Nuclear Engineering Faculty Position - UW-Madison
January 22nd, 2019
Nuclear Engineering Faculty Position – UW-Madison
2019 Modeling, Experimentation, and Validation (MeV) Summer School Announcement
2019 Modeling, Experimentation, and Validation (MeV) Summer School Announcement
January 17th, 2019
2019 INL Internship Opportunities
2019 INL Internship Opportunities
January 17th, 2019
Nuclear Engineering Faculty Position – University of New Mexico
Nuclear Engineering Faculty Position - University of New Mexico
December 17th, 2018
NSSC Featured on NNSA Website
NSSC featured on NNSA website
December 14th, 2018
In an article titled "Academic consortium takes learning about nuclear science on the road", the National Nuclear Scurity Administration highlights the accomplishments of the Nuclear Science and Security Consortium.
Read the entire article here: https://www.energy.gov/nnsa/articles/academic-consortium-takes-learning-...
Excerpt from the article:
The Nuclear Science and Security Consortium (NSSC) – an NNSA-funded academic program led by the University of California, Berkeley – took their mission on the road to reach a broader audience in 2018.
The consortium of eight universities took a creative approach to educating and training the next generation of nuclear professionals.
“NSSC spearheaded many activities this year to give students and mentors throughout the Nuclear Security Enterprise a chance to build connections and showcase their work,” said Dr. Edward Watkins, Assistant Deputy Administrator for NNSA’s Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Research and Development. “These activities allowed consortium participants to work together on creative projects and update peers in person on progress of their research.”
One of the first events to take center stage took place at NNSA’s annual University Program Reviewhosted by University of Michigan in July. Along with partner consortia, NSSC fellows presented their work to peers and other nuclear security professionals.
NE Advisory Board Member Rita Baranwal, nominated for Assistant Secretary of Energy at the Department of Energy
NE Advisory Board Member Rita Baranwal, nominated for Assistant Secretary of Energy at the Department of Energy
FRIDAY, NOV 9TH 2018
Rita Baranwal has been nominated to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy at the Department of Energy. As Assistant Secretary of Energy, if confirmed by the Senate, Ms Baranwal will be heading the powerful Office of Nuclear Energy. She would also be responsible for the department's nuclear technology research and the development and management of the department's nuclear technology infrastructure. Full Article.
University of California, Berkeley ranks 3rd on College Magazine’s “Top 10 Colleges for Engineering Majors”
University of California, Berkeley ranks 3rd on College Magazine's "Top 10 Colleges for Engineering Majors"
September 24, 2018
In an article released on August 9, 2018 on collegemagazine.com,UC Berkeley ranks 3rd nationwide on the list of "top 10 colleges for engineering majors that will have you rebuilding the world in no time."
The article boasts UC Berkeley's five (5) Engineering Buildings, including the massive Bechtel Engineering Center which "houses computers and rooms for students to rent out to work on research like robotic exoskeletons for the disabled or molecular surgery to improve cancer outcomes." Also the University's "prominent research in the computer engineering and science field" mentioning the Agile Design of Efficient Processing Technologies (ADEPT) projectand Data-X Lab.
A video from 2013 is also displayed, introducing many UCB Engineering students including 1 of our very own Sasha Asgnari who at the time of the video release was a 1st Year Nuclear Engineering Ph.D. Student. The video lists their testimonies about what make UCB Engineering one of the best.
Check out the original article here: https://www.collegemagazine.com/top-10-colleges-engineering-majors/
NE Doctoral Candidate Receives Award for Nuclear Engineering Software
NE Doctoral Candidate Receives Award for Nuclear Engineering Software
September 6th, 2018
Campus doctoral candidate in nuclear engineering April Novak placed first in the advanced reactor systems category at the annual Innovations in Nuclear Technology R&D Awards in April.
Novak’s paper, “Pronghorn: A Porous Media Thermal-Hydraulics Core Simulator and its Validation with SANA experiments,” was presented at the International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants in April, according to a press release.
“I’m grateful to be able to share what I’m working on and get more people involved in the field of nuclear engineering as a whole or in the design of pebble-reactors,” Novak said.
The paper focused on pebble-bed reactors, which differ from conventional nuclear reactors. Most reactors use long and skinny reactor cores with uranium-oxide as fuel, according to Novak. Pebble-bed reactors, on the other hand, use tennis ball-sized pebbles that consist of uranium kernels, surrounded by layers of silicon carbide and pyrolytic carbon, in a mixture of graphite.
To read more about April's accomplishment, please go to: http://www.dailycal.org/2018/09/03/campus-graduate-student-receives-awar...
Congratulations, April!
Berkeley Lab Team Wins Data-Driven Scavenger Hunt for Simulated Nuclear Materials
Berkeley Lab Team Wins Data-Driven Scavenger Hunt for Simulated Nuclear Materials
Competing in a fictitious high-stakes scenario, a group of scientists at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) bested two dozen other teams in a months-long, data-driven scavenger hunt for simulated radioactive materials in a virtual urban environment.
The goal of this hackathon-styled event was both to improve the detection methods that could be applied to actual threats involving nuclear materials, and to create a platform to virtually vet out these methods.
Tenzing Joshi, an applied nuclear physicist in Berkeley Lab’s Nuclear Science Division, led the winning team in this Urban Radiological Search Competition created by the DOE’s National Nuclear Security Administration. His teammates included Mark Bandstra, a senior scientific engineering associate, and UC Berkeley graduate student Kyle Bilton.
DoE Under Secretary for Nuclear Security attends program review featuring the Nuclear Science and Security Consortium
Department of Energy Under Secretary for Nuclear Security/Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration attends program review featuring the Nuclear Science and Security Consortium
July 17th, 2018
The Nuclear Science and Security Consortium (NSSC), a multi-institution initiative headquartered at UC Berkeley, participated in the annual Department of Energy (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Research and Development (DNN R&D) University Program Review (UPR) meeting on June 5-7, 2018 in Ann Arbor, MI, hosted by University of Michigan. Ms. Lisa E. Gordon-Hagerty, DOE Under Secretary for Nuclear Security and NNSA Administrator, provided the opening address at the program review to an audience of more than 285 students, faculty, national laboratory scientists, and DOE NNSA program officials, including Dr. Edward Watkins, Assistant Deputy Administrator, DNN R&D and Dr. Victoria Franques, Senior Program Manager, DNN R&D.
The UPR focused on the work of the NSSC as well as the Consortium for Nonproliferation Enabling Capabilities (CNEC) and the Consortium for Verification Technology (CVT). These consortia, funded by DNN R&D as part of the Integrated University Program (IUP) with DOE Office of Nuclear Energy and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, have a mission to develop the nation’s intellectual capital in nuclear science and engineering. The NSSC Student Fellows presented 18 oral presentations and 30 poster presentations. Three types of awards were presented to the students from the three consortia at the UPR meeting: awards for best national laboratory collaboration, best poster presentation, and best oral presentation.
Tyler Jordan, NSSC Graduate Fellow in the Department of Nuclear Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, won an award for best national laboratory collaboration for his work at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) with mentors Dr. Madison Andrews and Dr. Krista Meierbachtol. Tyler’s research focuses on correlated fission experiments for fission model validation. This work increases the effectiveness of radiation detection systems that support efforts to stop the proliferation of nuclear weapons. Tyler Jordan said of his experience at UPR, “The effectiveness of the university consortium model becomes particularly evident during the UPR meeting, especially in terms of connecting students to national labs and government agencies. It’s not every day that I get to sit in a room full of experts in the field and at the institutions that I want to engage in my own career; the chance to discuss research with national lab staff scientists and other university researchers is immensely valuable to me.”