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2021
March, 2021Pierre-Clément Simon presents his Ph.D. research at TMS2021 (video)
January 18, 2021
Pierre-Clément Simon successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation on January 18th, 2021
2019
August 30, 2019
Pierre-Clément Simon attends the 2019 Nuclear Innovation Bootcamp in Paris.
August 10, 2019
Passelaigue receives a poster award during Idaho National Lab's intern EXPO in August.
Muhammet Ayanoglu visited Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to investigate the microstructure evolution of 21Cr32Ni alloy irradiated under fast reactor environment.April 24, 2019
Pierre-Clément Simon presented his research at the Spring 2019 MRS conference in Phoenix, Arizona.
2018
March 28, 2019
Penn State Expanding Its Nuclear Energy Program - Interview.
October 18, 2018
Pierre-Clément Simon receives an Early Career Award at NuMat2018.
August 11, 2018
Dr. Ece Alat walked at the commencement and escorted by Prof. Arthur T. Motta.
August 9, 2018
Pierre-Clement Simon receives two awards during Idaho National Lab's intern EXPO.
April 18, 2018
Ece Alat wins the Award for Excellence in Graduate Research.
March 25, 2018
Pierre-Clement Simon was awarded first place at the 2018 edition of the Graduate Exhibition.
February 28, 2018
Ece Alat successfully defended her PhD dissertation on 28th February 2018
2017
October 31, 2017
Dr. Motta, alumni and current students all together at ANS meeting during IRP kick-off meeting.
October 23, 2017
Ece presented a poster at the Materials Day 2017 at Penn State.
August 11, 2017
Simon receives an award for best informational graphic at the Idaho National Laboratory Intern EXPO.
Lacroix et Simon attended the MeV (Modeling, Experimentation, and Validation) Summer School in Idaho National Laboratory, and received awards.
Ece Alat presented her pitch "Ceramic Coating for Corrosion (C3) Resistance of Nuclear Fuel Cladding" at the Millenium Café.June 6, 2017
Ece Alat wins the 3 rd Annual Millennium Café Pitch Competition award sponsored by PPG
May 6, 2017
Samuel Le berre Graduated from Penn State with a Master of Science in Nuclear Engineering.
Ece Alat won 2 nd place at the 2017 Graduate Exhibition Video option for her video on "Ceramic Coating for Corrosion (C3) Resistance of Nuclear Fuel Cladding"
Muhammet Ayanoglu conducted irradiation experiments with the Intermediate Voltage Electron Microscope(IVEM) at the Argonne National Laboratory in Chicago.February 17, 2017
Lacroix and Simon conducted experiments at the Advanced Photon Source in Argonne National Laboratory.
January 20, 2017
Simon participated to CHiMaD - Phase Field Methods III at Northwestern University, Illinois
2016
November 15, 2016
Simon presents at the IMECE2016 conference in Phoenix, Arizona
November 7, 2016
Ensor and Alat present at The Nuclear Materials 2016 Conference in Montpellier, France
October 24, 2016
Alat attends MS&T 2016 Conference in Salt Lake City
October 12, 2016
Prof. Motta participates in Campus Energy Debate
October 7, 2016
Brendan Ensor Successfully Defends PhD Thesis on "The Nature of Unstable Oxide Growth in Zirconium and Zirconium Alloys"
September 8, 2016Prof. Motta pens article for The Conversation "Nuclear power deserves a level playing field"
August 23, 2016
Shivprasad selected as Distinguished Teaching Fellow
May 18, 2016
Motta awarded Kroll Medal
May 17-18, 2016
Shivprasad and Ensor present research at 18th International Symposium on Zirconium in Nuclear Industry
May 15-19, 2016
Nuclear Materials Group Attends 18th International Symposium on Zirconium in Nuclear Industry in Hilton Head, SC
May 6, 2016
Alat wins Travel Award in MATSE department
April 8, 2016
Ece Alat wins two awards in MATSE department
April 1, 2016
Students travel to Advanced Photon Source for Experiments
March 9, 2016Motta presents at Leaders in Engineering seminar at RPI
February 15, 2016
Lacroix presents in Nashville at TMS 2016
2015
October 13, 2015
M. Nedim Cinbiz Successfully Defends PhD Thesis on "The Effect of Stress State on Zirconium Hydride Reorientation
October 6-9, 2015
Shivprasad travels to Norway for EPRI forum
September 13-17, 2015
Ensor travels to Zurich, Switzerland to attend TopFuel 2015 Conference
June, 2015
Lacroix attends MOOSE training at Idaho National Lab
June 15-17, 2015
3rd semi-annual IRP meeting held at Penn State
April 27, 2015Motta Receives American Nuclear Society Mishima Award
2014
October 27-30, 2014
Cinbiz and Ensor attend NuMat 2014 Conference
October 16-20, 2014
Group goes to Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Lab for Experiments
September 29-30, 2014
Professor Motta speaks at the Workshop on Zirconium for Nuclear Applications at the University of Oxford
September 3-5, 2014
Prof. Motta and Chris Ulmer attend IVEM workshop at Argonne National Lab
August 29, 2014Professor Motta named American Nuclear Society Fellow
August 22, 2014Researchers receive $3M Department of Energy award to advance nuclear technology
The report “Lessons Learned from the Fukushima Nuclear Accident for Improving Safety of U.S. Nuclear Plants” is released by the National Academy of SciencesJune 15-19, 2014
Group caps off successful ANS trip with Best Poster Award
June 17, 2014
Former student Dr. Jeremy Bischoff wins the ANS MSTD Literary Award
February 20, 2014
Prof. Motta and Chris Ulmer travel to San Diego for TMS 2014