b'A N N UA L R E P O R T 2022Cassia Fontes will graduate in Maycontinues to electrify at an 2023 with a masters in radiologicalincreasing rate because of efforts sciences and protection fromto decrease greenhouse gas University of Massachusettsemissions. Medium and heavy-Lowell. She worked with a team ofduty vehicles account for a large radiological engineers at the INLportion of transportations energy Advanced Test Reactor.demand; however, the effect of Fontes expertise and knowledgetheir electrification is not well of health physics, gammaunderstood. Electric vehicles spectroscopy and Excelwill create a large load that the spreadsheets helped her establishcurrent grid cannot handle. To an outstanding technical basis forhelp prepare the grid for the the new program. energy load of electric vehicles, the Caldera tool is being expanded Fontes attended this years annualto model both light, medium and Health Physics Society meeting inheavy-duty vehicles load on the Spokane, Washington. While there,grid with a top-down approach. Fontes and her UMass-Lowell team wereFontes and her UMass-LowellThis study established an approach recognized by the Academic, Industrial andteam were recognized by theto use available literature and data Research Radiation Safety Section with theAcademic, Industrial and Researchsets to create medium and heavy-Outstanding Radiation Safety Program Award.Radiation Safety Section with theduty vehicle charging behavior Outstanding Radiation Safetymodels in Caldera. Lewis is one Program Award.of the four INL student STEM Ryan Lewis is a student at Utahambassadors. INL launched this State University and INL internnew initiative in 2023 with funding sponsored by the DOEs Sciencefrom DOE Office of Science, in step Undergraduate Laboratorywith other DOE national labs. The Internships (SULI) program. Lewisprogram plays a significant role in worked on a project that studiesinspiring the next generation of how electric vehicles affect theSTEM professionals.grid. The transportation sector INL launched the new STEM ambassadors initiative in 2023 in step with Lewis is one of the four INL student STEMother DOE national labs.ambassadors, inspiring the next generationof STEM professionals.9'