{"id":2441,"date":"2023-03-04T21:02:29","date_gmt":"2023-03-04T21:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/cni\/?page_id=2441"},"modified":"2026-06-03T15:24:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T15:24:44","slug":"education-and-outreach-programs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/cni\/education-and-outreach-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"EDUCATION"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2441\" class=\"elementor elementor-2441\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-702d2a4d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"702d2a4d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6b7b4f9b\" data-id=\"6b7b4f9b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c33dccc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7c33dccc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>CNI<\/strong> hosts a summer interns program in which students from high school, students enrolled in the REU program, and students from other institutions in SC receive hands-on training on existing state-of-the-art synthesis and spectroscopy equipment.<\/p><p>(i) Projects in which high school students participated\u00a0<\/p><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurekalert.org\/pub_releases\/2020-11\/cu-crd110920.php\">Clemson researchers decode thermal conductivity in thermoelectrics using light.<\/a><\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.clemson.edu\/father-of-thermoelectrics-teams-up-with-clemson-researchers-to-develop-a-new-evaluation-method\/?utm_campaign=our-clemson&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=emma&amp;utm_term=2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>&#8220;Father of Thermoelectrics&#8221; teams up with Clemson researchers to develop a new evaluation method<\/strong> <\/a><\/p><p>(ii) Projects in which undergraduate students participated<\/p><p>a) URM undergraduate students from Claflin University preparing battery and supercapacitor electrode materials at CNI during summer 2019.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/cni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/03\/Picture54.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2352 size-large\" title=\"Picture54\" src=\"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/cni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/03\/Picture54-1024x287.png\" alt=\"Composite of three images, from left: One person working in a lab with a vent hood; two gloved people in a lab; two people in lab coats working under a vent hood.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/cni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/03\/Picture54-1024x287.png 1024w, https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/cni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/03\/Picture54-300x84.png 300w, https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/cni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/03\/Picture54-768x215.png 768w, https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/cni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/03\/Picture54-1536x430.png 1536w, https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/cni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/03\/Picture54-2048x574.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p><p>Their projects were presented at the Southeastern Section of the American Physical Society (SESAPS) conference in Knoxville, TN, leading to joint refereed publications in high-impact journals.<\/p><p>b) Two REU students conducted research on the performance of different electrolytes in lithium-sulfur batteries during summer 2022. 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