Category: Campus & Community
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$100K gift honors a lifelong Michigan fan and fuels student success in nuclear engineering
New endowment supports undergraduates through the Robert Edward Farrell Memorial Nuclear Engineering Scholarship.
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NERS students recognized for outstanding research at 2025 MMRI poster symposium
Three students affiliated with NERS were honored for their poster presentations.
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Ikhwan Khaleb brings nuclear energy awareness to Malaysia via social media
The NERS alum uses TikTok to educate the Malaysian public about nuclear energy, drawing on his academic training and professional experience.
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Colleen Campbell helps U-M Club Softball win first NCSA national title
The NERS PhD student helped lead the U-M Club Softball Team to its first-ever NCSA Division I National Championship. In this Q&A, she reflects on the team’s championship journey, how softball has shaped her approach to research and leadership, and why staying connected to the sport has made her a stronger, more balanced graduate student.
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Five NERS faculty receive promotions
Promotions recognize excellence in plasma physics, materials science, reactor physics, and nuclear security.
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Jarett LeVan awarded NNSA fellowship to advance kinetic theory of the liquid state
The NERS PhD student’s work supports national security goals through inertial confinement fusion research.
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The US has a new most powerful laser
Hitting 2 petawatts, the NSF-funded ZEUS facility at U-M enables research that could improve medicine, national security, materials science and more.
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Isaac Huegel earns prestigious national fellowship for plasma physics research
Applied physics PhD student working with NERS professor Carolyn Kuranz awarded DOE NNSA Laboratory Residency Graduate Fellowship.
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Mark Kushner to present at Distinguished University Professor event
The event will take place on January 29, at the Rackham Graduate School Amphitheater.
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Peng Zhang joins NERS faculty as an associate professor
Zhang’s research focuses on the theory and modeling of plasmas, beams, and surface and interface science, with applications in high-power electromagnetics, nanoelectronics, quantum devices, ultrafast phenomena, and novel light sources and particle accelerators.
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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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In Memoriam: Terry Kammash (1927–2024)
Kammash was a pioneering nuclear engineering professor at the University of Michigan, renowned for his groundbreaking contributions to fusion research, numerous accolades, and lasting impact on the field and the NERS community.
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Honoring Legacy, Shaping the Future: Todd Allen Endowed as Chihiro Kikuchi Collegiate Professor
NERS gathered to celebrate the interdisciplinary impact of nuclear energy and public policy at the University of Michigan.
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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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Celebrating NERS Professor Chihiro Kikuchi
Michigan Engineering will honor the pioneer in nuclear engineering through the installation of Chair Todd Allen as Collegiate Professor.