ASER STUDENT SUMMARY

Each year, Ohio University’s PORTSfuture Program collaborates with DOE and site contractors to work with two local high school classes to distill the U.S. Department of Energy Annual Site Environmental Report (ASER) for the PORTS site into a summary document. The project runs throughout the academic year.

Students hear presentations from PORTS site cleanup experts and other regional entities, participate in a site tour, attend the Ohio University college student expo in Athens, Ohio, and receive other educational information related to the site history, site cleanup activities, and STEM careers. The students create poster presentations about what they learned and exhibit them at the ASER Student Summary Expo at the end of the school year.

ASER Student Expo guests included school personnel, DOE EM leadership, site contractors, and other stakeholders. The Expo includes a ceremony where PORTSfuture and DOE EM recognize teachers and students and certificates of completion are provided to each student.

The goals when producing the ASER Summary were to educate regional high school students about activities and future career opportunities at the PORTS site and to develop materials that will facilitate area residents learning more about DOE’s remediation work at the PORTS site.

– Student Summary
– Video documentary

Dr. Jacob White
Nichole Mazzone
Sebastian Teas

Waverly High School in Pike County, Ohio and Valley High School in Scioto County, Ohio during the 2024–2025 academic year

The ASER Project – ASER 14