Student Highlights
TTF Roundup: NEEP presenters and graduate student wins Best Student Poster
NEEP graduate student Samuel Stewart received the Best Student Poster Award for his poster “Characterization of Turbulence in Negative Triangularity DIII-D Plasmas using Beam Emission Spectroscopy.” Stewart is a PhD student working with Professor Benedikt Geiger and Dr. George McKee in the Plasma Turbulence and Spectroscopy Group.
Graduate Student Receives UNLP fellowship
PhD student Kailee Buttice received a University Nuclear Leadership Program fellowship sponsored by the Department of Energy. Buttice is a member of the MAterials Degradation under COrrosion and Radiation (MADCOR) research group, led by Associate Professor Adrien Couet. Buttice will be focusing her PhD research on the basicity of molten fluoride salts to better understand how it effects the corrosion of structural alloy elements in a nuclear reactor.
Undergraduate Q&A: Virginia Lilly
Virginia Lilly, a junior majoring in nuclear engineering, shares insights about her experience in at UW–Madison, reflecting on her nuclear engineering education, internship at General Dynamics Electric Boat, and leadership experience through the Wisconsin Engineering Student Council.
Undergrads gain hands-on experience operating nuclear reactor
The UW Nuclear Reactor has been running for a little over 60 years, and undergraduate involvement has always been a large component of the operations. Through an elective course focused on reactor operations, followed by an independent study, students could become licensed reactor operators. As of 2022, 90 undergraduate students have been licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
EP Student Groups
Solis
Solis is a student-led group for women and gender minorities in plasma physics and fusion energy research. Group focuses include: Outreach to local schools, networking and professional development, social activities, and campus inclusivity efforts.
NEEP Student Advisory Committee
The NEEP Student Advisory Committee is an informal "gathering place" for student-focused advocacy in the Nuclear Engineering & Engineering Physics Department. We work to ensure students are represented at meetings that could have implications for NEEP student life, such as the monthly NEEP departmental meetings. Past (and current!) work includes advocating for revisions to the NEEP qualifying exams, improving the first year graduate student experience, and generally promoting a sense of community within the NEEP department.
UW ANS
The UW student section of the American Nuclear Society shapes our members to be positive role models in our community and world through the use of professional development and public outreach events. Events include: student conferences, power plant tours, and youth workshops.