Congratulations to co-principal investigators (co-PIs) Dr. Djamel Kaoumi, associate professor in Nuclear Engineering and Dr. Tim Horn, assistant professor in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering. They are leads for NC State University on the $25 million grant funded Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE NNSA). The Nuclear Science & Security Consortium is a 11-university, 5-national laboratory team and includes,
University of California, Berkeley (lead university)- Air Force Institute of Technology
- George Washington University
- Michigan State University
- North Carolina State University
- Texas A&M University
- University of California, Davis
- University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
- University of Nevada, Las Vegas
- University of New Mexico
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Sandia National Laboratories
This consortium will carry out R&D in five research focus areas: nuclear physics and nuclear data; radiochemistry and nuclear chemistry; nuclear material science; radiation detection; nuclear chemical engineering and nuclear engineering. Linking these research areas are two cross-cutting efforts: computing and optimization in nuclear applications; and education in nuclear science, technology, and policy.
Dr. Kaoumi’s research develops a mechanistic understanding of microstructure property relationships in nuclear materials and Dr. Horn’s research is in additive manufacturing.
Further details on this Consortium is available here.