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Four Park Scholars Join Nuclear Engineering in
2011-12The Department of Nuclear Engineering welcomed four (4) new Park Scholars in 2011-12. They include Benjamin Austin (Cornelius, NC), Ryan King (Germanton, TN), Kevin Quick (Allen, TX) and Jessica Torres (Irmo, SC). The mission of the Park Scholarships program is to bring exceptional students to NC State, based on outstanding accomplishments and potential in scholarship, leadership, service, and character.
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Dacus Awarded the 2011-12 Rickover Fellowship
NC State’s nuclear engineering doctoral student, Robert Dacus, received the 2011-12 Rickover Fellowship.
The fellowship program is designed to meet the needs of the Naval Reactors Division of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for appropriately trained personnel for the maintenance and development of science and engineering technology as it pertains to naval nuclear propulsion. -
Bolotnov Awarded Access to Nation’s Fastest Supercomputers
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science, through the Innovative and Novel Computational Impact on Theory and Experiment (INCITE) program, has awarded Dr. Igor Bolotnov (North Carolina State University) 14,000,000 processor hours on the Cray XK6 at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).
NC State Engineers Part of DOE Effort to Improve
Nuclear Fuel StorageDr. K. L. Murty, professor of nuclear engineering and materials science engineering, and Dr. Jacob Eapen, assistant professor of nuclear engineering (pictured), will join researchers from five universities and two national laboratories in the US Department of Energy-sponsored effort.
DOE granted the universities $4.5 million to begin the work.
Mattingly Awarded the Nuclear Forensics Junior Faculty Award
Dr. John Mattingly, associate professor in nuclear engineering, was awarded the Nuclear Forensics Junior Faculty Award by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO).
He will lead efforts to introduce nuclear forensics into the NC State's research and education program in nuclear engineering.
Nuclear Energy Innovation Hub Established at NC State
The first of three energy innovation hubs includes NC State University's Department of Nuclear Engineering. Dr. Paul Turinsky is the chief scientist for the entire hub; Dr. Dan Cacuci, the co-lead of the uncertainty quantification focus area; and, Dr. Gilligan the lead for its educational program. U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman announced this award of up to $122 million over five years.
PULSTAR Nuclear Research Reactor to Receive Power Upgrade
The U.S. Department of Energy, Nuclear Engineering University Program, awarded $1.38 million to NC State's Nuclear Reactor Program for the "Upgrade of the Power of the PULSTAR Reactor from 1-MWth in Support of Nuclear Engineering Education and Research".
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Research Seminars
August for Fall 2012 seminars
A list of this spring semester seminars are available through the link below.
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