STUDENT NEWS
Engineering EXPO 2003
At Engineering EXPO (April 10-12), the biennial student
event that showcases science and engineering to the public, the American
Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics student chapter displayed
its zero-gravity experiments and ultralight airplane (above,left). The
American Nuclear Society student chapter set up a mock land-mine detection
system (above, center) and the advanced AP600 nuclear reactor model
(above, right).
Students posters place
at ANS Conference
PhD student Ben Cipiti received
first place and $500 for the best student poster at the 15th American
Nuclear Society Conference on the Technology of Fusion Energy. The subject
of Cipiti’s work was cathode-embedded D-He3 fusion reactions in
inertial electrostatic confinement. Two other engineering physics students,
John Weidner and Phongsan
Meekunnasombat, received honorable mention in the same category.
Students cited for best
presentations
Four engineering physics students received awards
at the American Nuclear Society student conference, held April 2 through
5 at the University of California-Berkeley. Graduate student Krupakar
“Murali” Subramanian earned a best-presentation award
for his talk, “Effects of ‘waste’ electrons in the
performance of an IEC device,” in the fusion energy II: energy
and confinement concepts track. Undergraduate Andrew
Zillmer’s best-presentation award came for his talk, “Powering
a field emission thruster with a nuclear battery,” in the aerospace
applications track. Undergraduate Tracy Uchytil
and graduate student Don Williamson received
an outstanding-presentation award for their talk, “Dealing with
radioactive waste now and in the future,” in the fuel cycle: radioactive
waste category, while Williamson earned an outstanding-presentation
award for his talk, “Z-Accelerator: What is it?” in the
fusion I: technology applications category. The honors also garnered
each student a cash prize.
