Category: Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences
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Plasma-powered plastic breakdown paper ranks among journal’s top 10% most viewed of 2023
Study explores the use of plasma for plastic decomposition and depolymerization.
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Todd Allen receives ANS Mishima Award for contributions to nuclear fuels and materials
NERS chair honored by the American Nuclear Society for excellence in research and development.
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Landon Tafoya receives DOE NNSA Laboratory Residency Graduate Fellowship
The NERS PhD student will develop neutron imaging diagnostics for fusion at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
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Majdi Radaideh receives 2025 MCD Young Member’s Research Achievement Award
The award recognizes Assistant Professor Radaideh’s exceptional contributions to nuclear mathematics and computational methods.
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Todd Allen elected to American Nuclear Society Board of Directors
NERS chair will serve a three-year term as Board Member-at-Large beginning June 2025.
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H3D detectors arrive at the International Space Station
U-M alumni-led project brings gamma-ray imaging tech to orbit for space science and hardware qualification.
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Londrea Garrett awarded prestigious Hoffman Postdoctoral Fellowship
The recent NERS PhD graduate to continue nuclear safeguards research at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
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Flynn Darby wins Towner Prize for distinguished academic achievement
The college-wide award honors graduate students demonstrating exceptional research, leadership and academic performance.
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U-M students win top honors at 2025 ANS Student Conference
The students were recognized for excellence in computational methods, radiation detection, and nuclear advocacy at national conference in New Mexico.
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Gary Was honored by The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society
The NERS Professor Emeritus was given the Institute of Metals Lecture and Robert Franklin Mehl Award.
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Shailaja Humane wins CoDA 2025 award for fusion design optimization research
The graduate student was recognized for applying Bayesian optimization to inertial confinement fusion simulations.
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Sara A. Pozzi named Donald C. Graham Professor of Engineering
Regents approve endowed professorship recognizing leadership in nuclear engineering and radiological sciences.
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NERS students gain hands-on reactor experience
With support from a DOE Reactor Sharing Grant, students in NERS 425 and NERS 551 traveled to Ohio State’s research reactor for in-person experiments.
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Students from Japan explore NERS labs and research during March visit
Graduate students from Japanese universities visited NERS to strengthen international collaboration and learn about advanced nuclear research at U-M.
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Karthik Duraisamy joins NERS faculty
Professor Duraisamy brings expertise in computational science, machine learning, and physics-based modeling.
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Janelle Wharry named 2025 Brimacombe Medalist
The NERS alumna was recognized for sustained excellence and achievement in materials science and engineering.