Category: Awards
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NERS graduate students shine in 2025 Three Minute Thesis Competition
NERS students Colleen Campbell, Diego Muzquiz, and Valentin Pauly advanced to the final round of the competition, where Pauly earned the first-place prize for best overall presentation.
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Brendan Kochunas honored with NERS Departmental Faculty Award from Michigan Engineering
The award recognizes high-impact accomplishments benefitting NERS and Michigan Engineering.
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Shaun Clarke honored with Michigan Engineering’s Reese Outstanding Research Scientist Award
The NERS Research Scientist was recognized for demonstrating excellence in research and associated scholarly activities.
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ZEUS team receives 2025 Ted Kennedy Family Faculty Team Excellence Award
These six research scientists helped design, build, and implement the ZEUS laser facility, which is the highest power laser in the U.S.
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Kevin Field honored with prestigious PECASE award
The NERS professor was given the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers for his innovative research on radiation effects in materials.
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NERS staff recognized with Michigan Engineering incentive awards
Rebecca Duguay, Alexander Flick, Sallee Klein, and Michelle Sonderman were honored through the Staff Incentive Program.
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Brian Carpman wins second place at Molten Salt Reactor Workshop
The NERS graduate student was awarded for his research on ultra-high temperature ceramics.
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Aditi Verma and Kevin Field named to ANS’s Inaugural 40 Under 40 List
The 40 Under 40 list is a prestigious recognition celebrating young professionals in the nuclear industry who are making significant contributions to their fields.
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Xiaodong Sun receives ANS Thermal Hydraulics Division Technical Achievement Award
The NERS Professor was awarded for his exceptional contributions to advancing thermal hydraulics through innovative experiments and modeling.
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Michigan Engineering honors NERS alumnus Jian Gan with Department Merit Award
Gan is the Division Scientific Lead for Advanced Characterization at Idaho National Laboratory.
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Ricardo Lopez wins award for augmented reality visualization for nuclear inspections paper
The NERS graduate student was given the Nonproliferation and Arms Control Division award at the 2024 Institute of Nuclear Materials Management Conference.
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NERS students receive NEUP fellowships and scholarship
Patrick Myers, Andrew Panter, and David Wen have received support through the U.S. Department of Energy Nuclear Energy University Program.
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NERS graduate students receive NSF fellowships
Logan Burnett and Nataly R. Panczyk have been awarded prestigious fellowships from the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program.
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Brendan Kochunas honored with ANS Early Career Reactor Physicist Award
The American Nuclear Society award recognizes those who have made noteworthy contributions to the realm of reactor physics during the early stages of their careers.
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NERS to support U-M, Los Alamos National Laboratory collaboration
Professors Brendan Kochunas, Brian Kiedrowki, and Carolyn Kuranz are all collaborators on the project.
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Aaron Huxford given NEUP Award of Excellence
Huxford was awarded through the NEUP Innovations in Nuclear Energy Research & Development Student Competition.