2011 Innovations in Fuel Cycle Research Award Winners

The U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Energy, Office of Fuel Cycle Technologies congratulates the following winners of the 2011 Innovations in Fuel Cycle Research Awards.

Winners of the Open Competition
Advanced Materials
First Place Michael McMurtrey University of Michigan	Second Place Erik Johnstone University of Nevada at Las Vegas

Nuclear Fuels
First Place Adam Parkison Texas A&M University	Second Place Dayla Morrison University of Texas at Arlington

Nuclear Material Accountability and Control Instrumentation
First Place Nicholas Thompson Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	Second Place Eric Miller University of Michigan

Nuclear Science and Engineering
First Place Jessie Brown University of California at Santa Barbara	Second Place Mike Worrall Colorado School of Mines

Separations
First Place Lani Seaman University of California at Santa Barbara	Second Place Donna Quach University of Idaho

Systems Analysis and Energy Policy
First Place Shadi Ghrayeb Pennsylvania State University	Second Place Samuel Brinton Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Used Fuel Disposition
First Place Gregory Schmidt University of Nevada at Las Vegas	Second Place Ethan Bates Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Waste Forms
First Place Ariana Alaniz University of Nevada at Las Vegas	Second Place Edward Mausolf University of Nevada at Las Vegas

Winners of the Competition for Students Who Attend Universities with Less Than $630 Million in 2009 R&D Expenditures
Derek Brigham Washington State University	Stephen Budy University of Arizona

Carey Read, Jr. University of South Carolina	Tara Smith Idaho State University

Rebecca Ward University of Texas at Austin

Winners of the Undergraduate Competition
Nikolas Antolin Ohio State University	Ryan McDermott North Carolina State University

Benjamin Reimold Pennsylvania State University	William Sames Texas A&M University

Andrew White North Carolina State University

2011 Innovations in Fuel Cycle Research Award Winners

Winners of the Open Competition

Winners of the Competition for Students Who Attend Universities with Less Than $630 Million in 2009 R&D Expenditures

Winners of the Undergraduate Competition