Sobes, NE Alumni Named to 40 Under 40 List
Vald Sobes, Amanda Bachmann, Lane Carasik, Tyler Steiner, and Fan Zhang have been named to the second annual Nuclear News “40 Under 40” list.
New Nonproliferation Consortium Opens at UT
The Enabling Capabilities in Technology Consortium recruited over 60 grad students and postdocs to be trained in disciplines related to nuclear nonproliferation.
Brown Combines Nuclear Waste Disposal with Mobile Energy Generation
Partnering with Stony Brook University, Nick Brown found using reactor waste as microreactor fuel reduces long-term waste storage while reducing energy costs.
Casali Named 2025 Weimer Award Winner
Livia Casali was been honored by the American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics (APS-DPP) with the Katherine E. Weimer Award.
Hayes Honored with Social Responsibility Award
PhD student Alyssa Hayes was selected by the American Nuclear Society as the recipient of its 2025 Social Responsibility in the Nuclear Community Award.
Nuclear Engineering Scholarships Provide Opportunity
Learn about the various nuclear engineering scholarships that provide students with opportunities to further their education.
Jones Chases Goals in Nuclear Engineering, Running
NE student Andie-Marie Jones is balancing her academic life with her role as a distance runner for the Lady Vols.
Best Paper Highlights AI/ML Value in Nuclear Criticality Safety
Anneli Brackbill won a Best Paper Award for her research on a machine learning tool with the ability to help create Nuclear Criticality Safety Evaluations.
Nuclear Data Project Helps Automate Evaluation Process
Vladimir Sobes has been working on finding ways to use (AI/ML) capabilities to produce faster, more reproducible, and more reliable evaluation of nuclear data.
Wirth Elected Fellow of American Physical Society
UT-ORNL Governor’s Chair Professor of Computational Nuclear Engineering and Department Head Brian Wirth was named a 2025 Fellow of the American Physical Society.