PhD student Kyle Quillin took home second place in the national Innovations in Nuclear Energy Research and Development Student Competition held by the Nuclear Energy University Program (NEUP). The student competition seeks to recognize and award published graduate and undergraduate students for their innovative nuclear energy research.
Kyle submitted his publication entitled “Microstructural and nanomechanical studies of PVD Cr coatings on SiC for LWR fuel cladding applications” published in Surface and Coatings Technology to the Fuel Cycle Technologies division of the competition. More information about the competition can be found here: https://go.wisc.edu/l0b72c.