2021 Winners
Open Competition
Competition for Students Who Attend Universities with Less Than $600 Million in 2019 Science and Engineering R&D Expenditures
Edward DuchnowskiUniversity of Tennessee at KnoxvilleReactor Performance and Safety Characteristics of Two-Phase Composite Moderator Concepts for Modular High Temperature Gas Cooled Reactors
Robert KileUniversity of Tennessee at KnoxvilleTransformational Challenge Reactor Analysis To Inform Preconceptual Core Design Decisions: Sensitivity study of Transient Analysis in a Hydride-Moderated Microreactor
Ashwin RaoAir Force Institute of TechnologyComparison of Machine Learning Techniques to Optimize the Analysis of Plutonium Surrogate Material via a Portable LIBS Device
James Foster Clemson UniversityFunctionalized Polymer Thin Films for Plutonium Captureand Isotopic Screening from Aqueous Sources
Dimitris KillingerVirginia Commonwealth UniversityInvestigation of W, Ag, and Pt Quasi-Reference Electrode Stability in Molten NaCl-CaCl2 with Ce(0)/Ce(III) as an Internal Reference Redox Reaction
Undergraduate Competition
Kaitlyn BarrUniversity of MichiganVerification of MPACT and VERA-CS for the APR1400 Benchmark
Victoria DavisCoastal Carolina UniversityDetecting Ionizing Radiation in Space with Memristor Device
Matthew WeissUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignEffect of Natural Gamma Background Radiation on Portal Monitor Radioisotope Unmixing
Mete BayrakUniversity of Texas at AustinAn Online Neutron Activation Analysis Database (NAADB)
Ashley RasterMissouri University of Science and TechnologyHigh Temperature Lead Cooled Fast Reactor for Advanced Drilling