2026 Agenda

Registration — L'Enfant Ballroom Foyer

All-Attendee Welcome Session — L'Enfant Ballroom Foyer/Solarium

Join us as we kick off the week's activities and celebrate 35 years of the DOE CSGF. Enjoy brief programming, light refreshments and the opportunity to socialize in an informal setting.

Registration — L'Enfant Ballroom Foyer

Photo Session: 2026 Fellows' Individual Portraits — McPherson

Welcome & Introduction of the DOE CSGF's 2026 Cohort — L'Enfant Ballroom

Jeffrey Hittinger— Deputy Associate Director for Science and Technology, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; DOE CSGF Alumnus

DOE Office of Science Welcome

DOE NNSA Welcome

Break — L'Enfant Ballroom Foyer

Keynote — L'Enfant Ballroom

Dr. Charles Tahan — Partner, Microsoft Quantum; Visiting Research Professor, University of Maryland

Break — L'Enfant Ballroom Foyer

Emily Williams — Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Michael Tynes — University of Chicago

Lunch — Gallery Ballroom, Second Floor

Elizabeth Bennewitz — University of Maryland, College Park

Otto Fajen — Stanford University

Nina Filippova — University of Texas at Austin

Break — L'Enfant Ballroom Foyer

Gil Goldshlager — University of California, Berkeley

Jackson Burns — Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Alexander Johnson — Harvard University

DOE Laboratories' Showcase Set Up — L'Enfant Ballroom Foyer/Solarium

Photo Session: 2026 Fellows' Group Portrait — McPherson

DOE Laboratories' Showcase — L'Enfant Ballroom Foyer/Solarium

Laboratory representatives will be on site to talk practicum, postdoc and long-term employment opportunities.

Registration — L'Enfant Ballroom Foyer

Introduction of the 2026 Frederick Howes Scholar — L'Enfant Ballroom

Judith Hill — Associate Program Director for Livermore Computing Systems and Environments, Weapon Simulation and Computing; Deputy for High Performance Computing, Computing Directorate; DOE CSGF Alumna

Howes Scholar Presentation

Break — L'Enfant Ballroom Foyer

Mary Gerhardinger — University of Pennsylvania

Miruna Oprescu — Cornell University

Joel Ye — Carnegie Mellon University

Break — L'Enfant Ballroom Foyer

Caleb Adams — University of Texas at Austin

Ashlynn Crisp — Portland State University

Daniel Abdulah — Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Lunch — Gallery Ballroom, Second Floor

Grace Wei — University of California, Berkeley

Carlyn Schmidgall — University of Washington

Franz O'Meally — California Institute of Technology

Break — L'Enfant Ballroom Foyer

Michael Ito — University of Michigan

Katherine Keegan — Emory University

McKenzie Hagen — University of Washington

Fellows' Poster Session Set Up — L'Enfant Ballroom Foyer/Solarium

Outgoing Fellows' Session & Portraits — Archives

Fellows' Poster Session I — L'Enfant Ballroom Foyer/Solarium

Photo Session: Fellows & Alumni Portrait Retakes I — McPherson

Registration — L'Enfant Ballroom Foyer

Communicate Your Science & Engineering (CYSE) Essay Award Announcement — L'Enfant Ballroom

Shelly Olsan — President, Krell Institute

Nina Cao — Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tristan Maxson — University of Alabama

Joshua Fernandes — University of California, Berkeley

Break — L'Enfant Ballroom Foyer

Kerri Lu — Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Zachary Espinosa — University of Washington

Jerry Liu — Stanford University

Mansi Sakarvadia — University of Chicago

Lunch & Civics Talk — Gallery Ballroom, Second Floor

Christopher Anderson — University of Washington

Lucy Brown — Stanford University

McKenzie Larson — University of Colorado Boulder

Storm Mata — Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Outgoing Fellows' Ceremonial Send-off — L'Enfant Ballroom

Fellows' Poster Session Set Up/Break — L'Enfant Ballroom Foyer/Solarium

Photo Session: Fellows & Alumni Portrait Retakes II — McPherson

Fellows' Poster Session II — L'Enfant Ballroom Foyer/Solarium

35th Anniversary Program & Closing Session — L'Enfant Ballroom Foyer/Solarium