School of Nuclear Engineering Academic Program Administrator Tiffany Stergar was selected as a finalist for the 2016 New Employee award as part of the College of Engineering Staff Awards of Excellence.

School of Nuclear Engineering Associate Professor Martin Lopez de Bertodano recently authored a textbook, Two-Fluid Model Stability, Simulation and Chaos, with co-authors: NE graduate William Fullmer, Research Assistant, University of Colorado, Boulder, Professor Alejandro Clausse, Universidad Nacional del Centro, Argentina and Professor Emeritus and former Department Head Victor H. Ransom.

Purdue Nuclear Engineering graduate student Amanda Loveless has been awarded the 2016 IEEE Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society (DEIS) Graduate Fellowship for her proposal, Derivation of Scaling Laws for AC Breakdown Voltage in Microdischarges.

School of Nuclear Engineering student Andrew Adelsperger recently served as emcee at the 2016 Dean's Homecoming Dinner. The event, held on October 13 in the France A. Cordova Recreational Sports Center Feature Gym, was hosted by Dr. Leah Jamieson, the John A. Edwardson Dean of Engineering and Ransburg Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Purdue School of Nuclear Engineering students led activities at the recent University of Scouting event held on the West Lafayette campus on November 12. The event provided Boy Scouts from the Sagamore Council the opportunity to earn a variety of badges through hands-on activities directed by Purdue students.

Dr. Jeff Colvin from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory visited the School of Nuclear Engineering on November 16, 2016 and gave a colloquium as the first Paul Lykoudis lecturer.

School of Nuclear Engineering's Professor Takashi Hibiki was recently honored for his years of service to Purdue University.

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.