Stills from a video series titled "Jefferson Lab Safety Minute," focusing on various themes of site-wide safety, at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Old Dominion University graduate student Bashu Khanal works on cavity dissembling inside the R&D Structures Lab at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Staked data storage racks at Jefferson Lab’s Data Center in Newport News, Va., on Monday, March 26, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

By combining engineering and operations domain expertise and creative integration of advanced hardware and software, JLab delivers advanced computational solutions that address complex data and analytic challenges.

Working in multidisciplinary teams, JLab connects research to engineering to operations, providing the tools necessary to innovate quickly and field results faster.

Lock out Tag out (LOTO) system seen inside Experimental Hall A at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Old Dominion University postdoc Gabriel Palacios-Serrano presets “Half a Million Volt Gas Insulator for Photogun” 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.

Details of the interactive double helix art installation on display along with Jefferson Lab science education department 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.

Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel (HRBT) Expansion Project Director Ryan Banas, center, speaks to the crowd about the 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 and attendees network 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.

Heritage High School’s Damani Gray, Grassfield High School’s William Crosby and Bethel High School’s Da’Ziyah Hill participate in a design challenge 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).

Cavity Tuning room at the SRF Test Lab at Jefferson Lab on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | 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.

Scenes from the Accelerator Applications Conference held at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Norfolk, Va., from March 17-21, 2024. (Photo courtesy of Valeriia Starovoitova)

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.

Scenes from the Accelerator Applications Conference held at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Norfolk, Va., from March 17-21, 2024. (Photo courtesy of Valeriia Starovoitova)

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.

Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel (HRBT) Expansion Project Director Ryan Banas, center, speaks to the crowd about the 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.

Electrical / Electronics Engineer Jack McKisson, right, chats with the students during their design challenge during 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 S&T Department Head Rongli Geng talks with other lab staff in the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF) at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., Aug. 2, 2024. (Lindsay Cunningham | Jefferson Lab)

Under Secretary of Energy Science and Innovation in the Department of Energy (DOE) Geri Richmond, left, listens as Accelerator Physicist Anne-Marie Valente-Feliciano, center, shares the research done in the SRF Test Lab at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Thursday, April 18, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

From left to right, Vardan Gyurjyan, Raiqa Rasool, David Lawrence, Nathan Brei, Michael Goodrich, Torri Jeske, and Thomas Britton, a portion of the Experimental Physics Software and Computing Infrastructure (EPSCI) group, pose for a group photo inside of the Data Center at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., Sep. 25, 2024. (Lindsay Cunningham | Jefferson Lab)

Jefferson Lab’s Experimental Physics Software and Computing Infrastructure (EPSCI) group develops centralized computing software that can be shared by any of the lab’s experimental halls and used for future projects.

Accelerator Technician Kevin Banks works inside the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF) injector site 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.

First International School of Hadron Femtography attendees look at equipment in the SRF Test Lab at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., Sep. 19, 2024. (Lindsay Cunningham | Jefferson Lab)

T-Line Recombiner 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)

Penny Duran presents research during the poster session held at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Friday, Aug. 1, 2025. (Parish Thompson | Jefferson Lab)

Property Management Specialist - Mission Movement & Donations Omar Diaz, left, and P-EIC Administrative Support Sadie Cherry, right, 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)

Christopher Newport University (CNU) pre-service science teachers learn about science-themed lesson plans 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.

Science Education Administrator Lisa Surles-Law, left, congratulates CIS Postdoctoral Fellow Alimohammed Kachwala, right, during the annual Quark Tank event held inside the CEBAF Center auditorium at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Tuesday, Dec., 3, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

During the Quark Tank event, Jefferson Lab’s research stars deliver inspiring pitches aimed at captivating the hearts and minds of the national lab community!

Jefferson Lab’s local National Lab Research SLAM competition is a short-talk competition in which postdocs and early-career scientists are challenged to present a compelling one-slide, three-minute presentation on their research that a non-specialist can understand.

The winner will compete in the national event on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., in spring 2025, when contestants from the 17 national labs 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.

Attendees visit various booths during the State of the Labs event held at the Holiday Inn in Newport News, Va., on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

This event was hosted by the Virginia Chamber of Commerce and featured multiple speakers from the Department of Energy’s Jefferson Lab and NASA Langley Research Center. Local businesses, partners, and stakeholders in the science and technology fields attended to network and build partnerships alongside the Virginia Peninsula’s premier research facilities.

Accelerator Physicist Anne-Marie Valente-Feliciano, left, and SRF Accelerator Physicist Uttar Pudasaini, right, work 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)

Students from BASIS Independent McLean pose for a group photo after coming in second place during the Virginia Regional Science Bowl held at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

The Virginia Regional High School Science Bowl is open to teams of five students. Teams face-off in a fast-paced, question-and-

answer format, and will be tested on a range of science disciplines including biology, chemistry, Earth science, physics, energy,

and math. Winner advances to represent Virginia at the National Science Bowl.

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 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.

Science Education Summer Intern Hannah Murphy presents her research in the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF) at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., Aug. 2, 2024. (Lindsay Cunningham | Jefferson Lab)

Looking between plastic curtains inside the SRF Test Lab at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Jefferson Lab Director Stuart Henderson 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)

Science Writer Kandice Carter introducing herself to the students at the Science Bowl held at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Saturday February 3, 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.

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.

Scenes from the Accelerator Applications Conference held at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Norfolk, Va., from March 17-21, 2024. (Photo courtesy of Valeriia Starovoitova)

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.

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.

Members of the CLAS12 detector group pose for a group photo at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2023. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

The CLAS Collaboration, composed of roughly 200 scientists from more than 40 institutions worldwide, met to discuss the hadron physics program that is carried out in Experimental Hall B using the CLAS12 detector.

SRF Cavity Assembly Technicians Julio Casciano, left, and Daniel Heck, right, work inside the main clean room at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Thomas Jefferson High School placed first at 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.

Students from BASIS Independent McLean compete during the Virginia Regional Science Bowl held at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

The Virginia Regional High School Science Bowl is open to teams of five students. Teams face-off in a fast-paced, question-and-

answer format, and will be tested on a range of science disciplines including biology, chemistry, Earth science, physics, energy,

and math. Winner advances to represent Virginia at the National Science Bowl.

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 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.

Virginia Tech’s Mahmoud Gomina, right, chats with attendees 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.

Jefferson Lab Deputy Lab Director for Operations and Chief Operating Officer Johnathon Huff, left, chats with high schoolers 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).

Join industry and academic experts in the quantum field for a panel inspired by Ted Chiang's story "Anxiety is the Dizziness of Freedom." Ted Chiang's Exhalation: Stories is the UCSB Reads pick for 2022.

Panelists include Kerem Camsari (Electrical & Computer Engineering), Sabrina Hong (Quantum Google AI), Matt McEwen (PhD student, Quantum Foundry), Seamus O'Hara (PhD Student, Quantum Foundry).

Erik Lucero (Quantum Google AI) will moderate.

Quark Quest attendee Michael Hildebrand gives a presentation in the CEBAF Center auditorium at Jefferson Lab Newport News, Va., Jan. 10, 2025. (Lindsay Cunningham | Jefferson Lab)

Multiple beam lines 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)

Jefferson Lab High School Summer Honors Interns pose for a group photograph at the lab located in Newport News, Va. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Student Nicole Jung pulls a random number that determined her teams’ placement for when they’ll compete at the Science Bowl held at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Saturday February 3, 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.

Group photo of Student Wyse Brown, Student Tasean Wilson, Coach Jacole Hendrick, Student A’kyra Buckley, and Student Anna Winbush from Heritage High School at the Science Bowl held at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Saturday February 3, 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.

Sun shines through the trees outside of the TEDF Building on Jefferson Lab’s campus in Newport News, Va., on Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Seen from an overhead view is the CLAS12 detector inside Experimental Hall B at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Va., on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2024. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)

Facilities Management & Logistics Division Safety Officer David Mazary, center, 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.