February 13, 2004 - Today's Other News Items

UO, National Lab Set Internship Program

In anticipation of a new graduate internship program at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, a group of University of Oregon students and faculty visited the lab Jan. 18-19 and finalized program details with key PNNL staff.

The intern program was developed in partnership with UO's Materials Science Institute (MSI) faculty and PNNL and is associated with the Multi-Scale Materials and Devices Initiative (MMD). MMD is a collaborative effort between UO, Oregon State University, and Portland State University on the research and development of nano- and micro-scale products. In recognition of UO's strengths in this area, the State of Oregon last year authorized the creation of a signature research center in MMD on the UO campus.

The graduate-level intern program at PNNL will start out as a pilot program this spring with up to eight students from UO's MSI participating in rotational assignments of three to five months each.

PNNL joins more than 17 other MSI internship program partners such as Intel, LSI Logic, Hewlett Packard and Hynix Semiconductor. Internships allow students to learn new types of chemistry, gain valuable real world experience, connect their science to new applications, develop professional skills and identify desirable career paths.

For more information about MSI internships, go to: http://materialscience.uoregon.edu/IndustrialOutreach/Internships.html