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Congratulations, Dr. Dabney!!!

Tyler Dabney successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled “Development of Cold Spray Cr Coatings on Zr-alloy for Advanced Nuclear Fuel Cladding”.  His thesis focused on coating formation mechanisms in cold spray Cr deposition on Zr-alloy, …

Congratulations Cole Dunbar!

Graduate student Cole Dunbar was invited to attend the Nuclear Innovator Cultivation Camp 2024 hosted by the Tokyo Institute of Technology under the auspices of the Nuclear Innovator Cultivation Program (NICP) for 10 days in July/August …

Congratulations Noah Anderson!

Congratulations to Noah Anderson for successfully defending his Master’s Degree Thesis entitled “Advanced Material Concepts for LWR Control Rods for Improved Accident Tolerance”.  Noah has accepted a position at Tempel Steel in Chicago, IL.  Thanks to …

Collaboration between Nuclear and Applied Materials Research Group (NAMRG) and  Computational Materials Group(CMG) leads to new understanding on irradiation-induced interfacial effects in PVD Cr films on SiC at nanoscale

Collaboration between Nuclear and Applied Materials Research Group (NAMRG) and  Computational Materials Group(CMG) leads to new understanding on irradiation-induced interfacial effects in PVD Cr films on SiC at nanoscale: Please see  “Unusual nanoscale amorphization of …