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Honors and Awards

frtlssMay 3, 2023

U-M NERS team win Best Undergraduate Computational Methods, Artificial Intelligence, and Machine Learning Presentation at 2023 ANS Student Conference

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Their paper is titled “pyMAISE: A Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Benchmarking Software for Nuclear Reactor Applications”.

SnehaFebruary 27, 2023

NERS alum Dr. James Baciak and NERS professor Dr. Igor Jovanovic are among the founders of the new Consortium for Nuclear Forensics sponsored by the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

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The five-year, $25 million research award is one of the largest federal research grants ever received by the University of Florida.

SnehaFebruary 27, 2023

NERS Student O Hwang Kwon talks about the possible successors of fossil fuels at the 2023 Rackham King Talks

In his talk, “Which Would Be the Successor of Fossil Fuels—Renewables or Nuclear?”, O Hwang Kwon aims to convey the message of the urgent need for action as he firmly believes that by working together as a team, the world can successfully overcome the challenge of climate change.

SnehaJanuary 25, 2023

NERS students win a student-led competition, acquire seed funding to develop proposal for pulsed-power and nuclear fusion facility

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The work of Akash Shah and Brendan Sporer will support pulsed-power-driven fusion research, fusion-enabling technologies, and fundamental science pursuits.

Sara NormanDecember 13, 2022

NERS Professor Brendan Kochunas honored with faculty development professorship

The Charles and Elizabeth Schrock Faculty Development Professorship is awarded in recognition of outstanding contributions to teaching and research.

Sara NormanAugust 5, 2022

U-M students given DOE Innovations in Nuclear Technology R&D Awards

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The award program strives to facilitate innovation and the creation of new ideas in nuclear-technology-relevant disciplines.

Sara NormanAugust 5, 2022

New partnership between U-M/ZEUS and ELI-Beamlines will study antimatter creation with lasers

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The National Science Foundation award will support a collaboration between U-M, the ELI Beamlines facility, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

Sara NormanJuly 25, 2022

Brendan Kochunas wins DOE Distinguished Early Career Award

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Kochunas’ research seeks to advance our understanding of the digital twins’ concept for nuclear engineering applications.

Sara NormanJuly 22, 2022

Sara Pozzi appointed University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor

Pozzi was one of six university faculty members to be recognized for outstanding contributions to excellence through their commitment to promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Sara NormanJuly 22, 2022

Three NERS grad students awarded INL fellowships 

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Marisol Garrouste, So-Bin Cho, and River Bennett were selected for their remarkable talent in research areas aligned with the goals of INL in collaboration with DOE.

SnehaJuly 21, 2022

Tingshiuan Wu given Best Student Poster Presentation Award at MARC XII Conference

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The NERS PhD student gave a poster presentation on “Fast neutron directionality from position-sensitive recoil and capture reconstruction using Bayesian updating.”

Sara NormanJune 21, 2022

NERS faculty receive $5.1M in DOE funding awards

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The awards will support our research in compact heat exchangers, SPn transport in advanced reactors, and irradiation creep mechanisms.

engindeptsJune 16, 2022

MTV hosts University Program Review

The annual review provides a venue for students and collaborating
scientists to showcase their research and allow programmatic oversight and technical interchange
between student researchers, National Laboratories, and government research managers.

Sara NormanMay 19, 2022

PhD Student Lonnie Garrett given NNIS fellowship

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The fellowship supports exceptional students in the field of international safeguards.

Sara NormanMay 16, 2022

Imre Pázsit named “Doctor Honoris Causa” of Budapest University of Technology and Economics

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The title was conferred in appreciation of Pázsit’s internationally reputed activities.

Sara NormanMay 9, 2022

Undergraduate Andrew Panter awarded INL UNLP Scholarship

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UNLP plays a key role in helping the Department of Energy accomplish its mission of leading the nation’s investment in the development and exploration of advanced nuclear science and technology.

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