Science & Technology News

An EM Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) employee recently visited the Savannah River Site (SRS) to benchmark its successful science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) outreach programs, which have been in place with local schools since 2008.

Teams of engineering students from Oregon State University (OSU) and Washington State University (WSU) recently partnered with engineers at the Hanford Site’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) for their senior projects.

Research scientists and graduate students from the University of Georgia’s Savannah River Ecology Laboratory (SREL) and program managers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service - Savannah River (USFS-SR) recently gathered to explore efforts to expand collaboration between the two organizations that conduct ecological research and natural resource management on the 310-square-mile Savannah River Site (SRS).

EM’s Savannah River National Laboratory opened its “storefront” within the Junior Achievement of Georgia Discovery Center of the Central Savannah River Area in Evans, Georgia.

National weather agencies recently recognized workers at EM's Portsmouth Site for their contributions to climate science.

EM’s use of aerial drones at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site is enabling cleanup contractor Idaho Environmental Coalition (IEC) to collect valuable data, protect workers and reduce costs.

EM’s contractor at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site took an important step in its efforts to support science, technology, engineering, arts and math (STEAM) education in Idaho with the formation of its weSTEAM program.

The winners of this year’s DOE West Kentucky Regional Science Bowl T-shirt Design Contest celebrated “Making Breakthroughs” with their design.

Dozens of high school students recently came to the HAMMER Federal Training Center to experience a “STEM Day” and get an up-close look at the EM cleanup mission and Hanford Site career opportunities in science, technology, engineering and math fields.

Sean Noble, a researcher with EM’s Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL), took first place in the environmental resilience category at the inaugural National Lab Research SLAM held recently in Washington, D.C.