Category: Campus & Community
-
Best Presentation Award given to NERS Ph.D. Candidate Jinpu Lin
Jinpu won with his poster “Scaling Relativistic Laser‐solid Interaction Using Ultrashort Laser Pulses.”
-
NERS Ph.D. Student Yao Kovach given Best Presentation Award
Yao won with her poster “Particle Emission from an Anode Liquid Surface of Electrolyte in Atmospheric Pressure DC Glow.”
-
Q&A: Bret Kugelmass, Energy Impact Center
Last April, the Fastest Path to Zero Summit assembled research and policy leaders to explore climate change mitigation. This April, with help from Kugelmass, we plan to do it again.
-
New simulation laboratory and cybersecurity software installed at NERS
The software will be used to study methods of preventing cyberattacks on the instrumentation and control systems for nuclear power plants.
-
Edward Larsen retires from NERS after 33-year career in nuclear engineering
Professor Larsen’s research has focused on the development of advanced algorithms for the mathematical analysis and computational simulation of problems associated with the interaction of radiation with matter.
-
John C. Lee retires after 45 years with the department
Professor Lee’s research was focused on the physics and engineering analysis of nuclear systems.
-
Igor Jovanovic named Fellow of the Optical Society
Professor Jovanovic directs the Neutron Science Laboratory, contributes to the Consortium for Verification Technology, and works with the Center for Ultrafast Optical Science.
-
NERS welcomes three new faculty members
The new additions to the department point to a positive future and offer a breadth of educational and research experience.
-
NERS Undergrad Mackenzie Warwick named Green Ambassador
Her passion for sustainable energy drew Mackenzie to an education in nuclear engineering.
-
NERS Graduates win major awards
Janelle Wharry and Matt Gomez receive early career awards.
-
Todd Allen talks on two podcasts regarding Chernobyl and nuclear energy
Allen is featured on two podcasts discussing Chernobyl and nuclear energy.
-
Summer School on Clean Energy in China
By Rod Capps Professor Lumin Wang of NERS led a group of 12 COE undergraduate students to China to participate a summer school on Clean Energy that he has coordinated for the 9th year from May 11 to June 23, 2019. During the six weeks in China, the students took a course on Chinese culture…
-
Becoming the representation she wishes she’d seen
In a Q&A, Ciara Sivels remarks on exposure, earning her PhD and equality in higher education.
-
Holloway named Provost and VP at the University of New Mexico
From outstanding undergraduate education contributions to leadership positions, Holloway served the college for nearly 30 years.
-
NERS Ph.D. student Sunming Qin awarded Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship 2019–2020 and Eleanor Towner Award for Distinguished Academic Achievement
As a fourth year Ph.D. student in NERS department, Sunming is working in Professor Annalisa Manera’s group. His research focuses on high-resolution experiments and computations on mixing of turbulent buoyant jets in uniform and stratified environments.
-
NERS students receive DOE and NSF fellowships
Several NERS students received multiple highly competitive graduate fellowships.