Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE)

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Sk Nafiz Rahaman, a doctoral student from Bangladesh at Mississippi State University, is an ORISE participant in the Graduate Research Program at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He is developing tools to visualize electric grid risks and analyzing data center growth's impact on energy affordability. On the ORISE Featurecast, Rahaman discusses his research on kudzu and other plants' encroachment on power lines, which can lead to outages. His poster, “A National-Scale Spatiotemporal Framework for Power Outage Trend Detection Using EAGLE-I Data,” won first place at the 2025 ORISE Symposium. Rahaman shares insights into his academic journey, future aspirations, and the advantages of working with a national laboratory team.

Discover how Hampton Kennedy, a historian and ORISE Forest Service Research Participation Program fellow, used interdisciplinary research to uncover the origins of signal crayfish in Montana. Through historical analysis and collaboration with ecologists, Kennedy provided critical insights into species management and conservation. His work highlights the importance of multidisciplinary approaches in science and education.

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