The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has selected Center for Nuclear Security Science and Policy Initiatives (NSSPI) students Henry Rysz and Rainbow Suh, along with NSSPI graduate Ryan Coogan, to become fellows in the NNSA Graduate Fellowship Program (NGFP). The NGFP assigns fellows to a specific NNSA program or site office to work for one […]
RED² Attracts Next Generation Leaders in Nuclear Engineering from Turkey
NSSPI Faculty Fellow Dr. Shaheen Dewji currently has two graduate students from Turkey working on NSSPI mission-relevant projects in her RED2 research group. This article was written by the students about their work with Dr. Dewji.
Professor Dewji joins ANS Delegation in NEA Workshop to Discuss “Reasonableness” in Radiation Protection
On January 13-15, 2020, Dr. Shaheen A. Dewji of the Department of Nuclear Engineering at Texas A&M University joined the esteemed American Nuclear Society (ANS) delegation to discuss the concept of “reasonableness” in the radiation protection philosophy of “ALARA” (As Low as Reasonably Achievable) at a workshop held by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and […]
NSSPI Students Receive Seaborg Institute Summer Research Fellowship
Center for Nuclear Security Science and Policy Initiatives (NSSPI) graduate students Ernesto Ordonez-Ferrer and Mariah Ramirez have been selected as Seaborg Institute Summer Research Fellows at Los Alamos National Laboratory for 2020. The fellowship will run 10-12 weeks during the summer, and fellows will work with scientists at Los Alamos on independent research projects related […]
NSSPI Student Working to Improve Mobile Radiation Detection Systems
How do we ensure that big events like the Superbowl, the Olympics, or even the weekly Aggie tailgate do not become the site of a nuclear terrorist attack? Student researchers under Dr. Craig Marianno in the Center for Nuclear Security Science and Policy Initiatives (NSSPI) have been working to identify and respond to many of […]