A cathode gun is seen in the injector room inside the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility located at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Quark Quest attendee Carlos Munoz Torres, center, participates in a design and engineering challenge in the SSC classroom at Jefferson Lab Newport News, Va., Jan. 8, 2025. (Lindsay Cunningham | Jefferson Lab)

Attendees network during the Scientist Walks into a Bar event, held at Blue Moon TapHouse, as part of the Accelerator Applications Conference held at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Norfolk, Va., on Monday, March 18, 2024. (Photo by Michelle Alvarez | Jefferson Lab)

Accelerator Applications 2024 is the fifteenth international topical meeting on the applications of accelerators; it is being organized jointly by Jefferson Lab and Accelerator Applications Division (AAD) of the American Nuclear Society (ANS). Accelerator Applications 2024 is co-sponsored by the International Symposium On Hydrogen In Matter (ISOHIM), International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and other organizations.

Associate Director for Experimental Nuclear Physics Cynthia “Thia” Keppel, right, speaks to the crowd during the Accelerator Applications Conference held at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Norfolk, Va., on Monday, March 18, 2024. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Accelerator Applications 2024 is the fifteenth international topical meeting on the applications of accelerators; it is being organized jointly by Jefferson Lab and Accelerator Applications Division (AAD) of the American Nuclear Society (ANS). Accelerator Applications 2024 is co-sponsored by the International Symposium On Hydrogen In Matter (ISOHIM), International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and other organizations.

Associate Director for Experimental Nuclear Physics Cynthia “Thia” Keppel, right, speaks to the crowd during the Accelerator Applications Conference held at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Norfolk, Va., on Monday, March 18, 2024. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Accelerator Applications 2024 is the fifteenth international topical meeting on the applications of accelerators; it is being organized jointly by Jefferson Lab and Accelerator Applications Division (AAD) of the American Nuclear Society (ANS). Accelerator Applications 2024 is co-sponsored by the International Symposium On Hydrogen In Matter (ISOHIM), International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and other organizations.

SRF Cavity Assembly Technicians Juan Jordan, left, and Tashawn Smith, right, work to get an individual cavity placed in the Vertical Attachment area at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Local residents from Hampton Roads, Virginia spent the day touring a Department of Energy national laboratory and learned about physics during the 2024 Jefferson Lab Open House held in Newport News, Va., on Saturday, June 8, 2024. (Kandice Carter | Jefferson Lab)

The event provides the public with an ideal opportunity to explore this world-class research facility and features entry into research areas; demonstrations; and numerous exhibits and hands-on activities. During your visit, you can learn about superconducting materials, supercomputers, particle accelerators, particle detectors, nuclear physics research and much more!

SRF Test Lab employees prepare for a large beam to be lifted through the Test Lab on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Science Education Administrator Steve Gagnon teaches a group of young learners about the range of science research done at Jefferson Lab during the lab’s monthly Physics Fest held in the JLab CEBAF Center Auditorium in Newport News, Va. on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2023. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

The Physics Fest includes a brief interactive summary of the science and technology at Jefferson Lab followed by experiments involving static electricity, liquid nitrogen and plasmas.

Students of the Hampton University Graduate Studies (HUGS) Summer Program tour the facility Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Friday, May 31, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

The Hampton University Graduate Studies (HUGS) Summer Program at Jefferson Lab is an internationally renowned summer program in Nuclear Physics designed to train the nuclear workforce's next generation of researchers.

Jefferson Lab employees with 15 and 20 years of service enjoy a catered reception during the annual Service Awards held at the CEBAF Center of JLab in Newport News, Va., on Tuesday, May 7, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

The catered reception is hosted by Jefferson Lab Human Resources department to celebrate the contributions of the ten and five year Service Award recipients. Thank you for your years of service.

Beam injector is where it all begins with the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility located at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Various quadrupole magnets and horizontal radiofrequency separators are seen inside the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility located at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Colorful leaves begin to fall around Jefferson Lab’s campus in Newport News, Va., on Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2023. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Ahmadu Bello University’s Abdelghaffar Abdelmalik, center, poses for a photo during the Accelerator Applications Conference held at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Norfolk, Va., on Monday, March 18, 2024. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Accelerator Applications 2024 is the fifteenth international topical meeting on the applications of accelerators; it is being organized jointly by Jefferson Lab and Accelerator Applications Division (AAD) of the American Nuclear Society (ANS). Accelerator Applications 2024 is co-sponsored by the International Symposium On Hydrogen In Matter (ISOHIM), International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and other organizations.

Godwin High School’s Bhoomika Kaur contemplates during the Virginia Regional High School Science Bowl held at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Science Bowl® is a nationwide academic competition that tests students’ knowledge in all areas of science and mathematics. Middle and high school student teams from diverse backgrounds are comprised of four students, one alternate, and a teacher who serves as an advisor and coach. These teams face-off in a fast-paced question-and-answer format, being tested on a range of science disciplines including biology, chemistry, Earth science, physics, energy, and math.

Hampton University Graduate Studies (HUGS) Summer Program student seminars with University of Virginia’s Kent Paschke presenting at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Friday, May 31, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

The Hampton University Graduate Studies (HUGS) Summer Program at Jefferson Lab is an internationally renowned summer program in Nuclear Physics designed to train the nuclear workforce's next generation of researchers.

Halloween Concert of Rene Wochner, guitar and vocals, at CSID showroom Medamothi. First solo. Hommage.

Jefferson Lab signage is seen from Jefferson Avenue in Newport News, Va., on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab) is a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science national laboratory. Scientists worldwide utilize the lab’s unique particle accelerator, known as the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF), to probe the most basic building blocks of matter - helping us to better understand these particles and the forces that bind them - and ultimately our world.

In addition, the lab capitalizes on its unique technologies and expertise to perform advanced computing and applied research with industry and university partners, and provides programs designed to help educate the next generation in science and technology.

From left: Experimental Hall C engineers and technical staff pose for a photograph inside Hall C at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2023. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

A conference attendee asks a question during the Accelerator Applications Conference held at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Norfolk, Va., on Monday, March 18, 2024. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Accelerator Applications 2024 is the fifteenth international topical meeting on the applications of accelerators; it is being organized jointly by Jefferson Lab and Accelerator Applications Division (AAD) of the American Nuclear Society (ANS). Accelerator Applications 2024 is co-sponsored by the International Symposium On Hydrogen In Matter (ISOHIM), International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and other organizations.

Conference & Event Specialist Cathy Drewry during the Accelerator Applications Conference held at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Norfolk, Va., on Monday, March 18, 2024. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Accelerator Applications 2024 is the fifteenth international topical meeting on the applications of accelerators; it is being organized jointly by Jefferson Lab and Accelerator Applications Division (AAD) of the American Nuclear Society (ANS). Accelerator Applications 2024 is co-sponsored by the International Symposium On Hydrogen In Matter (ISOHIM), International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and other organizations.

Department of Energy's Office of State and Community Energy Programs Director Henry McKoy, and Chief Commercialization Officer for the Department of Energy and Director of the Office of Technology Transitions Vanessa Chan pose for a photo next to the forward calorimeter inside Experimental Hall D at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

The Technology Commercialization Internship Program (TCIP) is a unique paid opportunity for undergraduate STEM and business students to experience the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) world-class National Lab system, boost their entrepreneurial thinking, and explore energy technology markets.

Interns have the opportunity to engage with National Laboratory mentors and learn about technologies at their partnered Laboratories. This internship focuses on the business side of technology commercialization where interns will learn skills such as customer discovery, value propositions development, and market sizing. Interns apply these skills to their assigned technologies at their host lab.

Applied Research Center (ARC) ribbon-tying event held at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Tuesday Dec. 5, 2023. (Emily Perdue | Jefferson Lab)

Calorimeter modules are reinstalled into the Forward Calorimeter during the PrimEx detector upgrade for Experimental Hall D located at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Tuesday. Sept. 5, 2023. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Local high school students gather together to learn about STEM careers during the Engineering Career Day held at Hampton University in Hampton, Va., on Thursday, March 6, 2025. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Featuring more than 30 experts from Jefferson Lab, NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton and Newport News Shipbuilding, the event exposed Hampton Roads high schoolers and their teachers to the vast array of engineering and related disciplines — mechanical, chemical, aerospace, nuclear, electrical, to name a few. It also tested students’ wits with hands-on design and engineering challenges based on each facility’s mission.

The event is a celebration of National Engineers Week and is sponsored by the Peninsula Engineers Council (PEC).

Looking down the empty barrel of a cryomodule are silver metallic interior components seen in the SRF Test Lab at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Using artificial lighting, a higher order mode load (HOM) component is photographed inside the Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM) room of the SRF Test Lab at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Seen from ground level is the detector system inside Experimental Hall B at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Harsh light casts dramatic shadows inside the SRF Test Lab at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Thursday Oct. 31, 2023. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Associate Director for Experimental Nuclear Physics Cynthia “Thia” Keppel, right, speaks to the crowd during the Accelerator Applications Conference held at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Norfolk, Va., on Monday, March 18, 2024. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Accelerator Applications 2024 is the fifteenth international topical meeting on the applications of accelerators; it is being organized jointly by Jefferson Lab and Accelerator Applications Division (AAD) of the American Nuclear Society (ANS). Accelerator Applications 2024 is co-sponsored by the International Symposium On Hydrogen In Matter (ISOHIM), International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and other organizations.

Attendees listen during the Accelerator Applications Conference held at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Norfolk, Va., on Monday, March 18, 2024. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Accelerator Applications 2024 is the fifteenth international topical meeting on the applications of accelerators; it is being organized jointly by Jefferson Lab and Accelerator Applications Division (AAD) of the American Nuclear Society (ANS). Accelerator Applications 2024 is co-sponsored by the International Symposium On Hydrogen In Matter (ISOHIM), International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and other organizations.

Staff Scientist Gianluigi “Gigi” Ciovati uses high-resolution optical inspection to inspect and repair the interior of a niobium cavity in the R&D Structures Lab at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Visible lines, called grain boundaries, are seen on the outside of a C75 niobium cavity inside the Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM) room of the SRF Test Lab at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Hampton University Graduate Studies (HUGS) Summer Program student seminars held at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Friday, May 31, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

The Hampton University Graduate Studies (HUGS) Summer Program at Jefferson Lab is an internationally renowned summer program in Nuclear Physics designed to train the nuclear workforce's next generation of researchers.

U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright, left, holds equipment in the Test Lab at Jefferson Lab Newport News, Va., Aug. 21, 2025. (Lindsay Cunningham | Jefferson Lab)

Jefferson Lab welcomed U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Chris Wright with a full day visit to learn about the Lab’s expertise in areas of AI and machine learning, STEM workforce development with the next generation of scientists, leadership in accelerator science and exploring nuclear physics science.

Hampton University Graduate Studies Program (HUGS) attendee Hector Chinchay gives a talk in CEBAF Center at Jefferson Lab Newport News, Va., Jun. 11, 2025. (Lindsay Cunningham | Jefferson Lab)

From left: Beam Reproducibility Lead Matt Poelker, Electronics Technician Eric Diggs, and Injector Scientist Yan Wang pose for a photograph next to the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF) injector site and newly installed quarter cryomodule at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Thursday, June 8, 2023. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

CEBAF's injector originates the electron beam, establishes its special characteristics, and then injects it into the accelerator.

ElectronElectron Ion Collider Staff Scientist Markus Diefenthaler, left, interacts with visitors during the Jefferson Lab 2024 Open House.

Local residents from Hampton Roads, Virginia spent the day touring a Department of Energy national laboratory and learned about physics during the 2024 Jefferson Lab Open House held in Newport News, Va., on Saturday, June 8, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

The event provides the public with an ideal opportunity to explore this world-class research facility and features entry into research areas; demonstrations; and numerous exhibits and hands-on activities. During your visit, you can learn about superconducting materials, supercomputers, particle accelerators, particle detectors, nuclear physics research and much more!

Sr. Electrical, RF Systems Specialist Sam Holben chat with an attendees during the Jefferson Lab 2024 Open House.

Local residents from Hampton Roads, Virginia spent the day touring a Department of Energy national laboratory and learned about physics during the 2024 Jefferson Lab Open House held in Newport News, Va., on Saturday, June 8, 2024. (Kandice Carter | Jefferson Lab)

The event provides the public with an ideal opportunity to explore this world-class research facility and features entry into research areas; demonstrations; and numerous exhibits and hands-on activities. During your visit, you can learn about superconducting materials, supercomputers, particle accelerators, particle detectors, nuclear physics research and much more!

Applied Research Center (ARC) ribbon-tying event held at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Tuesday Dec. 5, 2023. (Emily Perdue | Jefferson Lab)

Langley High School’s Zelmay Jan, center, reacts during the Virginia Regional High School Science Bowl held at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Science Bowl® is a nationwide academic competition that tests students’ knowledge in all areas of science and mathematics. Middle and high school student teams from diverse backgrounds are comprised of four students, one alternate, and a teacher who serves as an advisor and coach. These teams face-off in a fast-paced question-and-answer format, being tested on a range of science disciplines including biology, chemistry, Earth science, physics, energy, and math.

CIVIC Leadership Institute Program members walks past niobium cavities during a tour the SRF Test Lab at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Radiation Control Technologist Stephen Kennell surveys a magnet to determine if it’s radioactive. This magnet is from a set of magnet girders—which came from Argonne National Laboratory’s Advanced Photon Source (APS) and will be repurposed for Brookhaven National Laboratory—in Newport News, Va., on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Beam Reproducibility Lead Matt Poelker, center, talks about the Upgraded Injector Test Facility (UITF) with members of the U.S. Particle Accelerator School (USPAS) during their tour the SRF Test Lab at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Calorimeter modules are placed on a table to show the scale inside Experimental Hall D located at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Tuesday. Sept. 5, 2023. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Jefferson Lab science education department hosted a tent at the Made in Newport News event held at City Center in Newport News, Va., on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Jefferson Lab’s FEL Instrumentation Engineer Kevin Jordan built an interactive double helix art installation for the event.

Newport News is a city of innovators, artists, entrepreneurs, scholars, scientists, and everyone in between. This free event includes live music and entertainment, art experiences, a beer garden, food, businesses, family activities, and more.