Acting EM Assistant Secretary Sue Cange gathers with students from the DOE-FIU Science and Technology Workforce Development Program at the recent 2...
Office of Environmental Management
March 30, 2017
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Acting EM Assistant Secretary Sue Cange is at center, Florida International University (FIU) Applied Research Director Dr. Leonel E. Lagos, right of Cange, and EM International Program Analyst Benjamin Rivera, far right; DOE Fellows Gene Yllanes, back row, left to right, Hansell Gonzalez-Raymat, Mohammed Albassam, Alexander Piedra, Alejandro Gonzalez, Alejandro Hernandez, Sebastian Zanlongo, Juan Morales, Michael DiBono, Andres Cremisini; and Clarice Davila, front row, left to right, Silvina Di Pietro, Christine Wipfli, Frances Zengotita, Sarah Solomon, Ripley Raubenolt and Alexis Smoot.
Acting EM Assistant Secretary Sue Cange gathers with students from the DOE-FIU Science and Technology Workforce Development Program at the recent 2017 Waste Management Symposium. Overseen by EM and FIU’s Applied Research Center (ARC), the innovative DOE-FIU Science and Technology Workforce Development Program allows students to conduct hands-on applied research related to EM’s challenges. Program leaders train and mentor minority engineers to enter DOE’s workforce in technical areas of need. DOE Fellows perform research at FIU and EM sites, linking research solutions to EM’s challenges to student academic goals, such as completing theses and dissertations. After graduation, the students are encouraged to pursue permanent careers at EM, DOE national laboratories and contractors supporting the agency across the DOE complex. ARC provides technical research support to EM in environmental remediation and student workforce development for high-priority areas such as radioactive waste processing and facility deactivation and decommissioning.