Alan Icenhour and Loong Yong are the newest members of the Department of Nuclear Engineering’s Hall of Fame. They were inducted in April 2024.

Associate Professor David Donovan took a faculty development leave. During his time away, he visited the DIII-D National Fusion Facility in San Diego.

Governor’s Chair Professor Brian Wirth has been selected as the new head of the Department of Nuclear Engineering. Wirth replaces Wes Hines, who is retiring from the university after 29 years.

Associate Professor Livia Casali and two of her PhD students were involved in a global collaboration that could prove “revolutionary” in the field of nuclear fusion.

Zinkle Fellow and Assistant Professor Livia Casali has been selected as one of only five representatives from the United States to participate in the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor research plan.

Professor Maik Lang has received $500,000 from the DOE to characterize and understand the formation of metastable materials in high-energy ball mills.

Professor and Pietro F. Pasqua Fellow Maik Lanf received a Mid-Career Award from REI for his research on the effects of radiation on insulating materials

ICL Associate Director Deborah Penchoff was profiled by the SC23 website where she served as Plenary Production Chair for the conference.

An international collaboration including Eric Lukosi have quantified a rare isotope decay path with major implications for the age of the Earth and the search for dark matter.

NE department head Wes Hines co-chairs the Education/Workforce Work Group, part of the new Tennessee Nuclear Energy Advisory Council.