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Yoon Thwel ()
Legal Metrology Research Intern
Ms. Thwel is a 2026 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program Intern at the NIST Office of Weights and Measures (OWM) Metric Program.
Ms. Thwel is a student at University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland pursuing a bachelor's degree in technology and information design. Passionate about creating compelling content, she enjoys working collaboratively with others to bring creative ideas to life. With a strong interest in the visual and communicative aspects of design, Ms. Thwel aspires to become an art director in the future.
Ms. Thwel is focused on researching ways to improve OWM communications, expand (SI) education publications, and enhance website content.
projects
- Researching early childhood education strategies to find the best methods for teaching the metric system to young learners.
- Investigating play-based sense-making and gamified learning to build student confidence when interpreting temperature scales.
- Producing a Celsius temperature education video for K–3 learners.
- Developing SI classroom activities: SI Food Safety Inspector and Make a Meter.
- Supporting hands-on STEM activities for Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) and NIST Summer Institute for Middle School Science Teachers educator participants.
- Expanding NIST Educational STEM Resource Registry (NEST-R) classroom resources.
Past projects
- Updating the SI Teacher Kit materials.
- Expanding NIST Educational STEM Resource Registry (NEST-R) classroom resources.
- Creating posters:
- OWM Training Laboratory tours.
- 2025 National Science Teaching Association (NSTA) Conference.
- 2025 International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM) 150th anniversary of the signing of the Meter Convention.
