Nuclear Safety Training and Workforce Development Program Amendment 001
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $100 million in funding to establish a nuclear safety training and workforce development program.
NEUP Celebrates $1 Billion in Awards
To celebrate this milestone, NE will hold a Special Session, student sessions, unique panels, and a meet and greet at the 2024 Winter ANS Conference.
New Login Process for NEUP Reviewer and Proposal Website
NEUP has implemented a multi-factor authentication login process to the NEUP Proposals and Reviewer website for all users.
2024 Student Competition Award Winners
Awards of Excellence Aaron Huxford Nuclear Engineering, University of Michigan A hybrid domain overlapping method for coupling System Thermal Hydraulics and CFD codes Nicholas McKibben Reactor Development and Plant Optimization, Boise State University Aerosol Jet Printing of Piezoelectric Surface Acoustic Wave Thermometer Matthew Newton Fuel Cycle Technologies, Univeristy of Utah Effect of Metal Chloride Impurities […]
2023 Student Competition Award Winners
Open Competition Claire Griesbach First Place, Fuel Cycle Technologies, Univeristy of Wisconsin-Madison Microstructural heterogeneity of the buffer layer of TRISO nuclear fuel particles Abstract Kyle Quillin Second Place, Fuel Cycle Technologies, University of Wisconsin-Madison Microstructural and nanomechanical studies of PVD Cr coatings on SiC for LWR fuel cladding applications Abstract Adam Dix First Place, Nuclear […]
2022 Student Competition Award Winners
Open Competition Alejandro Figueroa First Place, Advanced Fuels, Purdue University An Iterative Estimation Approach to Simultaneously De-Curtain and De-Noise FIB Damaged Nuclear Fuel Microstructures Abstract Neal Gaffin Second Place, Advances Fuels, University of Tennessee at Knoxville University of Tennessee at Knoxville Consolidation Behavior of Mo30W Alloy Using Spark Plasma Sintering Abstract Matthew Krecicki First Place, […]
2021 Student Competition Award Winners
Open Competition Walter Williams First Place, Advanced Fuels, Purdue University In Situ Neutron Diffraction Study of Crystallographic Evolution and Thermal Expansion Coefficients in U-22.5 at %Zr During Annealing Abstract Steven Jepeal Second Place, Advanced Fuels, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Intermediate Energy Proton Irradiation: Rapid, High-Fidelity Materials Testing for Fusion and Fission Energy Systems Abstract Naiki […]
2020 Student Competition Award Winners
Open Competition Rigel Hanbury First Place, Advanced Fuels, University of Michigan Oxide Growth and Dissolution on 316L Stainless Steel During Irradiation in High Temperature Water Abstract Jacob Gorton Second Place, Advanced Fuels, University of Tennessee at Knoxville Reactor Performance and Safety Characteristics of ThN-UN Fuel Concepts in a PWR Abstract Samuel McAlpine First Place, Advanced […]
2019 Student Competition Award Winners
Open Competition William Cureton Second Place, Advanced Fuels, University of Tennessee at Knoxville Grain Size Effects on Irradiated CeO2, ThO2, and UO2 Abstract Kelly McCary First Place, Advanced Fuels, Ohio State University Response of Distributed Fiber Optic Temperature Sensors to High-Temperature Step Transients Abstract Vedant Mehta First Place, Advanced Reactor Systems, Georgia Institute of Technology […]
2018 Student Competition Award Winners
Open Competition Stephen Taller First Place, Advanced Fuels, University of Michigan Multiple Ion Beam Irradiation for the Study of Radiation Damage in Materials Abstract Kelsa Benensky Second Place, Advanced Fuels, University of Tennessee Knoxville Advanced Fuel Forms for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Applications Abstract April Novak First Place, Advanced Reactor Systems, University of California at Berkeley […]
2017 Student Competition Award Winners
Open Competition Drew Johnson First Place, Advanced Fuels, University of Michigan Quantitative analysis of Localized Stresses in Irradiated Stainless Steels using High Resolution Electron Backscatter Diffraction and Molecular Dynamics Modeling Abstract Troy Eckleberry Second Place, Advanced Fuels, University of Tennessee Reactivity Assessment of Enhanced Accident Tolerant Claddings in Modern PWR Abstract David Frazer First Place, […]
2016 Student Competition Award Winners
Open Competition Elizabeth Getto First Place, Advanced Fuels, University of Michigan Effect of Irradiation Mode on the Microstructure of Self-Ion Irradiated Ferritic-Martensitic Alloys Abstract Michael Reichenberger Second Place, Advanced Fuels, University of Tennessee at Knoxville Advances in the Development and Testing of Micro-Pocket Fission Detectors Abstract Marc Paff First Place, Material Protection, Control, and Accountancy […]
2015 Student Competition Award Winners
Open Competition Stephen Raiman First Place, Advanced Fuels, University of Michigan A Facility for Studying Irradiation Accelerated Corrosion in High Temperature Water Abstract Andrew Dykhuis Second Place, Advanced Fuels, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology HOGNOSE: A New Model for Corrosion in PWRs Abstract Urairisa Phathanapirom First Place, Energy Policy, University of Texas […]
2014 Student Competition Award Winners
Open Competition Kale Stephenson First Place, Advanced Fuels, University of Michigan Crack Initiation Behavior of Neutron Irradiated Model and Commercial Stainless Steels in High Temperature Water Abstract Daniel Walter Second Place, Advanced Fuels, University of Michigan High Fidelity Simulation of Crud Deposition on a PWR Fuel Cell with Spacer Grids over a 500 Day Depletion Cycle […]
2013 Student Competition Award Winners
Open Competition Joshua Daw First Place, Advanced Fuels, University of Idaho Drew DeJarnette Second Place, Advanced Fuels, University of Arkansas Lyndsey Fyffe First Place, Energy Policy, Vanderbilt University Urairisa Phathanapirom Second Place, Energy Policy, University of Texas at Austin Kathryn Matlack First Place, Materials Protection, Control, and Accountancy, Georgia Institute of Technology Kenneth Dayman Second […]
2012 Student Competition Award Winners
Open Competition Leland Barnard First Place, Advanced Materials, University of Wisconsin at Madison Tyler Moss Second Place, Advanced Materials, University of Michigan Robert Hoover First Place, Chemical Separations, University of Idaho Ko Nee Second Place, Chemical Separations, University of California at Irvine Joshua Daw Second Place, Nuclear Fuels, University of Idaho Mark Norsworthy First Place, […]
2011 Student Competition Award Winners
Open Competition Michael McMurtrey First Place, Advanced Materials, University of Michigan Erik Johnstone Second Place, Advanced Materials, University of Nevada at Las Vegas Adam Parkison First Place, Nuclear Fuels, Texas A&M University Dayla Morrison Second Place, Nuclear Fuels, University of Texas at Arlington Nicholas Thompson First Place, Nuclear Material Accountability and Control Instrumentation, Rensselaer Polytechnic […]
2010 Student Competition Award Winners
Open Competition Janelle Wharry First Place, Advanced Materials, University of Michigan Samuel Brinton First Place, Energy Policy, Kansas State University Lindsay Shuller First Place, Fuel Separations and Waste Forms, University of Michigan Jenifer Shafer Second Place, Fuel Separations and Waste Forms, Washington State University Amber Wright Tied for Third Place, Fuel Separations and Waste Forms, […]