Glen Mills native Ryan James Herz-Thyhsen, a graduate of Penncrest High School and a Ph.D. student at the University of Wyoming, is in some distinct company.

Herz-Thyhsen is among 52 graduate students selected nationwide for the Department of Energy’s Office of Science Graduate Student Research program. The sixth-year doctoral student will conduct his research at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Knoxville, Tenn., from Oct. 30 to Feb. 2.

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“My research ultimately helps us understand where water goes during hydraulic fracturing. It also will help us better understand how we can control fluid flow in the subsurface,” said Herz-Thyhsen, who is in the final year of his Ph.D. program in the Department of Geology and Geophysics. “This research will help to answer contentious questions surrounding the process of hydraulic fracturing that currently act as fuel for political, social, and industrial tension.”

Established to support graduate students to conduct a part of their graduate thesis research at DOE laboratories, the SCGSR program provides supplemental awards for graduate students to spend from three to 12 consecutive months at DOE national laboratories conducting graduate thesis research in a priority research area in collaboration with DOE laboratory scientists.

The award provides each recipient support for inbound and outbound travel to a laboratory, and a monthly stipend of up to $3,000 for general living expenses while at the host DOE laboratory during the award period. The SCGSR research projects are expected to advance the graduate awardee’s overall doctoral thesis while providing access to the expertise, resources and capabilities available at the DOE laboratories.

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