Our previous effort with the Consortium for Verification Technology (CVT) team has found success in graduating and transitioning 59 Ph. D. and postdoc researchers in nuclear science and security! We look forward to what this group of CVT graduates achieves at the national laboratories, industry, academia, and government in the coming years.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has announced the first group of 100 female students from around the globe to receive a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship. Among them is U-M Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences Ph.D. Student Lauren Nagel. According to IAEA, out of over 550 applicants from more than 90 countries, the first 100 fellows Continue Reading »
Prof. Alex Gaser (Princeton) and Prof. Patrick Huber (Va. Tech) are featured in the APA Physics paper titled, “Neutrino Detectors for National Security”.
Detecting neutrinos offers a new way to monitor the potential bomb materials inside a nuclear reactor, but the technology’s practicality remains uncertain.
Read the full APA Physics publication here.
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The Consortium for Monitoring, Technology, and Verification (MTV) held a successful annual workshop on March 9 – 11, 2020 at the University of Michigan.
This year’s workshop welcomed 102 participants in person (85) and online (17). The audience included faculty (24) and students (50) from MTV universities as well as national laboratory affiliates (26) and Continue Reading »
MTV faculty and students welcome Ms. Lisa Gordon-Hagerty, Under Secretary for Nuclear Security of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration, on January 14, 2020.
Prof. Sara Pozzi, MTV Director, and a selection of MTV students took the opportunity to share about their work on select projects within Continue Reading »