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RadLab
The RadLab at The University of Texas at Austin focuses on research using radiation and radioactivity to improve security and quality of life.
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Reactor
The NETL reactor, designed by General Atomics, is a TRIGA Mark II nuclear research reactor. The NETL is the newest of the current fleet of U.S. university reactors.
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Robotics
The Nuclear and Applied Robotics Group is an interdisciplinary research group whose mission is to develop and deploy advanced robotics in hazardous environments in order to minimize risk for the human operator.
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$20M+
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Graduate students
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Radiological Imaging and Instrumentation Taught by Elena Zannoni
For the first time, new Assistant Professor Dr. Elena Zannoni taught the M E 397 Radiological Imaging and Instrumentation course in the 2024 spring semester in the Nuclear and Radiation Engineering Program. The course gives an overview of modern imaging techniques and instrumentation in three segments: physical and mathematical foundations, transmission imaging and emission imaging.
Christopher Martin Wins Award
Christopher Martin wins second place at the State of Texas Chapter of the Health Physics Society meeting on April 20, 2024, at Texas A&M in College Station. Christopher’s presentation was Rapid, High Accuracy and Precision Analysis of Uranium Content in Texas Ore using self-attenuation gamma-ray spectroscopy. This work is sponsored by Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Nuclear Material Support Services (NPI-9).
Sheldon Landsberger Guest Lectures in Serbia
Dr. Landsberger gave a series of five invited lectures in the Department of Physics at the University of Novi Sad, Serbia during the week of April 15, 2024. The series was entitled Nuclear Physics, Nuclear Science and Nuclear Engineering. Lecture topics included neutron activation analysis, pop-culture goes nuclear, radioactivity in the oil exploration sector, low-level gamma ray counting, development of experiments in health physics to reinforce basic radiation protection concepts, and coincidence and anti-coincidence gamma ray spectroscopy in radionuclide identification. The Department of Physics has very advanced techniques in coincidence gamma-ray spectroscopy. Further educational and research collaboration was discussed.
Two Freshman Teams Win Awards
The Nuclear and Radiation Engineering Program and Nuclear and Applied Robotics Group supported four of the ten projects for the Freshman Introduction to Research Engineering Course ME 177K. This course is designed to introduce research skills to first year students in their first or second semesters. Second and third prizes of $300 and $200 were awarded to Robotics and Compton Camera: Autonomous Radiation Detection and Robotic Additive Manufacturing, respectively.
Inaugural Texas Nuclear Symposium
As part of UT Energy Week, the first ever Texas Nuclear Symposium organized by Derek Haas and Kevin Clarno was held from March 25-26. Presentations on the Nuclear and Radiation Engineering’s Molten Salt Reactor and Digital Twin Reactors were given by faculty and staff members. Graduate students had the opportunities to make presentation of their work on the above topics. Reed Clay President of the Texas Nuclear Alliance gave an overview of the inclusion of nuclear energy in the electricity production in Texas. In the main UT Energy Week conference there were presentations by Sunil Felix from Nuclear Counsellor, French Atomic Commission – US Embassy (Washington, DC), Jimmy Glotfelty Commissioner, Public Utility Commission of Texas and Dale Klein Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin and Former Commissioner of Nuclear Regulatory Commission joined a panel to discuss "A Nuclear Carol: The Future of Nuclear via the Past & Present Perspectives of France, U.S., and Texas”
