The Critical Materials Institute at the Ames Laboratory, a Department of Energy national laboratory affiliated with Iowa State University, offers a variety of career opportunities.
Each partner within the Critical Materials Institute manages its own hiring. Use these links to find key contacts for CMI partners that are most likely to hire for CMI research projects:
- Ames Laboratory | Careers at Iowa State University
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory | Careers
- Idaho National Laboratory | Careers
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | Careers
- Colorado School of Mines | Employment
The Ames Laboratory participates in federal programs that help develop the research workforce. These include the following programs with the U.S. Department of Energy:
- Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists
- Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship (page includes details on times for the program, deadlines and proposed topics/researchers)
- SULI experiences at Ames Laboratory vary. Some past experiences are highlighted in this video.
- The first SULI experience focused on CMI research at Ames Laboratory was offered in 2015 by Ikenna Nlebedim: Improvement of magnet performance for clean energy applications Ikenna and Summer 2015 SULI Intern Gavin Hester describe their SULI experiences in this video (1:45): A SULI Virtual Tour
- Some SULI participants earn other recognition: news story on two prestigious scholarships; video on 2014 Goldwater scholarship; story on 2015 Goldwater scholarship, Caty Meis talks about SULI and Goldwater Scholarship
- Community College Internship
Some CMI team members offer additional internship opportunities. These include Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Idaho National Laboratory. Oak Ridge National Laboratory has a web page on Science Education Programs at ORNL. This includes a variety of programs completed by students who worked on CMI research, including Michael Chance, Lisa Savagian, Eric Stromme and Shelby Stooksbury.
CMI at Idaho National Laboratory interns have included Matthew Yim and Michael Crain-Zamora from Brigham Young University-Idaho, Mike Jindra from Ohio State University and Jayden Zundel from Utah State University. Profiles of these students are available on this page.