Transforming Energy

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Transforming Energy EnvironmentFor Americas
Future
U.S. Department of EnergyOffice of Science

• Bill Valdez
• Director
• Office of Workforce Development for Teachers
  Scientists
• February 2009
• www.science.doe.gov

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• DOEs Far-Reaching Scale and Scope

No Other Organization in the World Matches the
Scale and Scope of DOEs Investments in its
Mission Areas
Energy Security (4 billion) Promoting Americas
energy security through reliable, clean, and
affordable energy Nuclear Security (9
billion)Ensuring Americas nuclear
security Scientific Discovery and Innovation
(3.9 billion)Strengthening U.S. scientific
discovery, economic competitiveness, and
improving quality of life through innovations in
science and technology Environmental
Responsibility (7.5 billion)Protecting the
environment by providing a responsible resolution
to the environmental legacy of nuclear weapons
production
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Federal Research Funding Rankings
(1) Source FY 2008 Budget of the United
States, Analytical Perspectives volume, RD
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Research at the Office of Science is An
Investment in Americas Future

• The Office of Science Enhances U.S.
  Competitiveness Through
• Transformational Science
• Basic research for advanced scientific
  breakthroughs that will revolutionize our
  approach to the nations energy, environment, and
  national security challenges
• A Scientific Workforce for the Nations
  Future
• Supporting, training, educating the nations
  current and future scientific technical
  workforce Ph.D.s, post-docs, graduate students,
  science educators
• National Scientific Facilities
• World-leading research capabilities that maintain
  U.S. leadership in science technological
  innovation

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DOE Office of Science Supported Facilities
Universities
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Transformational Science
Office of Science Programs Offices

• Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
• Advancing the basic sciences for energy security
• Materials Sciences and Engineering
• Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, Energy
  Biosciences
• Major Scientific User Facilities

• Fusion Energy Sciences (FES)
• Bringing the power of the stars to Earth
• ITER
• Plasma Science
• Tokamak and Alternative Concept Experimental
  Research
• Theory and Simulation

• Advanced Scientific Computing
• Research (ASCR)
• Extending the frontiers of science
• Mathematical and Computational Sciences
• High Performance Computing and Networking
  Facilities and Testbeds

• High Energy Physics (HEP)
• Exploring the fundamental interactions of energy,
  matter, time, and space
• Elemental particle physics
• Dark matter and dark energy
• Accelerator science and technology
• Theoretical physics

• Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
• Harnessing the power of our living world
• Systems biology on microbes and plants
• Climate Change Research
• Environmental Remediation
• Low-does Radiation and Radiochemistry

• Nuclear Physics (NP)
• Exploring nuclear matterfrom quarks to stars
• Medium and low energy nuclear physics
• Heavy ion nuclear physics quark-gluon
  plasma
• Nuclear theory
• Rare Isotopes

Workforce Development for Teachers and
Scientists (WDTS)

• DOE National Science Bowls
• DOE Academies for Creating Teacher Scientists

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The Office of Science Budget
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Office of Workforce Development Funding Levels
1990-2011
Stimulus?
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WDTS National Mission

• Prepare a diverse workforce of scientists,
  engineers, and educators to keep America at the
  forefront of innovation.
• Utilize DOEs unique intellectual and physical
  resources to enhance the ability of educators and
  our Nations educational systems to teach science
  and mathematics.
• Implement a proactive, data-driven, and
  results-focused model that promotes and
  strengthens the greater STEM education and
  research community.

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Pipeline Approach

• Kindergarten through Post Docs
• Life long learners
• K through grey
• Highly Leveraged Partnerships
• Sustainability
• Long-term thinking

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WDTS Portfolio
Technical Skills/ Workforce Development Programs

• Professional Fellowships STAR, DOE Graduate,
  Critical Skills Fellowship
• Capacity Building IPAs, Grantee Conference,
  Mini-Grants

Educator Programs

• Academies Creating Teacher Scientists (ACTS),
• Faculty Student Teams (FaST)
• Einstein Fellowship
• California STAR

Graduate Programs

• Early Career PI Programs
• Graduate Fellowships

Undergraduate Programs

• National Science Bowl
• Real World Design Challenge,
• Distributed Experiment Program
• Einstein Fellowship

• Undergrad Research Program
• Pre-Service Teacher
• Faculty Student Teams
• Community College Institutes

High School Middle School Programs
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DOEs Implementation StrategyNational Goals
Locally Delivered

• Define national goals in terms of local delivery
  mechanisms
• Implement at the local level through schools,
  universities and industry
• State governments are a perfect delivery
  mechanism for DOE because STEM education is an
  economic development driver
• Understand local conditions
• Industrial Needs chemical, pharmaceutical,
  electronic and technology
• Structure of educational system
• Rural/urban/suburban
• Align local conditions with national imperatives
• Long-term energy security (Energy Policy Act,
  2005)
• A highly skilled STEM workforce (A Gathering
  Storm, 2006)
• National innovation economy (America COMPETES
  Act, 2007)
• Green Jobs (American Recovery Reinvestment Act,
  2009)

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Student Family Involvement

• Students and Families Must Recognize the Value in
  a STEM Career
• Attractive pathways for career success must be
  apparent
• Conditions must be created where students and
  families see the value of a STEM education
• Marketing to Students Parents
• Opportunities for careers
• Rewards
• Recognition
• National Science Bowl?
• Real World Design
• Challenge

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Summer Faculty Research Program

• Purpose To provide opportunities for
  under-represented faculty and student teams to
  conduct research with DOE scientists.
• FY 07
• Number of Participants 25
• Number of Institutions 12
• FY 08
• Number of Participants 60
• Number of Institutions 21
• Number of HBCUs/MEIs 12

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DOEs Science Energy Research Challenge
SERCh

• National Science Research
• Poster Competition
• November 9-10, 2008
• Competitors included 84 college and university
  students from across the country, including
  Minority Educational Institutions
• The event also included 43 faculty mentors and 72
  high school student spectators
• Research emphasized science and energy
  solutions
• Grand Prize winner awarded 10,000
  scholarship

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High Performance Computing Class - Morehouse
College

• ORNL teaching class to Morehouse College, via
  live videoconference, for Spring Semester, 2009
• Other HBCUs also participating Jackson State
  University and Knoxville College
• Includes coursework and two student visits to the
  laboratory
• Increasing access to scientific information for
  under-
• represented institutions
• More schools to participate in future courses at
  other DOE labs
• Emphasis is on capacity building

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Questions and Comments

• Bill Valdez
• Director
• Office of Workforce Development for
• Teachers Scientists
• bill.valdez_at_science.doe.gov