Thomas Poindexter is currently the Principal Owner at Nukelaw LCC, a Washington D.C.-based firm. For the past 45 years, he has represented nuclear energy clients and nuclear power plants in licensing and regulatory matters before the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). He was a key partner at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius and Winston & Shawn. He has also assisted in regulatory, investigative, and enforcement matters in the United States, Canada and the UAE. While prolific and exceptional, his forged path was not intentional, but rather a gradual discovery of interests.

Junghyun Bae, doctoral candidate at the School of Nuclear Engineering (NE), and Stylianos Chatzidakis, assistant professor and advisor, were recently published in Scientific Reports, volume 12, for their intensive research on cosmic ray muons.

Artificial intelligence (AI) has grown to be viewed as a magical tool. The nearly human intelligence we have taught machines to develop and use has become essential to advancing science, engineering and security. From the smart fridge to the smart grid, AI leverages unprecedented levels of available data and computer power, offering tremendous potential to uncover hidden patterns in big data for scientific discovery and performance improvement.

Rusi Taleyarkhan, professor at the School of Nuclear Engineering (NE), and his team were recognized for their research on the front cover of the February issue of the British Royal Society Journal. The featured research article focuses on novel hybrid mass-alpha spectroscopy technology.

Doctoral candidate Arvind Sundaram's research on the Covert Cognizance cybersecurity paradigm for industrial systems has been selected as one of the featured articles in the prestigious Purdue InnovatED magazine for the year 2021.

This year, 43 students from the School of Nuclear Engineering (SNE) made the Dean’s List and received Semester Honors. These awards recognize students that achieved high scholastic standing cumulatively and/or for the fall semester.

Stylianos Chatzidakis, assistant professor at the School of Nuclear Engineering (NE), received the distinction of Outstanding Engineering Teacher by the College of Engineering. Faculty, lecturers and other staff were recognized for their outstanding dedication to teaching Boilermaker Engineers. Only 100 or so individuals across the college were acknowledged.

With a main objective of advancing artificial intelligence (AI) approaches related to energy in the pursuit of smarter energy systems, the College of Engineering in fall 2021 authorized the new Center for Intelligent Energy Systems (CiENS). Lefteri Tsoukalas, professor in Purdue’s School of Nuclear Engineering, is the center’s director.

Junghyun Bae, PhD student at the School of Nuclear Engineering, won the ‘Pitch Your PhD’ Competition during the 2021 American Nuclear Society (ANS) Winter Meeting and Technology Expo. Hosted in Washington, D.C., Bae was selected from six other finalists from top nuclear programs around the country.

Humming quietly in the basement of the Electrical Engineering building, PUR-1, Indiana’s first and only nuclear reactor, has been the prized possession of the school of nuclear engineering for the past six decades. “I consider the reactor to be a hidden gem on campus,” said Ashvini Malshe, associate marketing and communications specialist for the school of nuclear engineering. “We’re not just a myth,” she chuckled.