Educators tell students of nuclear possibilities Nov 22, 2009
Part of that effort, she said, is a collaboration with Augusta Technical College, which is working with the plant to offer a nuclear engineering associate's degree. Ms. Holiday said she has met with an advisory board concerning the idea and sees potential for A.R. Johnson to feed into the new Augusta Tech program through a nationwide curriculum A.R. Johnson has adopted called Project Lead the Way. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Vogtle lays groundwork for first U.S. reactors in decades Nov 22, 2009
"These new plants take advantage of all we've learned over the last 40 years," said Ohio State University nuclear engineering professor Richard Denning, an expert in nuclear reactor safety and risk analysis. "They will be safer than our existing plants.". (The Augusta Chronicle)
Areva in uranium enrichment deal with Czech plant Nov 17, 2009
(AP) PARIS - French nuclear engineering company Areva SA said Tuesday it has signed a 15-year contract to supply enriched uranium and related services to the Czech Temelin nuclear power plant owned by CEZ, the national utility. The deal "will contribute to securing CEZ's long-term nuclear fuel supply and will also reinforce Areva's position on the European enrichment services market," Areva said in a statement. (OregonLive, OR -- Business)
Nanotech In Space: New Experiment To Weather The Trials Of Orbit Nov 14, 2009
Rensselaer professors Linda Schadler, of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and Thierry Blanchet, of the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering, worked with a team of researchers from the University of Florida to develop two different types of experimental nanomaterials. The MURI project and the University of Florida research team are led by Rensselaer alumnus W. Greg Sawyer '99, who earned his bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees from Rensselaer and... (Science Daily)
Letter: Nuclear energy debate swirls among PSU faculty members Oct 23, 2009
professor of nuclear engineering. Previous article: Next article: More stories from The Daily Collegian Online. (Daily Collegian, PA)
Power back on at East Halls Oct 18, 2009
Matt Wolfson (freshman-mechanical and nuclear engineering) said he tried to eat lunch at noon today in Findlay Commons but was unable to because of the outage. "I had to walk all the way to Pollock in the cold, and I was not prepared for that," he said. (Daily Collegian, PA)
S.C. State board chair sees need to be positive Oct 9, 2009
He notes the university is fast becoming a trailblazer in the transportation and nuclear engineering fields. In addition, he said forthcoming construction projects such as the James E. Clyburn Transportation Center will make S.C. State a more aesthetically pleasing campus. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Research funding sets record Oct 6, 2009
Recipients for the remainder of the allocations include the Institute of Rural Health, the history department, the new Health Science Center in Meridian and the nuclear engineering department ... 3 million grant from the National Science Foundation, and the nuclear engineering department was awarded two grants totaling 583,482. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
Africa: Corporate Council on Africa Health Plenary [document] Oct 3, 2009
A West Point graduate and Registered Professional Engineer in the District of Columbia, he holds Masters Degrees in Civil Engineering and Nuclear Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Doctor of Public Service Degree from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. After an early career in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which included service in the Far East, Europe, and the Middle East, General Blunt retired in 1986 and was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal. (allAfrica.com)
SCSU seeking research status, more grants Sep 30, 2009
He said having centers of excellence at S.C. State like the 1890 Research and Extension program, the James E. Clyburn Transportation Center and a burgeoning nuclear engineering program will help. Malone said S.C. State has researched other research institutions like the University of South Carolina. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Greater Chamber backs nuclear expansion proposal Sep 25, 2009
Task force members heard presentations from CPS Energy, the , Nuclear Innovations for North America, NRG Energy, City Finance Director Ben Gorzell as well as scientists from the University of Texas at Austin Nuclear Engineering Teaching Lab, the Texas A&M University Nuclear Power Institute and the UTSA Department of Engineering to weigh the pros and cons of the proposal. CPS Energy s capacity to produce affordable energy remains a critical economic development tool for our city, allowing for... (San Antonio Business Journal, TX)
Anticancer Nanotech: Protein Can Be Used To Carry Radioactive Isotopes To Cancerous Tumor Sep 22, 2009
Virginia Nazarica Borza, Elena Neacsu and Catalina Mihaela Barna of the "Horia Hulubei" National Institute of R&D for Physics and Nuclear Engineering, in Bucharest, Romania, report details of the preparation of human serum albumin nanospheres labelled with rhenium-188 radioisotope, in the current issue of the International Journal of Nanotechnology and Biomaterials. Drug-delivery agents that can target the site of disease in the body have often been referred to "magic bullets". (Science Daily)
ISU, INL host safety workshop Sep 22, 2009
George Imel, the Department of Nuclear Engineering chair and one of the nuclear experts who proposed to host the workshop in Idaho, said the nuclear field is carefully scrutinized, but urges new safety methods need to be considered to avert potential accidents. He said such preparation becomes important especially when new nuclear energy systems are developed. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
INL OKs two new projects Sep 15, 2009
The ISU team is led by George Imel, chairman of the university's Nuclear Engineering Department, and physicist Jason Harris. They will work with collaborators from INL and France's Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique to evaluate neutron detectors and other instruments that monitor nuclear reactor cores. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
Lessons from a virtual bank run Sep 8, 2009
The Nuclear Engineering Institute (NEI) the an annual study commissioned and published by Germany's Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety. NEI describes the ministry as "anti-nuclear," but at least some of the facts presented in the study seem worth mulling over. (Salon)
FutureGen Alliance elects new board chairman Sep 3, 2009
Winberg has a bachelor s in Nuclear Engineering from SUNY Maritime College and an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh. Additionally, Chris Ellefson of BHP Billiton, an Australia-based company, will serve as vice chair. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Arch Coal Foundation Donates $116K to Update Mine Rescue and Safety Lab at Missouri University of Science and Technology Sep 3, 2009
"We are proud that the Arch Coal Foundation recognizes the role our mining engineering program plays in providing future leaders to the industry," says Dr. Samuel Frimpong, chair of mining and nuclear engineering at Missouri S&T. "This gift from Arch Coal will help us continue to attract the best and brightest engineering students to Missouri S&T.". The Arch Coal Foundation was formed in December 2005 with an initial endowment from Arch Coal, Inc. The Arch Coal Foundation provides support to... (PR Newswire)
Nuclear Fusion Research Key To Advancing Computer Chips Aug 25, 2009
"We can't make devices much smaller using conventional lithography, so we have to find ways of creating beams having more narrow wavelengths," said Ahmed Hassanein, the Paul L. Wattelet Professor of Nuclear Engineering and head of Purdue's School of Nuclear Engineering ... Findings are detailed in a research paper scheduled to appear in the October-December 2009 issue of the Journal of Micro/Nanolithography, MEMS, and MOEMS. The paper was written by Hassanein, senior research scientist Valeryi... (Science Daily)
Marbleheader joins Navy, trains to serve on nuclear submarine Aug 15, 2009
The Navy selected him for nuclear engineering and the submarine service. Attending the graduation ceremonies at Great Lakes, Ill. (Marblehead Reporter, MA)
Power plant safety debate far from settled Aug 10, 2009
"We've been generating nuclear waste for 60 years. Nobody has been killed or injured as a result of dealing with nuclear waste for 60 years," said Lee Dodds, the head of the Nuclear Engineering Department at the University of Tennessee. Reach Walter Jones at (404) 589-8424 or. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Actions taken over the next decade to demonstrate and deploy key technologies will determine US energy future Jul 29, 2009
WARREN F. MILLER JR. 2 Research Professor Nuclear Engineering and Associate Director Nuclear Security Science and Policy Institute Texas Aersity; and Senior Adviser and Director Los Alamos National Laboratory (retired) Albuquerque, N.M.. FRANKLIN M. ORR JR. 2 Professor of Energy Resources Engineering, and Director Global Climate and Energy Project Stanford University Stanford, Calif. (EurekAlert!)
Forests of concrete and steel Jul 22, 2009
5-megawatt wind turbines by 2020, just to generate the 600 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity that compliance with the narrowly passed Waxman-Markey global warming bill would necessitate, retired energy and nuclear engineering professor James Rust calculates. This would require millions of acres of scenic, habitat and agricultural lands, and 126 million tons of concrete, steel, fiberglass and rare earth minerals for the turbines, at 700 tons per turbine; prodigious quantities of... (Townhall.com)
Experts Call For Local And Regional Control Of Sites For Radioactive Waste Jul 12, 2009
"This regional approach would be similar to the current approach in Europe, where spent nuclear fuel and high-level nuclear waste from about 150 reactors and reprocessing plants is to be moved to a number of geologic repositories in a variety of rock types," said Ewing, who is the Donald R. Peacor Collegiate Professor in the Department of Geological Sciences, and a professor in the departments of Nuclear Engineering & Radiological Sciences and Materials Science & Engineering. Adapted from... (Science Daily)
The long, hard road to nuclear safety Jul 5, 2009
Delicate operation Housed inside drab concrete buildings with crumbling facades and neglected grounds is the now-defunct nuclear research reactor at the National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, built in 1949 in the town of Magurele on the outskirts of Romania s capital, Bucharest, to train civilian nuclear scientists. Visible through two manhole-size openings in the floor of the cavernous reactor room are 288 spent fuel rods of highly enriched uranium that have been cooling in a... (Boston Globe)
Exec leaves HECO, joins Sennet Capital Jul 3, 2009
He holds a bachelor s degrees in electrical engineering and naval science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a master s degree and doctorate in nuclear engineering from the University of California-Berkeley. Reader Comments. (Pacific Business News, HI)
Photo Release -- Northrop Grumman Names Doug Stitzel Vice President of DOE Programs Jun 20, 2009
Since joining the shipyard in 1966, Stitzel has held various leadership positions in supply chain management, engineering, operations, nuclear engineering and the programs division. He most recently served as director, DOE programs. (Primezone Releases)
Enjoying the view from the top of the class May 31, 2009
Study/career interest: Nuclear engineering. Favorite quote for inspiration: Carpe Diem, a Latin phrase translated as Seize the day. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Nuclear waste May 21, 2009
No solid experiments or theory confirm the predictions that casks can survive without corrosive penetration for 10,000 years, let alone several hundred thousand years, when the most severe groundwater contamination is expected says Thomas Pigford, a nuclear engineering professor at the University of California, Berkeley. Uncertainties and next timeThe chairman of the review board, Jared Cohon, summarized the report for senators last month, but added that its up to policymakers to decide... (MSNBC -- Environment)
Siemens to invest $50M, add 226 jobs in Charlotte May 15, 2009
The nuclear engineering and construction management jobs will carry an average annual wage of $122,037, excluding benefits. The company will be investing $2. (Charlotte Business Journal, NC)
RHS top scholars share common achievements May 14, 2009
Dobbins will be attending the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Im looking for a degree in nuclear engineering or physics. Id like to do research on new nuclear power plants. (Forest Republican, WI)
ISU gets $2.1M for research May 13, 2009
Mary Lou Dunzik-Gougar, an assistant professor of nuclear engineering at Idaho State University, will be leading the effort, which is one of two university projects that will receive federal research project awards during the fall. Nearly 1. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
Texas Wrestles With Wrongful Convictions May 11, 2009
I said "No, I'm studying Nuclear Engineering although I do like chemistry." I'm so hacked off about getting my pic taken that I'm boycotting the town. Haven't bought more than $20 of taxable items in town since they took my pic. (CBS News)
Bob Cochran, 89, creator of nuclear engineering department dies May 5, 2009
Retired nuclear engineering professor, creator of the Department of Nuclear Engineering and builder of the nuclear reactor, Robert "Bob" G. Cochran died Saturday at 89 ... He initiated the first undergraduate nuclear engineering program in the world at the University ... "He developed graduate level classes and moved into an undergraduate nuclear engineering program.". (The Battalion, TX)
Toshiba to bring 194 Mecklenburg jobs Apr 30, 2009
The nuclear engineering and construction management jobs will carry an average annual wage of $122,037, excluding benefits ... Fuyuki Saito, chief executive of TANE, says Charlotte s cutting-edge nuclear engineering community was a major draw for the company. (Charlotte Business Journal, NC)
West Point grad to address Kelley Award guests Apr 9, 2009
In 1959 he was selected to attend MIT where he earned masters degrees in both civil and nuclear engineering, McNair said in a letter recommending his classmate for the Distinguished Graduate Award. After graduating from MIT, Franklin assumed his duties with the Nuclear Power Field Office of the Army s Nuclear Power Program, and led efforts to design the world s first floating nuclear power plant, and well as pioneering the removal of a portable nuclear power plant from Greenland and returning it... (Keyser Mineral Daily News Tribune, WV)
Fitter Frames: Nanotubes Boost Structural Integrity Of Composites Apr 4, 2009
Professor Nikhil Koratkar, of Rensselaer s Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering, has demonstrated that incorporating chemically treated carbon nanotubes into an epoxy composite can significantly improve the overall toughness, fatigue resistance, and durability of a composite frame ... Co-authors of the paper include Rensselaer Associate Professor Catalin Picu, of the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering; Rensselaer doctoral students Wei Zhang and... (Science Daily)
- A Reader Writes: Learning a green’ lesson 0 Apr 3, 2009
Keynote speakers included Linda Adams (secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency), Daniel Kammen (professor of energy, resources, public policy, nuclear engineering from UC Berkeley), Michael Eckhart (president of ACORE), and Phil Angelides (chairman of the Apollo Alliance). All shared messages about hope, advancement, how California was leading the way. (El Centro Imperial Valley Press, CA)
Chavez to seek Arab backing for 'petro-currency'... Apr 1, 2009
Delegates also plan to discuss ways to expand technology exchanges, including nuclear engineering. Argentina helped build one of Egypt's nuclear reactors and hopes to continue civil nuclear cooperation. (The Drudge Report)
No Small Measure: Origins Of Nanorod Diameter Discovered Mar 25, 2009
said Hanchen Huang, professor in Rensselaer s Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering, who led the study. We have used computer modeling to identify, for the first time, the fundamental reasons behind nanorod diameter. (Science Daily)
'Cold Fusion' Rebirth? New Evidence For Existence Of Controversial Energy Source Mar 24, 2009
9, 2006) Purdue University is reviewing questions that have been raised about research in its School of Nuclear Engineering that may show that sound waves can create nuclear fusion. (Mar. (Science Daily)
Synthetic Biology: Transforming Cells Into Microscopic Biological Computers Mar 23, 2009
The area between these two areas of research is occupied by a sub-discipline that is more promising, in that it can help us to understand living systems, focusing on the creation of new genetic circuits formats for genes and proteins that are connected by complex interactions that can be integrated into cells to alter their function from that which they would perform in their original context, and the standardization of these circuits so that they can then be combined, explains Jordi Garc;a... (Science Daily)
Combating Nuclear Proliferation: New Method 'De-claws' Nuclear Fuel Producers Ensuring Only Peaceful Plutonium Use Mar 6, 2009
Yigal Ronen, of BGU's Department of Nuclear Engineering, who headed the project. "Thus, if the five agree to insert the additive into fuel for countries now developing nuclear power -- such as Bahrain, Egypt, Kuwait, Libya, Malaysia, Namibia, Qatar, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Yemen -- they will have to use it for peaceful purposes rather than warfare.". (Science Daily)
Director plans to commercialize discoveries Mar 5, 2009
Alan C. Nelson, whose career has ranged from launching two Seattle biotechnology companies to teaching nuclear engineering at MIT, has been tapped to head Arizona State University's Biodesign Institute. Nelson starts today as director of the 5-year-old research institute located at ASU's Tempe campus. (AZCentral -- Business)
Second time's the charm for aerospace engineering professor Feb 25, 2009
Media Credit: Jonny GreenDaniele Mortari, a professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering, turned his attention to aerospace engineering after his degree in nuclear engineering became "a degree of the past." Mortari says, "Aerospace engineering needs and can accomodate many different skills." ... His first "Dottore" degree was in nuclear engineering, which fascinated him because of its relevance to his home country at the time. (The Battalion, TX)
UI dean touts energy center Feb 20, 2009
IDAHO FALLS -- Enrollment in the University of Idaho's graduate-level nuclear engineering program dwindled to just a handful of students in the late 1990s. Nowadays, enrollment in the UI program is about 50, and nuclear energy, once shunned, is experiencing a resurgence due to the nation's mounting concerns about dependence on foreign oil and the need to reduce its carbon footprint in the face of global warming. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
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Pabst, who intends to go to college to study nuclear engineering, said he supported the idea of a nuclear power plant, stating such entities produce inexpensive power that would serve many people, but he didn t think people would support that in Fruitland. Rush, however, said a large greenhouse may work well in Fruitland. (Ontario Argus Observer, OR)
Business Notes (Feb. 9) Feb 10, 2009
Speaker: Dr. Brian Woods, Assistant Professor Department of Nuclear Engineering tion Health Physics, Oregon State University. Time: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Location: Linn County Fair Center, 3700 Knox Butte Road, Albany. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Ore. firm hopes small reactor equals big profits Feb 10, 2009
The company s design also is much simpler than conventional reactors, eliminating the welter of piping needed to keep water circulating through the reactor core, said Jose Reyes, NuScale s chief technology officer and head of the nuclear engineering department at OSU.. This design uses natural circulation, Reyes said, so there s no pumps driving water around the loop. (Ontario Argus Observer, OR)
NUKE-IN-A-BOX? Feb 8, 2009
Casey Campbell/Gazette-Times Jose Reyes, head of the nuclear engineering department at Oregon State University and the chief technology officer of NuScale Power, stands by a scale model of the company s nuclear reactor design, set up for testing at the OSU Radiation Center ... D. in nuclear engineering from OSU. We ve come at it a different way: How do you capture the economy of small ... The company s design also is much simpler than conventional reactors, eliminating the welter of piping... (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
