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2023 Awardees

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

Open Competition

ClaireGriesbach

​Claire Griesbach

First Place, Fuel Cycle Technologies, Univeristy of Wisconsin-Madison

Microstructural heterogeneity of the buffer layer of TRISO nuclear fuel particles​

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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​

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DixAdam

​Adam Dix

First Place, Nuclear Engineering, Purdue University

A novel friction factor for wire-wrapped rod bundles​

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JonathanCrozier

Jonathan Crozier

Second Place, Nuclear Engineering, North Carolina State University

Thermal Scattering Law for Structure-Dependent-Doppler Broadening in FLASSH​​

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Katelyn Wada

First Place, Reactor Development, Boise State University

Transient multilayer analytical model of a line heat source probe for in-pile thermal conductivity measurements​

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GraysonGall

Grayson Gall

Second Place, Reactor Development, North Carolina State University

Measurement of a radial flow profile with eddy current flow meters and deep neural networks​

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Jarom Chamberlain

First Place, Spent Fuel Disposition, University of Utah

Development of a scalable method to chlorinate UO2 to UCl3 using ZrCl4

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JonathanCrozier

Travis Deason

Second Place, Spent Fuel Disposition, University of South Carolina

Developing Waste Forms for Transuranic Elements:Quaternary Neptunium Fluorides of the Type NaxMNp6F30 (M = Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe,Co, Ni, Al, Ga)​

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Competition for Graduate Students Attending Minority Serving Institutions or Belonging to an Underserved Community

AdamMallette

Adam Mallette

University of Houston

The effect of metals on zeolite crystallization kinetics with relevance to nuclear waste glass corrosion​​

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BethanyKersten

Bethany Kersten

Case Western Reserve University

Synthesis of americium trichloride via chlorination of americium oxide using zirconium tetrachloride in LiCl–KCl molten salt​​

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EzgiGursel

Ezgi Gursel

University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Using artificial intelligence to detect human errors in nuclear power plants: A casein operation  and maintenance​

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Szlamkowicz

Ilana Szlamkowicz

University of Central Florida

Transformations and speciation of iodine in the environment as a result of oxidation by manganese minerals​

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TheresaMaryGreen

Theresa Mary Green

University of Michigan

Effect of N2- and CO2-containing shielding gases on composition modification and carbonitride precipitation in wire arc additive manufactured grade 91 steel

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Undergraduate Competition

KalynFueling

​Kalyn Fuelling

University of Michigan

Effect of Temperature on the Solubility of Metallic Magnesium in Molten MgCl2-KCl-NaCl​

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