AIKEN, SC – What started as a student competition with rapid questions about the earth sciences, energy and other subjects has become a talent pipeline, by modeling the next generation of scientists and engineers in the Savannah river site (SRS).
Some of the latest hires of SRS have participated in Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) Events such as the American Department of Energy (DOE) Savannah River Regional Science Bowl During his stay at school, and now they give back as a volunteer.
“The journey of the student participant to the professional mentor illustrates the deep impact of our education awareness initiatives,” said Cindy Hewitt, specialist in educating education at Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS), the DOE Environmental management office (Em) entrepreneur who hosts the site Science Bowl. “We have found that many of our latest hires can trace their career path at this very event that they now help to facilitate.”
“I will always remember clicks and the way my heart has beaten with each question”, “
-Panthe Patel, engineer of nuclear solutions of the Savannah River river, reflecting on the Savannah River Regional Science Bowl
SRNS engineers recently hired by Parth Patel, Sarah Bass and Braden Lewis embody this story in a complete circle thanks to their involvement in Science Bowl.
“It was a decisive moment for me,” said Patel, an engineer of the conception of fire protection that participated in the science Bowl when he is at WestSide High School in Augusta, Georgia. “The energy of the competition and the celebration of STEM made me realize that I wanted a career with the same excitement.”
Science Bowl supports a long-term workforce development strategy for SRNs. With the recent transition to the management of the EM site to the National Nuclear Security Administration,, Srs aims to hire 9,000 additional recruits over the next five years.