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Becoming the representation she wishes she’d seen

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

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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Michigan Engineering’s new DEI director

Michigan Engineering’s new DEI director

Sara Pozzi, a professor of nuclear engineering and radiological sciences, takes the reins of the College’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion implementation committee.
U-M hosts annual DOE UPR meeting and NNSA Administrator visits NERS labs

U-M hosts annual DOE UPR meeting and NNSA Administrator visits NERS labs

The University of Michigan (UM) hosted the annual Department of Energy (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Research and Development (DNN R&D) University Program Review (UPR) meeting at the Sheraton Ann Arbor, June 5 – 7, 2018.
Nuclear nonproliferation: U-M participates in project monitoring nuclear reactors from afar

Nuclear nonproliferation: U-M participates in project monitoring nuclear reactors from afar

Secret nuclear power reactors could be detected by capturing elusive antineutrinos.
Sara Pozzi featured in nuclear nonproliferation podcast

Sara Pozzi featured in nuclear nonproliferation podcast

Listen to Sara Pozzi and colleagues at Oregon State discuss nuclear nonproliferation today and technologies on the horizon.
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Becoming the representation she wishes she’d seen

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.
Becoming the representation she wishes she’d seen

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.
NERS Ph.D. student Sunming Qin awarded Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship 2019-2020 and Eleanor Towner Award for Distinguished Academic Achievement

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

NERS students receive DOE and NSF fellowships

Several NERS students received multiple highly competitive graduate fellowships
The race to zero carbon emissions

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.
University of Michigan launches Fastest Path to Zero climate initiative

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.
NERS retains #1 in US News ranking

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.
Titans of Nuclear interviews NERS faculty

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
Sunming Qin receives Best Paper Award at ANS conference

Sunming Qin receives Best Paper Award at ANS conference

His work, “Velocity and Scalar Fields of a Turbulent Buoyant Jet in the Self-Similar Region” was one of two best paper awards at the Advances in Thermal Hydraulics (ATH-2018) conference in Orlando.
A new lead on a 50-year-old radiation damage mystery

A new lead on a 50-year-old radiation damage mystery

A U-M-led team of researchers developed the first atomic-level simulation that produced a mysterious defect.
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Black Engineer Monday, May 13, 2019

Four Engineers graduate with PhDs from University of Michigan

US News & World Report Monday, January 28, 2019

$25M program seeks to boost nuclear monitoring worldwide

Science Daily Monday, November 26, 2018

A new lead on a 50-year-old radiation damage mystery

Michigan Daily Wednesday, November 21, 2018

Ciara Sivels becomes the first Black woman to get her doctorate in Nuclear Engineering from University

The New York Times Tuesday, October 2, 2018

Nobel prize in physics awarded to scientists who put light to work

Detroit Free Press Tuesday, October 2, 2018

University of Michigan professor wins Nobel Prize in Physics