Category Archives: Research
Casali Tests Nitrogen vs. Neon Impurity Seeding for Fusion Advancement
Zinkle Fellow and Assistant Professor Livia Casali has published new findings in Nuclear Fusion about the first nitrogen and neon seeding study.
Lukosi’s Scintillator Expertise Aids in the Search for Dark Matter
Associate Professor Eric Lukosi is using scintillators to conduct experiments related to potassium to help prove the existence of dark matter.
Chvala’s “Sourdough” Refueling Method Envisions Reusing Spent Nuclear Fuel
Research Assistant Professor Ondrej Chvala and doctoral student Alex Wheeler published their research on adding spent nuclear fuel to fuel salt in a molten salt reactor.
Zachary Named Department Research Assistant by Office of Undergraduate Research and Fellowships
Junior Austin Zachary is the first nuclear engineering recipient of the Department Research Assistants Program sponsored by the Office of Undergraduate Research and Fellowships.
Brown Talks Accident-Tolerant Fuels with Engineering
Associate Professor Nick Brown spoke to Engineering about advancements in an accident-tolerant fuel called TRISO.
Dunkle Picks Up Student Paper Award from International Conference
Doctoral student Nicholas Dunkle recently received the JD Williams Student Paper Award at the Joint Annual Meeting of the INMM/ESARDA.
New Research Advances Understanding of Critical Heat Flux Events
NE Associate Professor Nicholas Brown’s research group published findings that contribute to the understanding the impacts of critical heat flux (CHF) events.
Scintillating Research: Delzer Recognized for Thesis Contributions
Cordell Delzer, who earned his doctorate from UT in nuclear engineering and his masters in materials science, gained recognition for his doctoral thesis.
Brown and Maldonado Win Office of Science Grant to Advance Fusion
Associate Professor Nick Brown and Professor Ivan Maldonado were awarded a grant for research aimed at supporting optimization and design of fusion engineering.
Hayward and Wen Lead Research in Detecting Shielded Contraband in Cargo
Professor Jason Hayward and Assistant Research Professor Xianfei Wen lead a $2.5M study to develop advanced methods to detect contraband that contains special nuclear materials.