United States Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz will deliver the undergraduate commencement address during a visit to Ames in May, which also includes a visit to the Ames Laboratory.

The commencement ceremony will begin at 1:30 p.m. May 7 at Hilton Coliseum. The event is open to the public and will be streamed live on Iowa State’s website.

During his visit, Moniz will also speak at the dedication of Ames Laboratory’s Sensitive Instrument Facility (SIF), a $9.9 million project funded by the Department of Energy’s Office of Science. The facility was constructed in 2014 and 2015 at the Applied Sciences Complex on Iowa State’s campus.

Moniz, a nuclear physicist, has led the United States Department of Energy since May 2013 after being unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate.