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Materials & Radiation Effects

Sara NormanOctober 27, 2022

Smaller, Robust Heat Exchangers

Funded with $4 million from the US Department of Energy’s Integrated Research Projects program, the U-M Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences is leading a project focused on compact heat exchangers.

Sara NormanAugust 25, 2022

Majdi Radaideh, Stephen Raiman, and Yang Zhang join NERS faculty

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The new additions to the department point to a positive future and offer a breadth of educational and research experience.

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.

Sara NormanSeptember 24, 2021

Augmented reality for testing nuclear components

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A new machine learning platform detects and quantifies radiation-induced defects instantaneously and could be extended to interpret other microscopy data.

Sara NormanAugust 27, 2021

The Michigan Memorial Phoenix Project returns to NERS

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The World War II memorial is devoted to the peaceful uses of nuclear energy.

Sara NormanAugust 4, 2021

Gary Was retires after 41-year career in materials and nuclear energy systems

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Was’s career was distinguished by his dedication to teaching as well as his contributions to research.

Sara NormanJuly 12, 2021

NERS PhD Alum Stephen Taller receives DOE Rapid Turnaround Experiment award

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The award will allow Taller to use the Michigan Ion Beam Laboratory to perform in-situ dual ion beam irradiation.

Sara NormanJuly 9, 2021

NERS graduate student Matthew Lynch receives NASA Graduate Research Fellowship

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Matthew will look at novel techniques to develop high sink strength nickel-based alloys for nuclear power and propulsion.

Sara NormanJune 15, 2021

Michigan Center for Materials Characterization joins U-M NSUF Partner Facilities

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The facility is dedicated to the micron and nanoscale imaging and analysis of materials.

Sara NormanJune 15, 2021

NERS PhD Student Pengyuan Xiu receives DOE Rapid Turnaround Experiment award

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Pengyuan will use the data obtained from the project to contribute to his thesis work.

Sara NormanApril 23, 2021

NERS PhD Student Oskar Searfus awarded NNIS Graduate Fellowship

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The Fellowship is awarded to exceptional students pursuing doctoral research in the field of international safeguards.

Sara NormanFebruary 10, 2021

NERS graduate student Pengyuan Xiu awarded Honorable Mention

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The award was given at the Michigan Engineering Advanced Graduate Research Symposium.

Sara NormanOctober 28, 2020

NERS researchers aim to understand the behavior of high entropy alloys under extreme conditions

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The research is part of a greater project to find an optimized radiation-tolerant material.

Sara NormanSeptember 2, 2020

Stephen Taller receives Weinberg Fellowship at ORNL

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He will use the fellowship to continue his research into radiation effects in commercial nuclear materials.

Sara NormanJune 25, 2020

NERS Professor Kevin Field wins DOE Early Career Award

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Field is one of only 50 U.S. professors to win this year.

Sara NormanOctober 16, 2018

Major research initiatives fuel national discussions

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Three major initiatives led by NERS faculty are shaping the future of nuclear energy, including safety, security and treaty verification.

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