Tag: Graduate Students
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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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Colleen Campbell helps U-M Club Softball win first NCSA national title
The NERS PhD student helped lead the U-M Club Softball Team to its first-ever NCSA Division I National Championship. In this Q&A, she reflects on the team’s championship journey, how softball has shaped her approach to research and leadership, and why staying connected to the sport has made her a stronger, more balanced graduate student.
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Jarett LeVan awarded NNSA fellowship to advance kinetic theory of the liquid state
The NERS PhD student’s work supports national security goals through inertial confinement fusion research.
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Isaac Huegel earns prestigious national fellowship for plasma physics research
Applied physics PhD student working with NERS professor Carolyn Kuranz awarded DOE NNSA Laboratory Residency Graduate Fellowship.
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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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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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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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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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NERS graduate students shine in 2025 Three Minute Thesis Competition
NERS students Colleen Campbell, Diego Muzquiz, and Valentin Pauly advanced to the final round of the competition, where Pauly earned the first-place prize for best overall presentation.
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Q&A: Khalil Bryant’s Journey in World Chase Tag
How a U-M applied physics graduate student found speed, strategy, and community in the world’s fastest game of tag.
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Brian Carpman wins second place at Molten Salt Reactor Workshop
The NERS graduate student was awarded for his research on ultra-high temperature ceramics.
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Muhammad Rafiul Abdussami’s journey in nuclear engineering
The NERS graduate student has a keen interest in sustainable energy systems.
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Ricardo Lopez wins award for augmented reality visualization for nuclear inspections paper
The NERS graduate student was given the Nonproliferation and Arms Control Division award at the 2024 Institute of Nuclear Materials Management Conference.
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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.”