Sigma Xi Honors NC State Nuclear Engineering Faculty and Students

The NC State Chapter of Sigma Xi held their 2015-16 Initiation Reception & Awards Ceremony. Best student presentation winners from the NC State University (NCSU) Undergraduate Student Research Symposium received certificates of recognition. The ceremony also included member induction of NCSU Nuclear Engineering faculty and graduate students.

Group picture of nuclear engineering undergraduate students along with faculty, staff & graduate student Sigma Xi members
Group picture of nuclear engineering undergraduate students along with faculty, staff and graduate student Sigma Xi members

The nuclear engineering student teams included —

  • Joseph Cambareri, “Interface Tracking Simulations of Molten Glass for Melter Design”
  • Rebecca Gibson, Bianca Cruz, Lucas McLamb, Zeyu Chen, Mohamed Alashar, Caroline Keller, Caleb Sutton, Joseph Orellana, Kristie Soliman, “The Safety design of a Submerged Nuclear Power Plant”
  • Jim Wang, Landon Hall, Andrew Key, Jasem Alahmed, Carl Smith, Brianna Muth, Baailen JeanJacques, Blaine Taylor, Donavonne Bryant, Shrey Satpathy, “A Low Cost, Performance Transparent Nuclear Fuel Assemby with Improved Accident Tolerance for Existing Nuclear Reactor Systems”

Nuclear engineering faculty and graduate students inducted included —

  • As new full members: Dr. Maria Avramova, Dr. Robert Hayes and Dr. Kostadin Ivanov
  • As associate members: Mr. Jun Fang, Mr. Noel Nelson and Mr. Anant Raj