Education & Outreach
Training future materials researchers, innovators, and collaborators.
CAMM seeks to create and sustain a research, innovation, and learning culture committed to the holistic student experience.
The Center prepares undergraduates, graduate students, postdoctoral trainees, educators, and community partners to engage with advanced materials research, manufacturing, and artificial intelligence-enabled discovery.
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Training
Education & Training
Learn about CAMM’s education model, artificial intelligence-enabled materials and manufacturing training, learner-centered instruction, onboarding resources, and Seed opportunities.
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Student & Early-Career Development
Find development resources for students, postdocs, and early-career researchers, including IDPs, mentoring, research presentations, professional conferences, and workshops.
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Undergraduate Research
Explore undergraduate research opportunities, including CAMM’s connection to the UT-ORII SMaRT partnership and undergraduate research activities.
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REU Program
Learn more about CAMM’s Research Experience for Undergraduates opportunities, including program details, participation, and student research activities.
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Outreach & Signature Events
Learn about CAMM outreach, K–12 and community college engagement, Behind the Scenes activities, partnerships, and signature events such as TEAMS.
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Current Focus
CAMM connects education, research training, outreach, and workforce development.
Training & Mentoring
Artificial intelligence-enabled materials discovery and professional preparation
CAMM supports hands-on research training, artificial intelligence and machine learning learning, communication skills, proposal preparation, entrepreneurship, mentoring, onboarding videos, and professional development.
Outreach & Engagement
Connecting students, educators, communities, and partners
CAMM outreach includes K–12 and community college engagement, Behind the Scenes laboratory tours, career events, regional programs, and youth activities with community partners.
Undergraduate Research
SMaRT REU partnership
CAMM works with the UT-Oak Ridge Innovation Institute’s SMaRT program to support undergraduate research experiences, professional development, facility visits, and student participation in CAMM events.
Signature Events
Tennessee Advanced Materials Summit
TEAMS brings together students, researchers, national laboratories, industry, government, and academic partners through research tracks, posters, workshops, panels, and networking.
Partnerships
Regional and institutional partners
CAMM works with partners including ORNL, IAMM, UT-ORII SMaRT, UT Graduate School, AI TENNessee, 865 Academies, community colleges, and regional education partners.
Evaluation & Growth
Building confidence, skills, and community
CAMM evaluates training and outreach through student feedback, mentor engagement, skill-building outcomes, community participation, and continued development of educational programming.