News 2026
1/21/26 - Brandon is awarded a NSUF Super RTE
Congratulations to Brandon for receiving Nuclear Science User Facilities (NSUF) super rapid turnaround experiment (RTE) funding! Super RTE awards facilitate the advancement of nuclear science and technology by providing nuclear energy researchers with timely access to irradiation testing, post-irradiation examination and technical expertise provided through NSUF at no cost to the researchers. Brandon's proposal "Effect of in situ Straining on Irradiation Induced Hardening in RPV Steel" is 1 of 18 proposals that have been selected for an award. Well done, Brandon!
1/12/26 - New paper alert
The results of our collaboration with LLNL, "Predicting U3O8 powder processing conditions: An AI/ML approach analyzing deep learning embeddings of SEM micrographs" have been published in Journal of Alloys and Compounds. This is our first paper on nuclear forensics, stay tuned for more.
1/2/26 - Mitch develops a new tool for automating porosity measurements
Congratulations to Mitch, whose paper "RAFT: A Program for Area Fraction Measurement of Digital Micrographs" has been published in Micron. If you are working on porosity quantification, Mitch has developed a new open-source software that can help you automate the process. It's free and available via GitHub.