Purdue School of Nuclear Engineering recently received notification of renewal of its operating license for the Purdue University Reactor Number One, or PUR-1. The Facility Operating License, issued by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, enables the reactor to operate for teaching, research, and public outreach through November 2036.
Purdue School of Nuclear Engineering professor Shripad Revankar is part of a team of inventors that was recently granted a U.S. patent for their invention. Granted on October 11, 2016, this invention provides a process of producing ceramic-ceramic composites, including but not limited to nuclear fuels, and composites capable of exhibiting increased thermal conductivities.
Members of the Purdue student chapter of the American Nuclear Society (ANS) are preparing several events as part of Nuke Week 2016. Nuke Week is an annual event that allows students interested in nuclear engineering to learn more about nuclear energy, career options, and the School of Nuclear Engineering program at Purdue.
Purdue School of Nuclear Engineering graduate student Ian Hamilton has advanced to the finals of the Argonne National Laboratory Chain Reaction Innovations (CRI) Program.
NE alumnus Jason Becker (BSNE 2016), received the undergraduate student award from the Department of Energy in the 2016 Innovations in Fuel Cycle Research Awards.
Two Purdue University Nuclear Engineering students were part of a team chosen as winners of the 2016 Nuclear Innovation Bootcamp held August 1-12 on the campus of University of California, Berkeley.
Purdue Nuclear Engineering's Senior Design team was selected as finalists for the 2016 American Nuclear Society (ANS) student design competition. Team members include Phillip Dressman, Abhijit Jassem, Trevor Kyle, Ryan Nicholson, Sara Sanders, and Dylan Toneff.
Two student researchers are recipients of the 2016 Society for Applied Spectroscopy (SAS) Undergraduate Student Award. Payson Dieffenbach and Liesl Krause received the award which recognizes undergraduate researchers for their contributions in the field of spectroscopy.
Five Purdue Nuclear Engineering students participated in the 2016 Summer Undergraduate Research (SURF) symposium on August 4 in the Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering.