STEM

The acronym for the study of science technology, engineering and mathematics, identified as essential in education.

Whitman appointed to DOE’s Minorities in Energy Initiative

Former Gov. Christine Todd Whitman has been named as an ambassador for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Minorities in Energy Initiative, which aims to increase the participation of minority communities in businesses and careers in science and technology fields related to energy and climate change.

Science on Saturday starts Jan. 11

Science fans of all ages can explore a rich variety of science and technology topics at the popular Science on Saturday lecture series hosted by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory. The series marks its 30-year anniversary when it begins on Saturday, Jan. 11.

Science on Saturday offers free lectures about current topics from “The physics of cancer,” to “What art can tell us about the brain,” that are aimed at the general public from high school age and up.

High school interns opt for research over relaxation

Summer is a time that many teenagers prefer to spend relaxing and soaking up the sun at the beach, but 10 high school students at PPPL decided instead to spend their summer soaking up plasma physics knowledge and performing hands-on research.

The high school interns started on July 1, taking a three-day introductory course in plasma physics, offered as part of the program for the first time. Following the course, the students scattered throughout the Laboratory with each assigned a mentor.

At Plasma Camp, teachers experience research front and center

For one week every summer, a small group of teachers gathers at PPPL to relive student days. At this year’s Plasma Camp, a professional development program for science educators, 10 high school physics teachers lived together in a college dormitory, got lost together as they navigated the circuitous laboratory building, and learned as they created new plasma-based curricula.

An unusual partnership takes fruit: artists exhibit works from PPPL at PPPL

Princeton University art students spent several weeks painting at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory as part of an unusual partnership. Now their paintings are being displayed in an exhibit at the Laboratory.

Cool Science on a Hot Day as 3,000 Flock to PPPL’s June 1 Open House

More than 3,000 people flocked to PPPL’s Open House on June 1 where they were treated to rare glimpses of every corner of the Laboratory – from the machine shop water jets to tours of the National Spherical Torus Experiment Upgrade (NSTX-U).

About 175 PPPL staff members, including some family members, volunteered their time on a hot, sunny Saturday for the event, whether it was handing out snacks and water bottles, giving passersby directions or staffing the “Ask the Physicist,” and “Ask the Engineer” booth in the D Site parking lot.

PPPL’s Christopher Cane Has Winning Photo In Art of Science Competition

PPPL’s Webmaster Christopher Cane was one of the winners in this year’s Art of Science competition at Princeton University, with “Web of art and science,” a flower-like design put together with a former Princeton University webmaster colleague depicting the PPPL and the Lewis Center for the Arts websites.

An invitation for family fun at PPPL’s Open House on June 1

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Princeton Plasma Physics Lab Open House will be a fun science festival for every age, with NASA moon rocks, a Hall of Machines, an art show of paintings of PPPL, science activities for kids and tours of fusion machines.

Conference Challenges Girls To Enter Science & Technology Fields

Some 360 young women from seventh to tenth grade spent the day immersed in science and technology at the Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Lab's Young Women’s Conference on March 22 at Princeton University.

The budding scientists, mathematicians, and engineers from 40 schools in New Jersey and Pennsylvania took part in hands-on experiments, got a first-hand look at working laboratories at Princeton, and talked to female scientists and engineers from PPPL and across the country at the conference, which was based mostly at the Frick Chemistry Laboratory.

West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South wins regional Science Bowl at PPPL

The West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South team won the U.S. Department of Energy’s New Jersey Regional High School Science Bowl at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory on Feb. 23 in a dramatic up-to-the-finish line contest against the Bergen County team with a final score of 88 to 72. The Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School won the Middle School Science Bowl on Feb. 22.