University and Student Resources: National Visualization and Analytics Center (NVAC)

Educational Opportunities

Education is paramount in the fight against terrorism. Defeating terrorism is a long-term struggle that will challenge the best minds in our nation. It requires a new generation of scientists and engineers with capabilities in visual analytics to support the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s mission to develop the tools to identify and prevent terrorist attacks on U.S. soil.

The National Visualization and Analytics Center (NVAC™) is committed to prepare our next generation of scientists and engineers in visual analytics to serve national needs in multiple agencies, roles and functions. NVAC will engage in training and recruiting students through internships, faculty visits, joint research and curriculum development.

NVAC will concentrate on creating meaningful educational activities and interactive learning opportunities, such as simulated decision making and use of threat data scenarios for students. Students also will have the opportunity to work directly with NVAC scientists as interns in classroom and laboratory settings.

2007 NVAC Interns
2007 Summer Interns (left to right)
Jennifer Stoll, Georgia Institute of Technology
Lyndsey Franklin, Washington State University
Heather Eslinger, George Fox University
Ritesh Agrawal, Pennsylvania State University

Call for Internships & Fellowships

NVAC is looking for university undergraduate, graduate, and post graduates, as well as faculty to help develop the next generation of scientist and engineers. Internships and Fellowships will last a minimum of 10 weeks and will take place at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) facilities in Richland, Washington.
Come join us...

“If we value the pursuit of knowledge, we must be free to follow wherever that search may lead us. The free mind is not a barking dog, to be tethered on a ten-foot chain.”
~Adlai E. Stevenson Jr. (1900 - 1965)

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