Nuclear Engineering

A nuclear engineering graduate student working to save the rhinos from poaching through innovative radiation technology presented a poster at the 2023 Nuclear Energy Agency Global Forum Rising Stars Workshop in Nuclear Education, Science, Technology and Policy.

Graduate student Ronald Gatchalian is using machine-learning techniques to predict the physics parameters of a source-driven reactor configuration in a subcritical domain, which can increase safety while reducing experimentation costs and time.

Texas A&M University, The Ohio State University and Idaho National Laboratory researchers are using fiber optics to develop and demonstrate gamma thermometers that are capable of high-resolution power measurements that provide more accuracy at lower costs.

Jordan Hillis and Dr. Craig Marianno collaborated with the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa to use nuclear science in a novel method to deter rhino poaching and help restore South Africa’s dwindling rhino population.