One requirement of the fellowship program is that fellows take part in a three-month practicum at one of the Department of Energy’s national laboratories. For fellows, the practicum experience is an opportunity to work with highly talented scientists in world-class facilities. After the experience, fellows leave the lab with increased skills, knowledge and aptitude as scientists. In fact, the four fellows profiled here found the practicum to be an invaluable experience that impacted their research in many positive ways.

	“A Calling Realized” Mary Ann Leung Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
	“Challenge of Simplification” Ahmed Ismail Oak Ridge National Laboratory
	“Thinking Small to Predict Large-Scale Turbulence” Randall McDermott Sandia National Laboratories - California
	“Simulating the Heart” Boyce Griffith Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory