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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.
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NERS Undergrad Mackenzie Warwick named Green Ambassador
Her passion for sustainable energy drew Mackenzie to an education in nuclear engineering.
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NERS Graduates win major awards
Janelle Wharry and Matt Gomez receive early career awards.
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Todd Allen talks on two podcasts regarding Chernobyl and nuclear energy
Allen is featured on two podcasts discussing Chernobyl and nuclear energy.
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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…
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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.
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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.
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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.
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NERS students receive DOE and NSF fellowships
Several NERS students received multiple highly competitive graduate fellowships.
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The race to zero carbon emissions
When the only number that matters is zero, this climate summit asked participants to leave their preconceptions about acceptable solutions at the door.
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University of Michigan launches Fastest Path to Zero climate initiative
The mission of the Fastest Path to Zero Initiative is to identify, innovate, and pursue the fastest path to zero emissions by optimizing clean energy deployment.
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NERS retains #1 in US News ranking
The Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences graduate program has retained the top spot in the US News and World Report rankings.
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Titans of Nuclear interviews NERS faculty
Titans of Nuclear, a podcast featuring interviews with experts on nuclear energy, has interviews available with NERS professors James Duderstadt, Zhong He, Sara Pozzi and Alec Thomas.
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Major research initiatives fuel national discussions
Three major initiatives led by NERS faculty are shaping the future of nuclear energy, including safety, security and treaty verification.
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In Memoriam
The NERS department is saddened to report the passing of three members of our community this year.
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Sara Pozzi earns 2018 Rackham Distinguished Mentoring Award
Professor Sara A. Pozzi has received the 2018 Rackham Distinguished Graduate Mentoring Award in recognition of her enduring contributions to graduate education within the College of Engineering.
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Alec Thomas wins Research Accelerator Award
NERS Associate Professor Alec Thomas has won a Research Accelerator Award for his team’s proposal to construct a high-repetition-rate X-ray beamline, using U-M’s HERCULES laser, for transformative manufacturing applications across engineering, medicine, homeland security and science.
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Professor John Foster pens most-highly cited paper
Professor John Foster’s article, “Plasma-based water purification: Challenges and prospects for the future,” was the most highly cited paper published in 2017 in the journal Physics of Plasmas.
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Professor Pozzi named DEI director
Professor Sara A. Pozzi has been appointed director of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) for the College of Engineering.
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Two NERS professors elected to the rank of fellow
Professor Sara Pozzi was elected to the rank of Fellow of the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management, and Professor Alec Thomas was elected to the rank of Fellow of the American Physical Society.
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Bright minds: Meet two NERS grad students
Members of the NERS graduate class represent “some of the brightest young minds, nationally and internationally,” said Graduate Chair Igor Jovanovic.
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Meet the new NERS Advisory Board
To help the NERS department carry out its mission, incoming chair Todd Allen has created a new NERS Advisory Board.
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Faculty books
The NERS department congratulates three faculty on the publication of their books.
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Alumni books: Alumnus Mel Bost authors book on project and process management
The NERS department congratulates C. Melvin Bost, Jr., on the publication of his new book.