Posts by Delilah Catron
UCBNE Alum Tomi Akindele Receives Presidential Early-Career Award
Last month, UCBNE PhD alum Tomi Akindele was one of nearly 400 scientists and engineers to receive President Biden’s Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). This award aims to recognize early career scientists and engineers who “show exceptional potential for leadership at the frontiers of scientific knowledge during the twenty-first century”. Akindele…
Read MoreAdvanced Fuels Campaign Holds 2024 Annual Review Meeting at UC Berkeley
The Advanced Fuels Campaign (AFC) held its FY24 Annual Review Meeting at UC Berkeley December 2nd – 6th where over 170 participants from DOE-HQ, national laboratories, industry, and universities were in attendance. AFC presented reports, and tours of UC Berkeley laboratories and Kairos Power were given. Highlights include:
Read MoreChai Peddeti Featured in NEUP Newsletter
PhD student Chai Peddeti has been featured in the December 2024 edition of NEUPdate, the Nuclear Energy University Program’s monthly newsletter in a write-up titled “From “Don’t Know” to Doctorate”, highlighting his current and future research. Read the full story from NEUP here.
Read MoreFaculty Search: Assistant/Associate/Full Professor–Radiation Detection and Instrumentation–Nuclear Engineering
Apply now to Assistant/Associate/Full Professor–Radiation Detection and instrumentation–Nuclear Engineering. Position overview Position title: Assistant/Associate/Full Professor Radiation Detection and Instrumentation Salary range: The current salary range for this position is Assistant Professor $103,700 – $151,600 (9-month academic year salary); Associate Professor/Professor $124,800 – $246,900 (9-month academic year salary), however, off-scale salary and other components of pay, which would…
Read MoreBethany Goldblum elected to IEEE Radiation Instrumentation Steering Committee
UCBNE Professor Bethany Goldblum was elected to the Radiation Instrumentation Steering Committee (RISC) of the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society (NPSS). The RISC oversees and manages activities related to radiation instrumentation technology within the IEEE NPSS, including issues related to education, research and development. She will serve a three-year term beginning January 1, 2025…
Read MoreRebecca Abergel Featured in Berkeley Engineering Magazine
UCBNE faculty Rebecca Abergel was featured in the Winter 2024 edition of the Berkeley Engineering Magazine in an article titled “In sickness and in health” exploring her research in nuclear medicine. Read the full article here.
Read MoreVoices of Progress: A Panel Discussion on Opportunities in Nuclear Engineering
On Tuesday, October 15, 2024, the Department of Nuclear Engineering at UC Berkeley hosted Voices of Progress: A Panel Discussion on Opportunities in Nuclear Engineering. This hybrid event was part of the NEDHO Diversity Seminar Series originally established by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville in 2022. The UC Berkeley event was moderated by Prof. Bethany…
Read MoreLocalized Isotope Specific Characterization on Fuel Pellets
The Nuclear Materials Group at UC Berkeley’s Nuclear Engineering Department has discovered a novel application to utilize a technique to precisely quantify isotopes in hazardous materials under extreme conditions. This breakthrough, led by PhD student Chai Peddeti and Professor Peter Hosemann, with contributions from undergraduate and master’s students, introduces a novel femtosecond laser ablation manufacturing…
Read MoreUCBNE at PHYSOR 2024
UCBNE students and faculty attended the 2024 American Nuclear Society International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024). This event brought together a mix of industry professionals, academic personnel, and national lab researchers to talk about the current state of advanced reactor design. Topics included industry projects geared toward employing electricity-producing reactors, different experimental facilities,…
Read MoreUCBNE at the Emeriti as Mentors Intergenerational Poster Session 2024
During the fourth annual Emeriti as Mentors Intergenerational Poster Session, three students from the spring 2024 offering of the class NUCENG 24 “Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Nuclear Engineering But Were Afraid To Ask” led by Professor Eric Norman presented a poster describing their final reports from the class. Micaela Bowers, Amanda Fellinge,…
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