2025 ACEP summer internships underway
The cohort of Fairbanks-based interns in front of the Joseph E. Usibelli Engineering Learning and Innovation building, which houses ACEP’s Fairbanks office.
June 18, 2025
By Yuri Bult-Ito
The 2025 ACEP summer internship program commenced on June 2 with 17 interns. These interns were selected from 162 applicants, the largest pool since the program started in 2019.
This year’s interns will work on a wide range of projects such as electric vehicles in the Arctic, solar energy real-time forecasting, hydrokinetic fieldwork, cybersecurity and more.
The ACEP internship program offers undergraduate students an energy research opportunity in ÐÓ°Épro through a 10-week program.
Each intern is mentored to work on a research project that will directly benefit ACEP energy research and ÐÓ°Épro communities. The internship program provides two strands. One is the ACEP Undergraduate Summer Internship, or AUSI, where participants apply existing skills on a research project with an ACEP mentor. In the Research Experiences for Undergraduates, or REU strand, participants will have their first research experience with the support of educational and professional cohort activities.
The cohort of Anchorage-based interns.
This year’s interns dove into the program orientation by attending the , held June 3-5 in Anchorage. This major conference brings researchers, policymakers and investors from across the world together to discuss the future of energy. The interns will spend the rest of their program in Fairbanks or Anchorage. Their work will wrap up with final presentations in August.
AUSI is supported by a grant from the . REU is supported by the program. For more information, visit the program website or contact program lead Annalise Klein at asklein@alaska.edu.