For the tenth year, the NCESR offered a summer internship opportunity in energy sciences research to undergraduate students. Eight undergraduate students were selected as recipients of the Darrell J. Nelson Summer Undergraduate Internship for the Summer of 2023. The intern recipients and their faculty sponsors are:
- Bakir Al-Ameri
- Sponsor: Mohammad Ghashami, Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
- Abbegail Bowers
- Sponsor: Xiaoshan Xu, Department of Physics and Astronomy
- Jarod Harris
- Sponsor: Mona Bavarian, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
- Bryce Herrington
- Sponsor: Robert Streubel, Department of Physics and Astronomy
- Emma Kurtz
- Sponsor: David Gosselin, School of Natural Resources
- Keegan Nitsch
- Sponsor: Ravi Saraf, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
- Khaleb Pafford
- Sponsor: Cody Stolle, Department of Mechanical & Materials Engineering
- Truman Stoller
- Sponsor: George Gogos, Department of Mechanical & Materials Engineering
The 2023 summer interns will meet with staff from NPPD and NCESR in a Meet and Greet session on May 25. Each intern will present a poster at the UNL Summer Research Symposium on August 3. At the end of the paid internship, each student will prepare a summary report that describes their accomplishments and/or results of their work experience in energy sciences research.
The internship is named after Mr. Darrell J. Nelson, who served 41 years on the Custer County Public Power District and Nebraska Public Power (NPPD) Boards. In 2005, Mr. Nelson proposed a partnership between NPPD and the University of Nebraska–Lincoln for engaging in energy sciences research. The following year, the Nebraska Center for Energy Sciences Research (NCESR) was created with NPPD’s support. The Darrell J. Nelson Summer Undergraduate Internship in Energy Sciences Research program started in the summer of 2014 with four internship awards.