Gordon Research Conference

Prof. Couet has won the best poster award at the Gordon Research Conference on High Temperature Corrosion. This Conference took place during the dates July 9-14 at Colby Sawyer College (NH). The conference aims at presenting …

Department of Energy Research Funding

The Engineering Physics Department has been awarded funding for future research in nuclear energy. The University of Wisconsin–Madison will receive an estimated $9.3 million in funding from the United States Department of Energy (DOE) for advanced …

Department of Energy Fellowship

Calvin Parkin, a prospective graduate student in the lab, has received a fellowship through the U.S. Department of Energy’s Nuclear Energy University Program. Each year, the DoE awards over $5 million to undergraduate and graduate …

2017 American Nuclear Society Student Conference

Five members of the research group recently attended The American Nuclear Society Student Conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  This is a student led, professional development opportunity for students all around the nation to present their work …

The Autoclave has Arrived!

The laboratory is now equipped with a state of the art high pressure, high temperature autoclave! The autoclave is equipped of four electrochemical feedtroughs, one high temperature reference electrode and three sapphire windows protected by …

Advance Photon Source

The research group went to the Advanced Photon Source (APS) synchrotron at Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) to perform experiments at one of their beamlines. They use a beamline with high photon flux and nanometer beam …

New Undergraduate Students

Two undergraduates student in the Engineering Physics Department have joined the research group. Calvin Parkin is a Senior in the Engineering Physics Department. His project deals with radiation resistant high entropy alloys.       …

New Students!

Four new graduate students have joined the research group!Michael Moorehead is a new PhD Student and NRC fellow in the Engineering Physics Department, coming from Arizona State University. His research focuses on performing X-ray Absorption …

New Student!

Nans Lacombe has joined the research group over the summer to work on the corrosion of steels in supercritical CO2 environment in partnership with “Électricité de France” (EDF) and “Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux …