CMI at Ames National Laboratory conducted the activity for this highlight
Achievement
Critical Materials researchers and staff participated in Ames National Laboratory hosting 130 under-represented students and a dozen teachers from four school districts in Iowa.
Significance and Impact
- 8th grade participants visited Ames National Laboratory to see five science demonstrations. These included one about CMI technology and two others related to magnetic materials.
- Science Bound draws under-represented students in STEM from middle schools in Des Moines, Denison, Marshalltown and Osceola.
Hub Goal Addressed
- Inspiring the critical materials workforce of the future.
- Providing the leaders technical experts and skilled professionals needed by U.S. industry to assure supply chains.
