Summer internship at Computational Sciences Center at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden, Colorado in STEM education research
The position posting is available at:
https://nrel.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/NREL/job/Golden-CO/Graduate--Summer--Intern---Understanding-and-Evaluating-Graduate-Student-Pathways-into-Sustainability-Focused-Computational-Science-Research_R11976
Interested candidates may email Michael James Martin (he/him/his), project lead, at michael.martin@nrel.gov, or Bre Bailey, HR representative, at Bre.Bailey@nrel.gov.
Posting Title
Graduate (Summer) Intern - Understanding and Evaluating Graduate Student Pathways into Sustainability-Focused Computational Science Research
Location: CO - Golden
Position Type: Intern (Fixed Term)
Hours Per Week: 40
Working at NREL
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), located at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in Golden, Colorado is the nation's primary laboratory for research and development of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies.
From day one at NREL, you’ll connect with coworkers driven by the same mission to save the planet. By joining an organization that values a supportive, inclusive, and flexible work environment, you’ll have the opportunity to engage through our ten employee resource groups, numerous employee-driven clubs, and learning and professional development classes.
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Job Description
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s Computational Sciences Center is inviting applications for a graduate student internship in engineering education to work on an assessment of learning outcomes for federally funded programs for graduate students working in computational sciences.
The Computational Sciences Center hosts summer students through a range of federally-funded internship programs, including the DOE-sponsored Computational Science Graduate Fellowship (CSGF), the EERE High Performance Computing Internship, the Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship (SULI) program, and the NNSA Minority Serving Institution Internship Program (NNSA-MSIIP). The center also regularly hosts the National Science Foundation’s Mathematical Sciences Graduate Internship (NSF-MSGI). These students are incorporated into NREL project teams in computational science, machine learning, and data analytics with a sustainability focus.
NREL seeks to host an intern with a STEM-education background to work with NREL staff to quantify the skills growth and career impact of these federally-funded internship programs. The results will be presented both to NREL management and submitted for peer-reviewed publication. The outcomes of this project will both guide NREL’s efforts to build a skilled, diverse workforce to work on sustainability problems with a computational science component and constitute a unique contribution to the engineering education literature.
Expected tasks include:
- Survey of relevant research in educational outcomes of internships and in computational science education.
- With NREL staff, design a survey for students designed to measure skills gained during internships and career impact.
- Administer the survey to recent alumni of these internship programs.
- Analyze the results and present them to NREL management.
- Lead preparation of a manuscript for submission to peer-reviewed STEM education literature.
Basic Qualifications
Minimum of a 3.0 cumulative grade point average.
Undergraduate: Must be enrolled as a full-time student in a bachelor’s degree program from an accredited institution.
Post Undergraduate: Earned a bachelor’s degree within the past 12 months. Eligible for an internship period of up to one year.
Graduate: Must be enrolled as a full-time student in a master’s degree program from an accredited institution.
Post Graduate: Earned a master’s degree within the past 12 months. Eligible for an internship period of up to one year.
Graduate + PhD: Completed master’s degree and enrolled as PhD student from an accredited institution.
Additional Required Qualifications
- Graduate coursework in engineering or STEM education, either in a program focusing on STEM or engineering education, or as elective coursework in an engineering or science program.
- Demonstrated communications skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in studying educational outcomes.
- Familiarity with computer science education.
- Demonstrated interest in increasing diversity in STEM.
Annual Salary Range (based on full-time 40 hours per week)
Job Profile: / Annual Salary Range: $42,700 - $68,300