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Nuclear Materials Graduate Student, David Frazer has been awarded 1st place in the DOE Innovations in Nuclear Techology R&D Competition.  He will present his paper, "Degradation of HT9 under simultaneous ion beam irradiation and liquid metal corrosion" at the ANS Winter Meeting this October is Washington, DC.

A delegation of UC Berkeley Nuclear Engineering students attended the 2017 ANS Student Conference,"Dispelling Nuclear Myths" in Pittsurgh, Pennsylvania April 6-9, 2017.

Congratulations to Isaac C. Meyer​, Todd J. Urbatsch, John M Scott for winning Best Podium Presentation in the Fusion Energy Category.  Their presentation was entitled, " Simulation of Hohlraum Wall Texture for Improved Performance in Hohlraums"

In an interview on Medium, Department of Nuclear Engineering M.Eng. alumnus Kaleb Hatfield discusses the future of fusion energy, nuclear energy as clean energy,  and his work as a Nuclear Engineering at Tri Alpha Energy.

The Breakthrough Institute  has selected Department of Nuclear Engineering professor Rachel Slaybaugh to be a 2017 Senior Fellow.   The Breakthrough Institute is a research institute aiming to bring new ideas to the conversations about energy and the environment as a way to increase the standard of living globally.