Duncan Trosan

Graduate Research Assistant

North Carolina State University

Burlington Laboratory Email: dptrosan@ncsu.edu

Raleigh, NC | 27695-7909

About Duncan:

Duncan is a Ph.D. candidate with a Bachelor of Science in Nuclear Engineering and a Bachelor of Arts in History, both from NC State. Originally from Lewisville NC, Duncan first became interested in plasma technology during his high school years after attending NC State’s Young Investigators summer camp. He is currently working on the biomedical applications of plasma, specifically the chemical modifications produced by atmospheric plasmas, as well as spectroscopy diagnostics.

Education:

Bachelor of Science	Nuclear Engineering	North Carolina State University	2018
Bachelor of Arts (cum laude)	History	North Carolina State University	2018

Experience:

NCSU Nuclear Engineering – Research Assistant

Utilizing Spectroscopic methods to characterize DBD Plasma Sources and observe chemical modifications resulting from plasma treatment

2019 – now

NCSU Nuclear Engineering

Criticality Safety Analysis of GE Hitachi’s S-Prism Sodium cooled Fast Reactor

2017 – 2018

HONORS/EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES:

NC State University – Benjamin Franklin Scholar	2013 – 2018
NC State University – Awarded Best in Session in ANS 2018 Southern Division Conference for modeling an internal core catcher for a Modern SFR during a Severe Accident	2018
NC State University – COE Excellence in humanities nominee
NC State University – Recipient of the Otto Van Branscrumb Memorial Scholarship