Tag: Fission Systems and Radiation Transport
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NERS students recognized for outstanding research at 2025 MMRI poster symposium
Three students affiliated with NERS were honored for their poster presentations.
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AI-powered paper on nuclear sentiment wins NEUP award
NERS students are among the authors of the winning research paper.
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Zhijie (George) Jiao receives Michigan Engineering Staff Excellence Award
Jiao, facility director of the Michigan Ion Beam Laboratory and NERS research scientist, is honored for his exceptional leadership, mentorship, and dedication to research excellence.
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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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NERS partners with Hanyang University’s Innovative Research Center for Advanced Reactor Development
Collaboration to support student and faculty research, exchange, and funding opportunities.
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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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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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Brendan Kochunas honored with NERS Departmental Faculty Award from Michigan Engineering
The award recognizes high-impact accomplishments benefitting NERS and Michigan Engineering.
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NERS joins ARPA-E NEWTON project to transform nuclear waste disposal
Professors Won Sik Yang and Xiaodong Sun will support the Argonne National Laboratory-led project.
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NERS and MIBL launch new fusion materials programs
Professor Kevin Field will lead U-M’s support of five new fusion materials projects using advanced ion irradiation technologies and characterization to tackle challenges in materials for fusion energy.
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Streamlining AI development for transparent nuclear engineering models
A new tool simplifies machine learning development for nuclear engineers while incorporating model explainability features to help improve transparency.
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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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Ikhwan Khaleb presents paper at ICONE in Prague
The recent NERS Master’s graduate presented his paper, “CFD Analysis of Heat Transfer in Molten Salt Fuel Chambers of The Wielenga Innovation Static Salt Reactor.”
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Tom Downar retires after a distinguished career in computational nuclear reactor physics
Professor Downar’s career was distinguished by his dedication to teaching and contributions to computational nuclear reactor physics.
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Real-time modeling of 3D temperature distributions within nuclear microreactors to improve safety systems
Finding the best digital twin to model reactor temperatures can improve online monitoring, essential for use of these compact, portable reactors in remote areas.
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NERS students receive NEUP fellowships and scholarship
Patrick Myers, Andrew Panter, and David Wen have received support through the U.S. Department of Energy Nuclear Energy University Program.