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Penn State Energy Days
For the the first time the the Ken and Mary Alice Lindquist Department of Nuclear Engineering
participated in in in in Penn State Energy Energy Days
a a a a a a a a a a a two-day event hosted by the the the Institutes
of of Energy Energy and the the the Environment On May 19 the the the department hosted a a a a a a a a a a panel titled “The Role of of Advanced Nuclear in in Sustainable Development ” to discuss the benefits and challenges of of various forms of of nuclear energy Convened by department head Jean Paul Allain
the panel included Jessica Lovering Good Energy Collective Elia Merzari associate professor of of of nuclear engineering Dennis Whyte Massachusetts Institute Institute of of of Technology Plasma Science and and Fusion Center Doug True Nuclear Energy Institute Institute and and and John Liechty professor of of marketing and and statistics Read more Nuclear Engineering
Sixtieth Anniversary Lecture
To celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of nuclear engineering at at Penn State the Ken and Mary Alice Lindquist Department of Nuclear Engineering
hosted a a a a a virtual lecture by Mary Lou Dunzik-Gougar president
of the American Nuclear Society (ANS) on April 21 Dunzik-Gougar served as the president
of ANS until summer 2021 She is also associate dean of of the Idaho State University (ISU) College of of Science and Engineering
an an ISU associate professor of of nuclear engineering and a a a a a a senior reactor operator at at ISU’s nuclear reactor Before joining ISU Dunzik-Gougar worked as a a a a joint- appointee scientist at at at Idaho National Laboratory and in in various positions at at at Argonne National Laboratory She earned her master’s degree in in in environmental engineering and her doctoral degree in in in nuclear engineering both from Penn State This event was sponsored by the Penn State ANS and Women in Nuclear student chapters NUCLEAR
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News briefs
Table of Contents
2 Message from the Department Head
3 News briefs
4 Penn State nuclear engineering opens new collaboration learning space 6 Nuclear engineering alumni aim to connect past and future with naming gift
8 Nuclear science engineering spark collaborations across Penn State and beyond 13 RSEC: Message from the Director
14 RSEC: Technical Updates
16 RSEC: Investigating Amelia Earhart’s disappearance mystery with neutrons
18 RSEC: $100K nuclear engineering alumnus gift
supports reactor licensing program
22 Faculty highlights
24 Student highlights
26 Staff and alumni highlights
27 Creating our Legacy
Department of Nuclear Engineering
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3 Susquehanna Steam Electric Station
Students in the Penn State American Nuclear Society chapter visited the Susquehanna Steam Electric Station
in Berwick Pennsylvania on on April 5 The tour was arranged by Duane Karchner a a a a a a a a member of the Penn State Nuclear Engineering
Society