Tag: James Baciak
Hannah Gardiner speaks at the 2017 Science and Security Summit
Hannah Gardiner, a third-year Ph.D. student in Nuclear Engineering at UF, was invited to speak on the role of scientists and engineers in global security at the Science and Security Summit 2017, hosted by the Federation of American Scientists (FAS).… Read More
Dr. Yang, Dr. Baciak, and Dr. Tulenko win awards from The Department of Energy
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… Read More
UF receives $1.6M award from DTRA to develop low-cost radiation detectors
James Baciak, Ph.D., Jiangeng Xue, Ph.D., and Juan Nino, Ph.D., received a Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) award for $1.6 Million to develop organic photodiodes as low-cost, radiation-resistant alternatives to traditional photomultiplier tubes for next-generation gamma-ray spectrometers.
UF receives $1.8M from DOE’s Office of Nuclear Energy for R&D
Researchers in the Nuclear Engineering Program at the UF Department of Materials Science & Engineering have received Department of Energy University Program grants for conducting research to mitigate the Fuel Cladding Chemical Interactions (FCCI) in a sodium-cooled fast reactor and… Read More