Jefferson Lab employees listen as Sunbelt Rentals Scaffold Services Scaffold Region 1 Safety Manager Jacob Pitt, right, goes over scaffolding safety measures during the annual OHSA10 training held at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Friday, May 3, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

OSHA 10-hour training teaches basic safety and health information to entry-level workers in construction and general industry. It is part of the OSHA Outreach Training Program, which explains serious workplace hazards, workers' rights, employer responsibilities and how to file an OSHA complaint.

Kiln Creek Elementary fifth-grade teacher Natalie Tran, left, chats with Newport News’ STEM Instructional Supervisor (PK-12) Tami Byron, right, during the annual Virginia Region II Teacher Night held at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Wednesday, April 17, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Local teachers from the Jefferson Lab Science Activities for Teachers (JSAT) share science-themed classroom activities geared toward upper elementary and middle school students. Local teachers are invited to learn new lesson plans for their classroom.

Department of Energy Site Office Manager Craig Ferguson addresses the crowd during the Applied Research Center (ARC) ribbon-tying event held at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Tuesday Dec. 5, 2023. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

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

Hall A/C Staff Scientist Simona Malace, left, works to install photomultiplier tubes as Hall A/C Staff Scientist Donald Jones measures with a volt meter on the electron calorimeter (ECal) inside Experimental Hall A at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

A group of lab scientists, technicians, mechanical designers, engineers, scientific users and students are building a new electron calorimeter in Hall A. Known as ECal, the apparatus is a detector for a nuclear physics experiment that will allow scientists to better understand the internal structure of the proton.

Deputy Associate Director Experimental Nuclear Physics Patrizia Rossi gives the keynote presentation during the Joint CSAAPT/NCS-AAPT Meeting held at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

The Chesapeake Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers (CSAAPT) is convening a meeting at Jefferson Lab to learn about the lab's research initiatives and take tours of the accelerator facilities. The objective is to equip physics educators with valuable insights to integrate into their classroom teaching.

Hampton University Graduate Studies (HUGS) program attendees take a tour of the Machine Control Center (MCC) at Jefferson Lab Newport News, Va., May 30, 2025. (Lindsay Cunningham | Jefferson Lab)

Staff Scientist Eric Lechner carefully places a niobium sample into the electropolishing fixture inside the SRF Test Lab at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Wednesday, July 10, 2018. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Lechner preps the samples for an electropolishing chemical bath, which smooths out the surface quality equivalent to the interior of niobium cavity, and helps understand the purity content inside the cavity.

Students attended a “Stay All Day” events after they competed at the Science Bowl at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Saturday March 2, 2024. (Emily Perdue | 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.

Attendees pose with their certificates during the awards ceremony on the final day of the Accelerator Applications Conference held at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Norfolk, Va., on Thursday, March 21, 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.

Syracuse University postdoc Raghav Jha presets “Exploring Nature of Matter with Quantum Computers” during the Quark Tank competition held at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Friday, Oct. 6, 2023. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

This event is JLab’s version of "Shark Tank" - Quark Tank! SLAM is short-talk competition challenging post-doc contestants to present a compelling 3-minute presentation on their research that a non-specialist can understand.

The winner will be Jefferson Lab's representative that will compete against contestants from the sixteen other national labs on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 15. There, contestants will educate U.S. government policymakers and their staff about the key role our labs play in the nation's innovation ecosystem and their impact on the nation.

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.

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.

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.

CEBAF Operability Leader Shawn Frierson walks along the beam line inside the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility located at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Southeastern Universities Research Association SURA President and Chief Executive Officer Sean Hearne looks over a cryomodule while touring the SRF Test Lab at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Thursday, April 18, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Fest held at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

During the event lab director Stuart Henderson announces which research projects will receive LDRD funding in the fiscal year 2024.

Jefferson Lab employees listen as Sunbelt Rentals Scaffold Services Scaffold Region 1 Safety Manager Jacob Pitt, right, goes over scaffolding safety measures during the annual OHSA10 training held at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Friday, May 3, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

OSHA 10-hour training teaches basic safety and health information to entry-level workers in construction and general industry. It is part of the OSHA Outreach Training Program, which explains serious workplace hazards, workers' rights, employer responsibilities and how to file an OSHA complaint.

Representatives from the City of Newport News pose for a group photograph during the Applied Research Center (ARC) ribbon-tying event held at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Tuesday Dec. 5, 2023. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Crew Chief Ken Surles-law, left, chats with guests as Jefferson Lab science education department held 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.

Local residents interact with the double helix art installation, built by Jefferson Lab’s FEL Instrumentation Engineer Kevin Jordan, while attending the Made in Newport News event held at City Center in Newport News, Va., on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

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.

Local residents interact with a double helix art installation at the Made in Newport News event held at City Center in Newport News, Va., on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

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.

A Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM) prepares to scan a C75 single cavity inside the SRF Test Lab at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Middle School Data Science Workshop attendees pose for a group photo in the CEBAF Center at Jefferson Lab Newport News, Va., Oct. 16, 2024. (Lindsay Cunningham | Jefferson Lab)

The Middle School Data Science Workshop is a one-day event for seventh grade students to learn about artificial intelligence and how it works. Students will learn about AI, look at code, modify it, and run it to train an AI model. Graphs will be made showing the performance of their models and they will learn how to read them.

Dipole magnets 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)

Magnets in Jefferson Lab's CEBAF tunnel are used to steer and focus the beam. Here, the large, blue dipole magnets steer electrons around one of the racetrack-shaped accelerator's two arcs.

Seen is a wide angle photo of the CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer located inside experimental Hall B at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Wednesday March, 29, 2023. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Hall B is the site of the CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer called CLAS12. Powerful magnets steer the electron beam into a target in the experimental hall. The beam's individual electrons smash into the protons and neutrons inside the nuclei of atoms in the target. These violent collisions produce new particles; heavier versions of the familiar protons and neutrons as well a whole variety of intermediate mass particles called "mesons". The outgoing electron that collided with the target nucleus, as well as the produced particles, go flying out into our detector, where they're measured.

Our job as particle physicists is to use these measurements to try to deduce the underlying structure of protons and neutrons in the target and to try to understand the forces that create these particles.

A juvenile deer wanders on top of the “mounds” at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Wednesday, March 13, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

The “mounds” are a layer of earth over three of the lab's four experimental halls, naturally providing radiation shielding and protection from environmental impacts.

Interns, Department of Energy officials, and other attendees tour the 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.

Facilities Management & Logistics Division Safety Officer David Mazary, right, goes over scaffolding safety measures during the annual OHSA10 training held at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Friday, May 3, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

OSHA 10-hour training teaches basic safety and health information to entry-level workers in construction and general industry. It is part of the OSHA Outreach Training Program, which explains serious workplace hazards, workers' rights, employer responsibilities and how to file an OSHA complaint.

Jefferson Lab Director Stuart Henderson speaks to the crowd during the Applied Research Center (ARC) ribbon-tying event held at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Tuesday Dec. 5, 2023. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

SRF Accelerator Physicist Uttar Pudasaini poses for a photograph next to a few niobium cavities inside the R&D Thin Film Lab at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Details from inside a five cell niobium cavity within the R&D Thin Film Lab at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Godwin High School’s Sophia Jagels, 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.

Jefferson Lab employees listen to a guest speaker on the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel (HRBT) Expansion Project during an event honoring Engineering Week at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

The Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel Expansion is a transformative undertaking, will widen the current four-lane segments along nearly ten miles of the I-64 corridor in Norfolk and Hampton, with new twin tunnels across the harbor.

Educators, students, and attendees chat with university representatives at the career fair during the Joint CSAAPT/NCS-AAPT Meeting held at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

The Chesapeake Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers (CSAAPT) is convening a meeting at Jefferson Lab to learn about the lab's research initiatives and take tours of the accelerator facilities. The objective is to equip physics educators with valuable insights to integrate into their classroom teaching.

Nuclear Physics Computing Lead Brad Sawatzky, right, chats with local high school students 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).

SRF Accelerator Scientist II John Vennekate discusses the purpose and components of Test Lab to the students on the USPAS Tour at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Saturday Jan. 27, 2024. (Emily Perdue | Jefferson Lab).

Glasgow Middle School during lunch at the Science Bowl at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Saturday March 2, 2024. (Emily Perdue | 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.

Web Developer - Technical Student Intern Sam Bierman, Event Services’ Lauren Weber, Property Management Specialist - Mission Movement & Donations Omar Diaz, and P-EIC Administrative Support Sadie Cherry chat together in the lounge area of the Technology, Engineering, and Development (TED) building at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Wednesday, March 5, 2025. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

BASIS Independent McLean High School coach Twee Le brings the team coconut water during a break from 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.

Rebuilt quadrupole magnets are ready for shipment at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va. These rebuilt magnets will be shipped to Brookhaven National Lab to be a part of the Electron Storage Ring for the Electron-Ion Collider. Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024.

(Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

These magnets came from Argonne National Laboratory, which shipped the 30-year-old Advanced Photon Source (APS) magnets to Brookhaven and Jefferson Lab, where they will be re-purposed for use as part of the Electron-Ion Collider (EIC), a state-of-the-art particle collider being led by those other two labs and that will be built at Brookhaven.

A local resident interacts with a double helix art installation at the Made in Newport News event held at City Center in Newport News, Va., on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

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.

Founder Laura Lowry, left, chats with volunteers as they work together to build period packs as part of the United Way Day of Caring volunteer event at the Women’s Club of Hilton Village in Newport News, Va., on Friday, Sept. 20, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

No shame. Period. was created to provide period packs, pamphlets, and pants to school nurses to share with their students and help them get what they need and get back to class comfortably and confidently. With the hope to eliminate the shame and stigma of menstruation for this generation of students in Hampton Roads and beyond.

Granby High School’s Cody Teague looks over a circuit board 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).

Staff Scientist Eric Lechner carefully places a niobium sample into the electropolishing fixture inside the SRF Test Lab at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Wednesday, July 10, 2018. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Lechner preps the samples for an electropolishing chemical bath, which smooths out the surface quality equivalent to the interior of niobium cavity, and helps understand the purity content inside the cavity.

Colvin Run Elementary School students attended a “Stay All Day” event where they got to compete with other teams in science ed activities after they competed at the Science Bowl at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Saturday March 2, 2024. (Emily Perdue | Jefferson Lab).

The goal of this Science Ed Activity was to make the longest extending spaghetti structure with dry spaghetti and tape.

The St. Patrick Catholic Middle Schooler team poses for a group photo before they compete during the Round Robbin at the Science Bowl at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Saturday March 2, 2024. (Emily Perdue | 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.