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Afiqa Mohamad

Profile Information
Name
Dr Afiqa Mohamad
Institution
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Position
Post Doctoral
Affiliation
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
h-Index
3
ORCID
0000-0001-8715-3162
Biography

I am currently working as a post-doctoral at RPI. Less than a year in RPI, I have responsibly for many projects mostly focus on the fuel materials. Presently, I have studied about how to enhance/improve oxidation resistance of U3Si2 and also fission product diffusion in metallic fuel/cladding. 


I have recently graduated from Osaka University, Japan with a Ph.D. in Nuclear Science (Engineering), in March 2019. My thesis focused on Uranium Silicide as an alternative fuel for accident tolerant fuel (ATF). Throughout the 3 years of my Ph.D. program, I analyzed quantitative and qualitative data, serving as the first author of 4 manuscripts that have been accepted for publications. 

In addition, I also have 1-year experience working at Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Japan, as their Special Task Researcher. For a year, I was working on the Fission product diffusion onto the cladding materials which was a project of Chemisorption under severe accident for the LWR. 

Expertise
Chemical Interaction, Cladding, Nuclear Fuel

About Us

The Nuclear Science User Facilities (NSUF) is the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy's only designated nuclear energy user facility. Through peer-reviewed proposal processes, the NSUF provides researchers access to neutron, ion, and gamma irradiations, post-irradiation examination and beamline capabilities at Idaho National Laboratory and a diverse mix of university, national laboratory and industry partner institutions.

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