Congratulations to master’s student John (JP) Lacy who successfully defended his thesis entitled “Investigation of Surface Peening Technologies for Addressing Stress Corrosion Cracking in Used Dry Cask Storage Stainless Steel Canisters.” JP has started a position as a Nuclear Welding Engineer at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) located in Charlotte, NC.

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 …

Congratulations to graduate student Evan Willing who successfully defended his master’s thesis entitled “Mechanical Behavior of Cr-Coated Zr-Alloy Cladding in Nuclear Fuel Cycle.”

NAMRG members attended The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) Annual Meeting held in San Diego, CA from March 19th to March 23rd. Professor Kumar Sridharan gave two presentations entitled “Cold Spray Deposition for Mitigation and Repair of Stress Corrosion Cracking in Used Nuclear Fuel Storage Stainless Steel Canisters” (on behalf on former NAMRG scientist Dr. …

We would like to congratulate and thank NAMRG Associate Scientist Dr. Hwasung Yeom who is leaving the group to start a position as an Assistant Professor at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) in South Korea. The position is a joint appointment between the Division of Nuclear Energy and the Graduate Institute of Ferrous …

NAMRG Director Kumar Sridharan has been named Grainger Professor by the University of Wisconsin–Madison, College of Engineering. Sridharan’s expertise focuses on nuclear reactor materials, corrosion in reactor-relevant environments, radiation effects in materials, surface modification and coating technologies, advanced materials characterization and testing, and intersections of materials science and manufacturing. He has over 350 publications in …

Associate Scientist Dr. Hwasung (Sung) Yeom gave an Invited Talk at the Materials Science & Technology Annual Conference held in Pittsburgh, PA from October 10th to 14th, 2022. The talk entitled “Environmental Degradation of Ceramic Materials in Nuclear Energy Systems”, was presented in the Symposium on Ceramics for New Generation of Nuclear Energy Systems and …

Graduate student Ryan Gordon attended the Molten Salt Workshop and the Advanced Research Program Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) Program Kick-off Meeting held at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (Oak Ridge, TN) from October 12th to 14th, 2022.  Molten salt-cooled reactors are being actively developed and implemented as the next generation advanced reactors. Ryan’s research will focus …

Graduate student John (JP) Lacy completed a 10-week internship at Electric Power Research Institute in Charlotte, NC as a part of his DOE-Nuclear Energy University Program Fellowship. As a part of this internship, JP performed research on ultra-nanocrystalline surface modification (UNSM) of austenitic stainless steel. JP’s wok has shown that the UNSM process results in …