Research at the frontiers of knowledge

The Oak Ridge Science Semester is based at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee.

Participants in this fall semester program join one of the research groups at ORNL, with a scientist from the ORNL staff serving as a mentor. This research experience, using the Laboratory's sophisticated resources, is the core of the program.

The Oak Ridge Science Semester is administered by Denison University and is recognized by ACM and the Great Lakes Colleges Association, Inc. (GLCA).

For details about the program, visit the Oak Ridge Science Semester home page at Denison University.

How to apply for the Oak Ridge Science Semester.

For more information contact:

Dan Gibson
Warner Professor of Physics
Director of the Oak Ridge Science Semester
Denison University
Granville, Ohio 43023
Phone 740/587-6304 or 740/587-5705
Web: www.orss.denison.edu

Students from ACM colleges may also contact:

Meghan Beltmann, Program Associate
Associated Colleges of the Midwest
205 W. Wacker Drive, Suite 220
Chicago, Illinois 60606
Phone 312/263-5000
Fax: 312/263-5879
E-mail: mbeltmann@acm.edu

Top right: Participants and resident faculty in the fall 2005 Oak Ridge Science Semester.

Images at left are courtesy of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Review.
Top: A crown ether molecule captures a radioactive cesium ion (yellow ball) from liquid waste. (Images by Jeff C. Bryan)
Next to top: ORNL’s Holifield Radioactive Ion Beam Facility.
Next to bottom: Polymers can be formed the pollution-free way by suspending small molecules in supercritical carbon dioxide with the help of detergent-like molecules called surfactants. (Drawing by Jamie Payne, ORNL)
Bottom: Ultrafast (5-nanosecond) photographs of luminescent carbon plasmas. Photo by David B. Geohegan and Alex A. Puretzky.