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Hear from Nathalie Wall, a tenured professor and Interim Director of the University of Florida's Nuclear Engineering Program, as she discusses the fundamental chemistry behind modern nuclear forensic sample analysis.
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Amentum has officially opened its Global Nuclear headquarters in Oak Ridge, Tennessee! The facility, which houses Amentum’s Nuclear Center of Excellence, now serves as a centralized hub for the company’s international nuclear business operations.
🔗 bit.ly/4kh2DNF
Professor Maik Lang took a group of #EngineeringVolsto to present at the MS&T Meeting in Pittsburgh. Pictured are John Hirtz, Eric Kadel, William Reed, Steven Frankowski, Pradyumna Parshi, and Maik Lang.
Join us this Wednesday as Mark Peters, President and CEO of MITRE and President of the American Nuclear Society, discusses ANS’s vision for a global nuclear resurgence and the four pillars guiding its strategy.
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University of Tennessee Nuclear Engineering retweeted
UT contributes a top-ranked nuclear engineering department within the Tickle College of Engineering, bringing standalone bachelor’s, master’s, and PhD nuclear programs and seamless research integration with Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
@UTKnoxville is partnering with @ASU and @LifeAtPurdue to meet America’s demand for electricity. This partnership, known as the New Nuclear Academic Consortium, will tackle the workforce shortage head-on, preparing the next generation of graduates. bit.ly/4jTXsD5
Professor Nick Brown is a co-PI on Prometheus, a Department of Energy-funded project that will use AI to slash reactor deployment timelines without sacrificing safety.
Learn more about Brown's work: bit.ly/47bbQ2n
Hear from Tara M. Pandya, Director of the Nuclear Science and Engineering Division, and Louise Evans, Director of the Fuel Cycle Science and Technology Division, about nuclear energy research at ORNL.
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Nuclear Engineering thanks Jared Greer, Bryan Klein, and the TVA Watts Bar team for hosting 20 nuclear engineering students for a tour of the simulator and site, along with a discussion of career opportunities! It was a great fall break visit. #EngineeringVols
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CNS was one of the sponsors for the annual PicNuke event hosted by @utkne. PicNuke welcomes hundreds of nuclear engineering students to kick-off the school year. #MoreThanAJob
UT Nuclear Engineering Department Ambassadors participated in the Appalachia Sessions Live Field Trip at the Thompson-Boling Arena. Students gained insight into existing career paths and the education or training required.
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We are proud of the #VolunteerSpirit our NE Student Ambassadors embody as they assist in recruiting new NE students. Because of your generous gifts and endowments, we can fund students like these. 🧡#EngineeringVols
The Department of Nuclear Engineering was honored to be invited to witness the TVA - NRC signing of the construction permit for the Clinch River BWR-X300! Read more about the initiative at the link below. ⬇️
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Join us tomorrow as Antares Nuclear's Chief Engineer, Mark Massie, and Head of Nuclear Engineering, Nader Satvat, discuss Antares' roadmap to strategic energy at this week's colloquium. See you there, #EngineeringVols!
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Nuclear Engineering was delighted to host Nicole Cubbage, chief of staff for the Office of the Deputy Secretary at the US Department of Commerce and to give her a tour of our graphite pile & flexible neutron source.
Nuclear Engineering was delighted to host Matt Rasmussen, Chief Nuclear Officer at @TVAnews, on Wednesday to present at the NE501 graduate colloquium. Thank you for taking the time to speak with our #EngineeringVols!
Congratulations to NE Associate Professor Ilja Popovs and Assistant Professor Alex Ivanov on both receiving a 2026 R&D 100 Award in the Processing/Prototyping category! 🏆
To learn more about the awards, head to the link below ⬇️
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NE at UT was delighted to host its largest PicNuke welcome event ever, with more than 200 students in attendance and opportunities for our new students to meet representatives from student groups, local industry, and our faculty. 🧡 #NEngineeringVols
The US Civilian Research & Development Foundation (CRDF Global) hosted approximately 12 mid- to senior-level government, industry, and academic representatives from Slovakia for a 10-day technical study tour across Washington, DC; Knoxville, Tennessee; Ottawa; and Toronto.
UT-ORNL Governor’s Chair for Nuclear Materials, Professor Steven Zinkle, and Professor Nick Brown were recently quoted in a Nature article about their work that could help make fission the zero-carbon energy technology of choice.
go.nature.com/4wXlCzD
Postdoctoral researcher Madeline Lockhart has been selected to receive the American Nuclear Society’s Glenn T. Seaborg Congressional Science and Engineering Fellowship.
More on the fellowship: bit.ly/4xaJ3pP
