Category: Campus & Community
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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.
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Unveiling The Spirit of Nuclear
The NERS Mural, a collaborative creation between NERS 250 students and Michigan-based artist Devin J. Wright, can now be viewed in the tunnel connecting the Cooley Building and the Michigan Memorial Phoenix Project.
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Sara Pozzi receives U-M Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award
The Distinguished Faculty Achievement Awards honor senior faculty who consistently have demonstrated outstanding achievements.
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Harper Academy All-Stars support NERS research
The Harper Academy 4 Future Engineers, with its focus on community engagement, is working closely with NERS to connect aspiring nuclear engineers with real-world research opportunities.