The NEUP research projects awarded to the TAMU Nuclear Engineering Department this week by the US Department of Energy were featured in a news segment that aired on KRHD, a local ABC affiliate located in Bryan-College Station. The segment focused on the project led by Associate Professor Dr. Sean McDeavitt on which NSSPI Director Dr. William Charlton is also a collaborator. ...

On May 8, 2012 Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced more than $47 million in scholarships, fellowships, research grants, and university reactor upgrades.   NSSPI Director Dr. William Charlton is a collaborator on one of the research projects selected to receive funding under the Nuclear Energy University Programs (NEUP) awards for FY2012. The project, led by TAMU-NE Associate Professor Dr. Sean McDeavitt, is titled "Prototype Demonstration of Gamma-Blind Tensioned Metastable Fluid Neutron / Multiplicity / Alpha Detector - Real Time Methods for Advanced Fuel Cycle Applications" ...

Jennifer Erchinger has been named the winner of the 2012-2013 Robert S. Landauer, Sr. Memorial Fellowship from the Health Physics Society.  Erchinger is a Health Physics Master's student who is currently working with Dr. Craig Marianno on a project to construct a scalable radiation portal for livestock. The fellowship includes a $6000 stipend to support Erchinger's graduate work for the coming year as well as a $800 travel grant to cover her trip to the 2013 HPS Annual Meeting in Madison, Wisconsin. The fellowship was established in honor of Dr. Robert S. Landauer, Sr. and his commitmen...