The Applied Physics Institute is giving students real-world experience across the country. API student researchers participated in the remediation of a storage facility located at the Indian Head Naval Facility in Indian Head, MD this past August. Research assistants Jeremy Board, Christopher Davenport, Christopher McGrath, Kyle Moss, and Matthew Nichols conducted research throughout the week long project.

API students worked directly with a PELAN III system, which performs elemental analysis on different types of objects. WKU Associate Professor Dr. Phillip Womble and API Senior Applications Engineer Jon Paschal led students throughout the recovery of 243 items. The PELAN III examined all of the items and their elemental contents.

Students gained valuable knowledge and research skills throughout the week. Chris McGrath said, he appreciated the project in because he could apply his classroom knowledge to a real situation and feels that the experience will benefit his future in many ways.

• API team at the Indian Head Naval Facility in Indian Head, MD.

Jeremy Board, Christopher McGrath, Prof. Phillip Womble, Kyle Moss, Matthew Nichols, Christopher Davenport, and Jon Paschal.