Thiago Arnaud OSN Undergraduate Researcher Participates in Vanderbilt NSF Sponsored REU at their Institute for Nanoscale Science and Engineering. Thiago received a best poster award at their annual summer research symposium. Congrats again Thiago.
Ph.D Student Kyle Latty presented his work as part of the DTRA IIRM University Research Alliance at the Optica Optical Sensors and Sensing Congress in Vancouver, Canada July 13th. Website for Congress/Conference: https://www.optica.org/en-us/events/congress/optical_sensors_and_sensing_congress/ Congrats on the excellent talk and proceeding… Read More
James Totten successfully defended his dissertation proposal on Tuesday May 17th, 2022 and advanced to PhD Candidacy. His dissertation proposal was titled “Detection and Analysis of Radiofrequency Emissions from Laser Produced Plasmas”. His committee consists of: Prof. Kyle C. Hartig… Read More
The Optical Science and Nonproliferation Group at UF hosted University of Michigan DTRA IIRM Collaborators Prof. Igor Jovanovic and Dr. Milos Burger for a full week of collaborative experiments in support of the DTRA IIRM University Research Alliance. The UM… Read More
Aloha! Recent M.S. Graduate (May 2022) MAJ CJ Hunter and PhD Candidate Emily Kwapis are presenting their work at the MARC XII Conference in Hawaii this week! Congrats to them on their oral talks and an enjoyable trip to Hawaii.… Read More
Congrats to Ph.D. Candidate Emily Kwapis on wining Best oral Presentation at the 2022 Monitoring Technology and Verification (MTV) NNSA University Consortium Annual Workshop hosted at the University of Michigan! She was recognized by NNSA Program Manager for University Programs… Read More
Optical Science and Nonproliferation PhD Candidate Emily Kwapis has won the 2022 Society of Applied Spectroscopy (SAS) Atomic Student Award! As part of this award, she will receive a travel grant to support her attendance at the 2022 SciX Conference… Read More
MAJ Christopher “CJ” Hunter successfully defended his M.S. Thesis in Nuclear Engineering titled “Machine Learning Applications in Radioxenon Detection and Monitoring”. CJ’s work was strongly supported by The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory particularly his mentor there Dr. J.R. Powers-Luhn.… Read More
Emily Kwapis successfully defended her dissertation proposal on Thursday February 10th, 2022 and advanced to PhD Candidacy. Her dissertation proposal was titled “Experimental and Computational Investigations into the Physics and Chemistry of Plutonium Nuclear Fireballs using Laser-produced Plasmas”. Her committee… Read More
Ph.D Student and DoD SMART Fellow Emily Kwapis has received the prestigious James E. Swander Memorial Scholarship from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. Congrats Emily!