News

Past News

Screenshot of smiling attendee faces in the Zoom interface

First Virtual JUMP into STEM Competition Showcases Student Solutions to Building Science Challenges

Trisha Gupta and Vedyun Mishra, master’s degree students in architecture at Syracuse University, presented their team’s project, Enabling the Proliferation of Energy Auditing. The project addresses the need for accurate and […]

Read More

A student gestures to a projection showing a graph.

2020 JUMP into STEM Winners Announced for Three Technical Challenges

This year’s JUMP into STEM competition pushed students to research, collaborate, and develop possible solutions for three key issues facing the building science industry. The official 2020 challenges were advanced building construction […]

Read More

Researchers and interns at a lab bench.

Winners of 2020 JUMP into STEM Take Virtual Internships in Stride; Contribute to Building Science Research

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) JUMP into STEM competition encourages students with a passion for science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) to share solutions for several challenges facing the building science […]

Read More

news placeholder

It’s not too late to compete on the JUMP into STEM building energy efficiency challenges!

The JUMP into STEM competition, hosted by Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), is accepting submissions from students currently enrolled in U.S. colleges and universities until November 13, 2020 for three new challenges: Advanced Building Construction Methods, Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings (GEB), and Building Energy Audit for Residential or Commercial Buildings.

Read More