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2018 Awardees

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Innovations in Nuclear Energy Research & Development Student Competition ​

Open Competition

Stephen Taller

Stephen Taller

First Place, Advanced Fuels, University of Michigan

Multiple Ion Beam Irradiation for the Study of Radiation Damage in Materials

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Kelsa Benensky

Kelsa Benensky

Second Place, Advanced Fuels, University of Tennessee Knoxville

Advanced Fuel Forms for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Applications​​

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April Novak

April Novak

First Place, Advanced Reactor Systems, University of California at Berkeley

Pronghorn: A Porous Media Thermal-Hydraulics Core Simulator and its Validation with the SANA Experiments

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Nolan Goth

Nolan Goth

Second Place, Advanced Reactor Systems, Texas A&M University

Time-Resolved PIV/PTV Measurements on Interior Subchannels of a Wire-Wrapped 61-pin Hexagonal Fuel Bundle​

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Brandon Chrisholm

Brandon Chrisholm

First Place, Energy Policy, Vanderbilt University

Preliminary Risk Assessment of Generalized Molten Salt Reactor Off-Gas System

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James Richards

James Richards

Second Place, Energy Policy, University of Idaho

Assessing the Impact of Nuclear Retirements on the US Power Sector​

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Steven Czyz

Steven Czyz

First Place, Material, Protection, Control and Accountancy, Oregon State University

A Prototype Detection System for Atmospheric Monitoring of Xenon Radioisotopes

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Taylor Ochs

Taylor Ochs

Second Place, Material, Protection, Control and Accountancy, Kansas State University

Wearable Detector Device Utilizing Microstructured Semiconductor Neutron Detector Technology​

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Riki Drout

Riki Drout

First Place, Material Recovery and Waste Form Development, Northwestern University

Efficient Capture of Perrhenate and Pertechnetate by a Mesoporous Zr Metal-Organic Framework and Examination of Anion Binding Motifs

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UNLV Radiochemistry program group and individuals November 17, 2015 at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. (Aaron Mayes / UNLV Photo Services)

Rosendo Borjas Nevarez

Second Place, Material Recovery and Waste Form Development, University of Nevada at Las Vegas

Zirconium Tetrachloride Revisited​

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Kathryn Peruski

Kathryn Peruski

First Place, Nuclear Science and Engineering, Clemson University

Mobility of Aqueous and Colloidal Neptunium Species in Field Lysimeter Experiments

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Kurt Dominesey

Kurt Dominesey

Second Place, Nuclear Science and Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Preliminary Integration of MCNP6 and PROTEUS into the NEAMS Workbench​

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Ezra Coughlin

Ezra Coughlin

First Place, Used Fuel Disposition, Purdue University

Neodymium(III) Complexes Capable of Multi-Electron Redox Chemistry

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Jennifer Wacker

Jennifer Wacker

Second Place, Used Fuel Disposition, Georgetown University

Uranium(IV) Chloride Complexes: UCl62- and an Unprecedented U(H2O)4Cl4  Structural Unit​

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Competition for Students Who Attend Universities with Less Than $600 Million in 2016 Science and Engineering R&D Expenditures​

Daniel Rutstrom

Daniel Rutstrom

University of Tennessee at Knoxville

Investigating New Activators for  Small-Bandgap LaX3 (X=Br,I) Scintillators

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Eric O'Quinn

Eric O'Quinn

University of Tennessee at Knoxville

Inversion in Mg1-xNixAl2O4 Spinel: New Insight into Local Structure

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Hunter Andrews

Hunter Andrews

Virginia Commonwealth University

Development of an Experimental Routine for Electrochemical and Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy Composition Measurements of LiCl-KCI Eutectic Salts​

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Htoo Paing

Htoo Paing

Clemson University

Conceptual Demonstration of Ambient Desorption-Optical Emission Spectroscopy Using a Liquid Sampling-Atmospheric Pressure Glow Discharge Microplasma Source​​

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Silvina Di Pietro

Silvina Di Pietro

Florida International University

Ammonia Gas Treatment for Uranium  Immobilization at DOE Hanford Site​

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Undergraduate Competition

Frances Zengotita

Frances Zengotita

Florida International University

The Role of Chromohalobacter on Transport of Lanthanides and Cesium n the Dolomite Mineral System​​

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Gavin Ridley

Gavin Ridley

University of Tennessee at Knoxville

Introduction to Moltres: An Application for Simulation of Moten Salt Reactors​

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Justin Bresson

​Justin Bresson

Virginia Commonwealth University

Half-life Estimation by Statistical Sampling

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Stephen King

Stephen King

Texas A&M University

Pressure Drop Measurements in a Versatile Experimental Facility of Packed Spheres​

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