Tag Archives: Brian Wirth
Wirth Talks Fusion with Forbes
UT-ORNL Governor’s Chair Brian Wirth spoke to Forbes about the importance for the government to build a pilot fusion plant in the US.
UT Researchers Help Influence Fusion Policy, Development
UT nuclear engineering researchers helped influence a new federal push toward making a working fusion power plant a reality by the late 2030s.
Wirth’s Atomistic Modeling to Make Fusion One Step Closer to Reality
UT-Oak Ridge National Laboratory Governor’s Chair for Computational Nuclear Engineering Brian Wirth just received a new grant to fund his […]
Wirth Contributes to Two Committees Shaping the Future of Nuclear Engineering
UT-Oak Ridge National Laboratory Governor’s Chair for Computational Nuclear Engineering Brian Wirth just completed a one-year assignment as a member […]
2020 NEUP Grants Fund UT-Led Nuclear Engineering Research
The Nuclear Energy University Program (NEUP) of the US Department of Energy funds millions of dollars in research being conducted […]
Wirth’s Research Selected for Cover of Surface Science
A recent publication by UT-Oak Ridge National Laboratory Governor’s Chair Brian Wirth, UT post-doctoral researcher Dwaipayan Dasgupta, and Professor Dimitrios […]
Predicting Tungsten’s Role in Powering the Future
That small filament inside a light bulb may look fragile, but it’s made of one of the toughest substances on […]
Best of the Best
The Department of Nuclear Engineering graduated the most PhD students in a single year in US history in 2018.
UT-ORNL Governor’s Chair Wirth Named ANS Fellow
UT–Oak Ridge National Laboratory Governor’s Chair Brian Wirth has been named a fellow of the American Nuclear Society, the group’s highest honor.