynamic Control of Special Nuclear Material | Tom Stockman, Sarah Sarnoski, Andrea Favalli |
| Virginia Lucas | NEN-1 | Assay of U-235 mass by Cf-252 neutron interrogation for IAEA safeguards | Robert Weinmann-Smith |
| Griffin Matuszak | TA55-PMDS | Fire Screen Assembly for Glove Boxes - Conceptual Design | Jacob Rutten |
| Fiona Powers | MPA-11 | Flowability of Biomass Feedstock | Troy Semelsberger |
Materials Science
| Student Name | Group | Title: | Mentor |
| Diego Aubert-Vasquez | MST-7 | DLP printing of Silicone | Matthew Crall |
| Minh Tam Hoang | MST-8 | Interaction between edge dislocation and Helium bubbles in FCC Cu | Saryu Fensin, Nithin Mathew, Daniel Blaschke |
| Peyton McGuire | MST-8 | Comparison of ZrC-TZM Mechanical Properties Before and After Carbon Exposure | Erofili Kardoulaki |
| Logan White | MST-8 | Synchrotron diffraction analysis of laser powder bed fusion processed Ti-5553 | Donald Brown |
Mathematics
| Student Name | Group | Title: | Mentor |
| Chloe Paris | A-1 | Exploring the Impact of COVID-19 Variants and Vaccine Efficacy on Herd Immunity | Sara Y. Del Valle |
Other Non-Technical
| Student Name | Group | Title: | Mentor |
| Will Sutherland | CCS-6 | Tools and Concepts for Hybrid Science | Benamin Sims |
Physics
| Student Name | Group | Title: | Mentor |
| Abigail Coker | T-4/CNLS | Spin Dynamics in the Kagome Lattice | Jianxin Zhu |
| Emily Jevarijian | AOT-AE | Investigating persistent slip markings as breakdown sources by thermal processes | Evgenya Simakov |
| Ryan Park | T-1 | Plasma transport properties using quantum mechanical collision probabilities. | Mark Zammit |
Volunteers and Moderators
Fifty-six LANL staff and postdocs volunteered significant time to the Symposium as judges and session moderators. It is largely due to their efforts volunteering and supporting the Lab’s students that the Symposium was a success. Thank You!
| Volunteer Name | Org | Volunteer Name | Org |
| Kathy Rokop | ALDW | Wajdi Ahmad | ES-EPD |
| Izabela Kruk | AMPP-4 | Andrew Lee | ES-EPD |
| Samantha Adikari | B-10 | Amy Migliori | FCI-DO |
| Erik Hanschen | B-10 | Ross Muenchausen | FCI-DO |
| Migun Shakya | B-10 | Shelby Lynn | HR-FCS |
| Shawn Starkenburg | B-10 | Magdalena Dale | ISR-4 |
| Nileena Velappan | B-10 | Saundra Martinez | J-DO |
| Cesar "Raul" Gonzalez | B-11 | Riley Splittstoesser | LOG-BRM |
| Marie Kroeger | B-11 | Katarzyna Krzyzanowska | MPA-Q |
| Nilusha Sudasinghe | B-11 | Ashley Weiland | MPA-Q |
| Kiersten McCabe | B-DO | Sajib Barman | MST-16 |
| Joseph H. Dumont | C-CDE | Alice I. Smith | MST-16 |
| Xiaokun Yang | C-IIAC | A. Tunes Matheus | MST-8 |
| Benjamin Stein | C-PCS | Vedant Mehta | NEN5 |
| Jessica Kubicek-Sutherland | C-PCS | Kevin Saeger | PF-DO |
| Denis Aslangil | CCS-2 | Alexander Cleveland | Q-5 |
| Wilbert Weijer | CCS-2 | TJ Ulrich | Q-6 |
| Soumya Dutta | CCS-3 | Allan Marcus | SAE-3 |
| Anastasiia Kim | CCS-3 | Matthew Zappulla | SIGMA-1 |
| Marisa Lamb | CEA-DAS | Michael McBride | SIGMA-2 |
| Lee Holguin | E-1 | Mary O'Brien | SIGMA-2 |
| Christina Hanson | E-6 | Burak Sahinoglu | T-2 |
| Donald Hickmott | EES-14 | Carolyn Begeman | T-3 |
| Bailian Chen | EES-16 | Luke Van Roekel | T-3 |
| Phil Stauffer | EES-16 | Christopher Lane | T-4 |
| Matthew Sweeney | EES-16 | Kacy Hopwood | W-DO |
| Steven Shelton | WM-WGS | James Brethour | XCP-2 |
| Daniel Israel | XCP-4 | Ramesh Jha | B-11 |
Student Project Description Books
- 2021 Project Description Book (pdf)
- 2020 Project Description Book (pdf). Links to the students' video presentations are included in the book.
- 2019 Project Description Book (pdf)
