Ignite Off! Competition
Hosted by the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE), the annual Ignite Off! competition showcases the talents of interns from participating federal agencies and offices as they share their research through Ignite Talks. Each competitor has five minutes to present their project, using 20 picture-centric slides that automatically advance every 15 seconds. Contestants have access to an ORISE professional development course that teaches the process for developing an Ignite talk.
Eligibility
The Ignite Off is open to current ORISE participants at the undergraduate through postdoctoral level.
Deadline to Apply: Friday, June 23
Info Sessions
Wednesday, May 17, 2:30-4:00 p.m. ET | Register Now (Zoomgov)
Wednesday, June 14, 2:30-4:00 p.m. ET | Register Now (Zoomgov)
2022 Ignite Off! Competition
First all-ORISE Ignite Off Competition names ORNL intern as its winner
Amish Mishra (pictured above), an ORISE participant in the National Science Foundation's Mathematical Sciences Graduate Internship (NSF-MSGI) Program at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), won the 2022 Ignite Off! competition. Read more about the 2022 winner and finalists.
Watch the video recording of the 2022 Ignite Off Final National Viewing Event.
2021 Ignite Off! National Viewing Event
ORISE | Ignite Off National Viewing Event from ORAU on Vimeo.
2021 Ignite Off! Competition Winner
Janet Teng, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
ORISE | Ignite Off! 2021 Winner | Janet Teng from ORAU on Vimeo.
View 2021 finalists’ and other Ignite Off! presentations
2020 Ignite Off! Competition Winner
Kristyn Johnson, National Energy Technology Laboratory
ORISE | Ignite Off! 2020 Winner | Kristyn Johnson from ORAU on Vimeo.
Other 2020 Ignite Off! finalists:
- Enakshi Saha | ANL – Bayesian Latent-Variable Modeling of COVID-19 Infection Rate
- Abdullah Kuziez | ANL – Accelerators for Carbon Ion Therapy
- Trevor McQueen | ORNL – Capturing Molecular Actions via Vitrification
- Tanner Stelmach | NETL – Chemical Looping Gasification (CLG)
- Jacob Sumner | ORNL – Protein Shape Reconstruction with Neutron Scattering and Computational Tools
View 2020 finalists’ and other Ignite Off! presentations
2019 ORNL vs. ANL Ignite Off! Competition Winner
Kaylee Cunningham, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
ORISE | Ignite Off! 2019 Winner | Kaylee Cunningham from ORAU on Vimeo.
Other 2019 Ignite Off! finalists:
- Benjamin Aronson | ANL – The Future of Metal Manufacturing
- Taylor Dennis | ORNL – The Search for Mirror Neutrons
- Carol Lin | ANL – Investigation of the Tribological Effects on the Surface Interaction of Wind Turbine Bearings
- Tayler Sundermann | ORNL – Robotic Laser Titanium Wire Big Area Additive Manufacturing
- Nadia Zaragoza | ANL – Materials Science and Nuclear Fuels