Instructors: Dr. Henning Back is a senior physicist at Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) who has spent a quarter of a century in underground physics research, from fundamental physics searching for dark matter and neutrinoless double beta decay to applied radiation detection for nuclear nonproliferation and environmental science. He is an internationally recognized expert in radiopure materials and ultra-sensitive low-background radiation detection. At SRNL, he is leading the effort to establish the Facility for Underground Science and Engineering (FUSE) by taking advantage of the Underground Counting Facility (UCF) at SRNL. Dr. Andrew Thomas is a research meteorologist/atmospheric scientist at the Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL). Prior to coming to SRNL, he did research in air quality modeling at Penn State and tropical cyclones that interacted with the land at UGA. Since coming to SRNL, he has worked on numerical weather prediction, atmospheric turbulence, dispersion, atmospheric chemistry, lightning, wildfire-atmosphere modeling, machine learning applications, and the application of numerical methods. Dr. Jose Cortes Concepcion has Savannah River National Laboratory as a focal point of his 15+ year career, where he currently serves as Hydrogen Isotope Process Science Manager. He has extensive expertise in R&D management, heterogeneous catalysis, and materials characterization. Description: Explore what SRNL is currently working on at the intersection of cutting-edge technologies and their applications across diverse scientific disciplines in this one-of-a-kind course. From innovations in atmospheric technologies that monitor and protect Earth’s climate to ultra-sensitive radiation-detection methods that enhance national security, students will gain a comprehensive understanding of the critical advancements shaping our world. The course also delves into tritium processing technologies, providing valuable insight into its safe handling and essenti