Zefeng Yu, 4th year Ph.D candidate, spend 2019 summer in Idaho National Laboratory (INL) as an intern in the advanced material characterization group at Material and Fuel Complex (MFC). His managers at INL are Lingfeng …
Year: 2019
3 Oral presentations to be given in MiNES Confernece Oct 6-10, 2019 in Baltimore, MD
Three Oral presentations from our group will be given in Materials in Nuclear Energy Systems (MiNES 2019) conference in Baltimore, MD from 6 to 10th of October 2019. The three talks will be on the …
Two new grants from DOE are awarded to the group!
Exciting news to share! The UW-Madison Nuclear engineering program has a unique strength in experimental programs to develop nuclear technology. PI Adrien Couet has received two grants from DOE Nuclear Energy University Program. The first …
Congratulations to Jake Quincey for his performance recognition in 2018 Nuclear Innovation Bootcamp at UC-Berkeley
Jake Quincey, a senior undergraduate researcher in the group, was recognized recently for his performance at the 2018 Nuclear Innovation Bootcamp at University of California, Berkeley. Jake has developed his love for innovation at the …
New article published!
Congratulations to M. Moorehead et al. for their accepted paper in Corrosion Science entitled: M. Moorehead, Z. Yu, L. Borrel, J. Hu, Z. Cai, A. Couet “Comprehensive Investigation of the Role of Nb on the …
2019 TMS conference
Many members of the group have participated to the 2019 TMS conference in San Antonio from March 10th to 14th 2019. Two members of the group have presented at the Materials for Molten Salt Energy …
A new member has arrived in the group in March 2019!
Welcome to Iman Abdallah who has joined the group in March2019! Iman is a postdoctoral associate and will work on the corrosion behavior of engine valves composed of austenitic steels exposed to different gaseous environments …
A new Rapid Turnaround Experiment (RTE) has been awarded!
The group has been awarded a new RTE by the Nuclear Science User Facilities (NSUF) on the use of ChemiSTEM to study the Nb redistribution in M5 fuel cladding irradiated at high burnup. Thanks to …
Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy project awarded!
A large research project led by Prof. Couet has been awarded by the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). In this project, the University of Wisconsin-Madison is developing new materials that are resistant to molten salt …
Quick summary of our research!
Read a quick summary of the research performed in the group here, and thanks to the Grainger Institute for Engineering for showcasing our research and thoughts on advanced nuclear!