Category: Nuclear

Kaylee Cunningham, a sophomore Nuclear Engineering major, was awarded first place honors for her poster entry at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Intern Poster Session last summer. For our spring Student Spotlight, Cunningham shares her experience with early college success and what she hopes to accomplish in the world of nuclear engineering. Why did you […]

The DTRA selects engineering and science-based researchers whose work shows promise in its mission to counter the development and use of weapons of mass destruction.

The American Association of Physicists in Medicine recently awarded Frank J. Bova, Ph.D., the Edith Quimby Lifetime Achievement Award for his work in radiosurgery. The award is given to members of the association who have made significant contributions to medical physics throughout their careers. Bova received his doctoral degree in Nuclear Engineering Sciences with a […]

Nuclear Engineering Ph.D. student Charlyne Smith has been awarded a coveted National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. She is a 2017 graduate of Coppin State University, earning her bachelor’s degree in chemistry and mathematics. She is a first-year Ph.D. student in the University of Florida’s Department of Materials Science & Engineering. Charlyne was inspired by […]

Materials Science and Engineering welcomed three new professors for the 2017-2018 academic year with research in computation, nuclear fuels and optical sensing

The American Nuclear Society has appointed Leigh Winfrey, Ph.D., Fusion Science and Technology editor. Winfrey is an associate professor in the Nuclear Engineering Program within the Department of Materials Science & Engineering. Her research focuses on fusion, particularly designing plasma-facing materials for the insides of tokamak fusion reactors (magnetic bottles) that can handle disruptions similar […]

Dr. Yong Yang has received his tenure and is promoted to Associate Professor. Dr. Michele Manuel received her promotion to Professor. Dr. Kevin Jones received the Distinguished Professor Award.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding over $82 million in nuclear energy research, facility access, crosscutting technology development, and infrastructure awards in 28 states. In total, 93 projects were selected to receive funding that will help push innovative nuclear technologies toward commercialization and into the market. These awards provide funding for nuclear energy-related […]

Jacob DeWitte is a founder and the CEO of UPower. He graduated with a B.S. in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Florida in 2008 and has been named to the 2014 Forbes 30 Under 30 list in the energy sector.  He is currently a nuclear engineering Ph.D. candidate at MIT and an Admiral Hyman […]

Every year, the American Nuclear Society (ANS) holds a design competition to select the best Student design projects.  A panel of industry judges reviews the submitted projects and selects two undergraduate and two graduate teams to make oral presentations in front of a second panel of Judges at the society’s Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. […]