{"id":152212,"date":"2026-04-14T10:49:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T14:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152212///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152212//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152212//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152212//?p=152212"},"modified":"2026-04-14T10:51:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T14:51:27","slug":"ucf-materials-science-undergraduate-researcher-awarded-doe-internship-at-national-lab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152212///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152212//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152212//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152212//ucf-materials-science-undergraduate-researcher-awarded-doe-internship-at-national-lab/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152212//","title":{"rendered":"Âé¶¹Ó³»­´«Ã½ Materials Science Undergraduate Researcher Awarded DOE Internship at National Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"

This materials science and engineering major isn/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152212/u2019t just studying sustainable methods of retrieving rare earth metals /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152212/u2014 she/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152212/u2019s developing new ways to do it./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152212/n

Now, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has taken notice./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152212/n

Dene/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152212/u00e9 Lichtenberg was awarded the DOE/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152212/u2019s Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship, giving her the opportunity to further her research at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. This premier multidisciplinary research institution is advancing breakthroughs in science and technology to address national security challenges./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152212/n

The opportunity brings her closer to achieving one of her biggest goals: working at a national laboratory, where she/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152212/u2019ll collaborate with experienced researchers and learn how large-scale scientific projects are conducted./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152212/n