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NSUF awards 22 Rapid Turnaround Experiment proposals

Thursday, September 14, 2023 - Calls and Awards

<figure class="pull-right" style="width:321px;margin: 0px 0px 15px 15px;"></figure>IDAHO FALLS, Idaho – The U.S. Department of Energy - Office of Nuclear Energy (DOE-NE) Nuclear Science User Facilities (NSUF) has awarded 22 proposals to support the advancement of nuclear science and technology by providing access to world class capabilities at no cost to the researcher. This is the third award for FY 2023. 22 new Rapid Turnaround Experiment (RTE) projects, totaling approximately $1.608M, have been awarded. These awards went to 14 principal investigators from universities, 7 from national laboratories, and one from industry. The NSUF competitively selected these projects from a pool of quality RTE proposals submitted during the solicitation period. Proposals were evaluated based on a variety of factors including technical approach, mission relevance, and scientific-technical merit. <table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="531" style="width: 398pt;"> <tbody> <tr style="height: 15pt;"> <td width="231" nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="width: 173pt; border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15pt;">Full Name<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="300" nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="width: 225pt; border-top: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-left: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15pt;">Institution<o:p></o:p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15pt;"> <td width="231" nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="width: 173pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15pt;">Angela Di Fulvio<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="300" nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="width: 225pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15pt;">University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign<o:p></o:p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15pt;"> <td width="231" nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="width: 173pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15pt;">Bai Cui<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="300" nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="width: 225pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15pt;">University of Nebraska-Lincoln<o:p></o:p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15pt;"> <td width="231" nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="width: 173pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15pt;">Biswajit Ray<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="300" nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="width: 225pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15pt;">The University of Alabama in Huntsville<o:p></o:p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15pt;"> <td width="231" nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="width: 173pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15pt;">Brandon Bohanon<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="300" nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="width: 225pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15pt;">University of Florida<o:p></o:p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15pt;"> <td width="231" nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="width: 173pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15pt;">Cameron Howard<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="300" nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="width: 225pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15pt;">Idaho National Laboratory<o:p></o:p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15pt;"> <td width="231" nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="width: 173pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15pt;">Connor Harper<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="300" nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="width: 225pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15pt;">Idaho State University<o:p></o:p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15pt;"> <td width="231" nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="width: 173pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15pt;">Daniel Codd<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="300" nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="width: 225pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15pt;">KVA Stainless<o:p></o:p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15pt;"> <td width="231" nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="width: 173pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15pt;">Daniele Salvato<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="300" nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="width: 225pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15pt;">Idaho National Laboratory<o:p></o:p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15pt;"> <td width="231" nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="width: 173pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15pt;">Fidelma Di Lemma<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="300" nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="width: 225pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15pt;">Idaho National Laboratory<o:p></o:p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15pt;"> <td width="231" nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="width: 173pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15pt;">Haiming Wen<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="300" nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="width: 225pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15pt;">Missouri University of Science and Technology<o:p></o:p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15pt;"> <td width="231" nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="width: 173pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15pt;">Hyosim Kim<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="300" nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="width: 225pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15pt;">Los Alamos National Laboratory<o:p></o:p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15pt;"> <td width="231" nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="width: 173pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15pt;">Indrajit Charit<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="300" nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="width: 225pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15pt;">University of Idaho<o:p></o:p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15pt;"> <td width="231" nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="width: 173pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15pt;">Jake Fay<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="300" nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="width: 225pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15pt;">Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute<o:p></o:p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15pt;"> <td width="231" nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="width: 173pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15pt;">Lin Shao<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="300" nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="width: 225pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15pt;">Texas A&M University<o:p></o:p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15pt;"> <td width="231" nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="width: 173pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15pt;">Mauricio Pereira da Cunha<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="300" nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="width: 225pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15pt;">University of Maine<o:p></o:p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15pt;"> <td width="231" nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="width: 173pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15pt;">Mitchell Mika<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="300" nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="width: 225pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15pt;">University of Florida<o:p></o:p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15pt;"> <td width="231" nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="width: 173pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15pt;">Mitra Taheri<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="300" nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="width: 225pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15pt;">John Hopkins University </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15pt;"> <td width="231" nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="width: 173pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15pt;">Mohan Sai Kiran Kumar Yadav Nartu<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="300" nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="width: 225pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15pt;">Pacific Northwest National Laboratory<o:p></o:p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15pt;"> <td width="231" nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="width: 173pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15pt;">Nathan Curtis<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="300" nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="width: 225pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15pt;">University of Wisconsin-Madison<o:p></o:p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15pt;"> <td width="231" nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="width: 173pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15pt;">Shuxiang Zhou<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="300" nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="width: 225pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15pt;">Idaho National Laboratory<o:p></o:p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15pt;"> <td width="231" nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="width: 173pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15pt;">Yi Xie<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="300" nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="width: 225pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15pt;">Purdue University<o:p></o:p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15pt;"> <td width="231" nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="width: 173pt; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: initial; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15pt;">Zilong Hua<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="300" nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="width: 225pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; height: 15pt;">Idaho National Laboratory<o:p></o:p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> To view more information on these proposals and to see past awards, click <a href="https://nsuf.inl.gov/Home/Projects" target="_blank">here</a>. NSUF recipients do not receive direct financial awards. Access to state of the art experimental irradiation testing, post irradiation examination, INL high performance computing and technical assistance for the design and execution of projects is provided at no cost to the recipients.  Prospective researchers are encouraged to request samples from the <a href="https://nsuf.inl.gov/Page/nfml_request" target="_blank">Nuclear Fuels and Materials Library.</a> The NSUF will give special consideration to Principal Investigators from Minority Serving Institutions. The NSUF, managed by Idaho National Laboratory, provides unparalleled opportunities for nuclear energy researchers. Through the RTE solicitation, researchers can access capabilities such as irradiation, post irradiation examination, beamline and high performance computing equipment. RTEs are also accompanied with the expertise necessary to advance the understanding of irradiation effects in nuclear fuels and materials in support of DOE-NE’s mission. Visit NSUF at <a href="https://nsuf.inl.gov/" target="_blank">https://nsuf.inl.gov.</a>  <div> </div>

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