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Posts by Delilah Catron

Eric Norman Selected as Sigma Xi Distinguished Lecturer

By Delilah Catron | June 3, 2025
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UCBNE Professor Eric Norman has been selected as a Sigma Xi Distinguished Lecturer with two-year tenure beginning July 2026. As part of the Distinguished Lectureship Program, lecturers have the opportunity…

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UCBNE at Fung Institute End of Year Showcase 2025

By Delilah Catron | May 14, 2025
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UCBNE Master of Engineering students showcased their capstone team projects at the Fung Institute End of Year Showcase 2025. This event brought together UC Berkeley students, faculty, alumni, industry partners,…

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NE130/230 Students Explore Historic Plutonium Sample

By Delilah Catron | April 28, 2025
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Last week, students in the spring 2025 NE130/230 Analytical Methods for Nonproliferation course had a special opportunity to see and hold the first macroscopic sample of plutonium isolated by Glenn…

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Oscar Matousek Awarded Best Oral Presenter at UCSF Medical Physics in Imaging and Therapy Research Symposium

By Delilah Catron | April 25, 2025
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Congratulations to UCBNE graduate student Oscar Matousek on being awarded Best Oral Presenter at the first annual Medical Physics in Imaging and Therapy Research Symposium hosted by UCSF!

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UCBNE Undergraduate Alessandro Ingegno Awarded Best Paper at ANS Student Conference 2025

By Delilah Catron | April 22, 2025
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UCBNE undergraduate and NSSC Fellow Alessandro Ingegno has been awarded “Best Paper” in both the topical and overall categories for his research on “Simulated Pulsed Neutron Experiments of the Inherently…

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UCBNE Alum Tomi Akindele Receives Presidential Early-Career Award

By Delilah Catron | February 12, 2025
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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…

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Advanced Fuels Campaign Holds 2024 Annual Review Meeting at UC Berkeley

By Delilah Catron | December 16, 2024
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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…

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Chai Peddeti Featured in NEUP Newsletter

By Delilah Catron | December 9, 2024
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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”,…

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Faculty Search: Assistant/Associate/Full Professor–Radiation Detection and Instrumentation–Nuclear Engineering

By Delilah Catron | November 27, 2024
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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…

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Bethany Goldblum elected to IEEE Radiation Instrumentation Steering Committee

By Delilah Catron | November 26, 2024
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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…

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