February 13, 2013
NSSPI Director Dr. William Charlton was among the recipients of
2012-2013 TAMU College of Engineering Teaching, Service, and
Contribution awards announced this week by Dr. M. Katherine Banks,
vice chancellor and dean of engineering. Dr. Charlton was
recognized for his contribution to the College of Engineering by
being named the 2013-2012 Barbara & Ralph Cox '53 Faculty
Fellow. He will receive a monetary gift and an award plaque
at the College of Engineering's awards banquet on April 25,
2013.
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December 21, 2012
WASHINGTON, DC - The role of research universities in nuclear
science, energy and policy was the topic of a Texas
A&M-sponsored panel and reception last week in Washington,
D.C., where panelists and speakers recognized the importance of
higher education to ensuring the U.S. remains a global leader in
nuclear research and development (R&D). The event was
co-sponsored by Texas A&M University, the Texas A&M
Engineering Experiment Station (TEES), and the Nuclear Energy
Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based policy organization for the
nuclear technologies industry.
Panel...
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December 13, 2012
From October 1 to December, NSSPI hosted two student interns
from the Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU) in Tomsk, Russia.
Denis Tatarnikov and Dmitry Prokopyev spent their internship at
NSSPI conducting research in nuclear security and nuclear forensics
under a project sponsored by the National Nuclear Security
Administration's Office of Material Protection, Control, and
Accounting and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. The
Tomsk students not only conducted substantive research projects
during their time at NSSPI, producing a detailed report and
presentation, bu...
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December 12, 2012
NSSPI Director Dr. William Charlton traveled to Washington, D.C.
this week to participate in a panel discussion on "The
Role of Research Universities in Nuclear Science, Energy and
Policy." The panel took place on Dec. 11 at the Rayburn House
Office Building in Washington, D.C. and was hosted by TAMU/TEES
and the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI). The panel featured
researchers from Texas A&M, the University of
California-Berkeley, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr.
K. Lee Peddicord and Dr. Charles Hermann also represented TAMU at
the event. Dr. Peddicord i...
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December 5, 2012
The AggiE-Challenge team led by NSSPI faculty member Dr. Sunil
Chirayath placed first in the AggiE-Challenge Showcase student
poster presentation competition held on Monday, December 3rd.
The showcase marked the end of the first semester of work for the
AggiE-Challenge teams. The AggiE-Challenge program is
sponsored by the Dwight Look College of Engineering at TAMU and
aims at actively engaging undergraduate students with
multidisciplinary team projects related to the major engineering
challenges facing our society as articulated by publications like
the National Academy...
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