Nuclear Engineering senior design winners at the 2020-21 year-end research showcase

At the end of each academic year, as part of NC State Nuclear Engineering advisory board and undergraduate committee meetings, the department showcases research work done by undergraduate senior design students. Senior design is a year-long capstone project by our seniors and South Carolina State University (SCSU) senior students. Through a partnership with the only Historically Black College & University (HBCU) nuclear engineering undergraduate program at the nation, a portion of their graduating class joins our senior class in design projects.

Congratulations to the following projects –

Best Senior Design Project Award

High Enrichment Fuel Management Study for 4-Loop W-NSSS Fuel Type A
Student Team Members: Brandon Hunter, Scott Martin & Josiah Henderson (SCSU)
Faculty Advisers: Drs. Maria Avramova & Kostadin Ivanov
Co-Advisers: Baxter Durham & Blaine Taylor, Westinghouse

Best Presentation Award

High Enrichment Fuel Management Study for 4-Loop W-NSSS Fuel Type B 
Student Team Members: Henry Hopson, Christopher Von Dohlen & Latson Singletary (SCSU)

Faculty Advisers: Drs. Kostadin Ivanov & Maria Avramova
Co-Advisers: Baxter Durham & Blaine Taylor, Westinghouse

 

And congratulations to all teams for their exemplary research –

Design of a Critical Benchmark Experiment for the Intermediate Energy Pu-239 Fission Cross Section
Student Team Members: Ralph D’Agostino; William Garrabrant; Carena Kelly (SCSU)
Faculty Adviser: Dr. John Mattingly
Co-Advisers: Jesson Hutchinson, Geordie McKenzie & Rob Weldon, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Conceptual Design study for Device to Move Sensors Axially within Instrumented Lead Irradiation Experiments
Student Team Members: Nik Fickenscher, Alex Chrystler & Erin Hundley (SCSU)
Faculty Adviser: Dr. Ge Yang
Co-Adviser: Joe Palmer, Idaho National Laboratory

VTR Fuel Loading Analyses
Student Team Members: Charles Cheron; Sarah Ebert; John Guthrie, Shaianthony Huff (SCSU)
Faculty Advisers: Drs. Jason Hou & Maria Avramova
Co-Adviser: Samuel E. Bays, Idaho National Laboratory