ARFC - Key Persons
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- Undergraduate Research Assistant
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Adam received his undergraduate degree in 2019 and accepted a job at Epic Systems in Madison, WI
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- Undergraduate Research Assistant
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Aditya Bhosale was an undergraduate researcher with ARFC while he was an undergraduate studying Aerospace Engineering at IIT Bombay, interested in HPC.
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- Undergraduate Research Assistant
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Akanksha was an undergraduate reseearcher in ARFC interested in nuclear physics computation, nuclear fuel cycles, and cybersecurity.
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Alex was a postdoctoral researcher with ARFC. He is dedicated to a reasonable marriage between openness and nuclear energy research. He is now a staff scientist at INL.
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- Graduate Research Assistant
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Amanda was a PhD student working on fuel cycle modeling. She received her PhD in 2023, and is now a postdoc at Argonne National Laboratory.
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- Undergraduate Research Assistant
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Amber was an Undergraduate in NPRE interested in microreactors and other advanced reactor designs.
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- Graduate Research Assistant
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Andrei was a Research Assistant with ARFC focusing on fuel depletion calculations for Molten Salt Reactors. He received M.Sc. in 2018 and Ph.D in 2020. He is now a staff scientist at Argonne National Laboratory.
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- Undergraduate Research Assistant
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Anna was an NPRE undergraduate working on advanced reactor deployment efforts and video production for graduate reactor theory curriculum.
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- Undergraduate Research Assistant
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Anthony is an undergraduate student at the University of Illinois interested in computational nuclear physics.
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- Undergraduate Research Assistant
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Brad was an undergraduate researcher interested in fuel cycle analysis and repository simulation.
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- Undergraduate Research Assistant
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Ceser is an undergraduate in NPRE at UIUC. He is interested in the usage of simulations for reactor cores.
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- Undergraduate Research Assistant
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Daniel Chiu was an Undergraduate Student in UIUC, interested in fuel cycle simulations.
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- Undergraduate Research Assistant
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David Atwater was a Nuclear Engineering Undergraduate interested in working on computational nuclear engineering.
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Eleonora was a graduate student from Warsaw University of Technology from Poland who visited us for one semester before returning.
Job Titles:
- Undergraduate Research Assistant
Job Titles:
- Undergraduate Research Assistant
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Eric Riewski was an undergraduate researcher with ARFC. He later attended graduate school at the University of Wisconsin - Madiscon.
Job Titles:
- Undergraduate Research Assistant
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Gabriele is an NPRE undergraduate at UIUC. His interests in Math and Science motivate him to study the future of nuclear reactor devlopement.
Job Titles:
- Undergraduate Research Assistant
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Gavin was an undergraduate student in the NPRE department at UIUC interested in microreactors and other advanced reactor designs.
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- Undergraduate Research Assistant
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Gavin Ridley was an undergraduate researcher with ARFC. He is an undergraduate at UTK looking to help molten salt reactors come to fruition through HPC.
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Greg received his MS degree in 2019 and joined the ORNL Safeguards and Security Technology group upon graduation.
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- Graduate Research Assistant
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Gwendolyn Chee recieved her MS in Nuclear Engineering in 2018, and graduated from NPRE with her PhD in 2022.
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Huan Yan is a PhD candidate working on advanced characterization of irradiated structural materials.
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- Graduate Research Assistant
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Jin Whan Bae received his MS in 2018 and is now a staff member at ORNL
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- Undergraduate Research Assistant
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Julia is an undergraduate student at the University of Illinois who is eager to gain technical experience in the nuclear engineering field.
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- Undergraduate Research Assistant
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Katie was an undergraduate researcher with ARFC. She is now pursuing her PhD at the University of Wisconsin Madson
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- Associate Professor
- Director of the Advanced Reactors and Fuel Cycles Group at Illinois
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Katy is the director of the Advanced Reactors and Fuel Cycles group at Illinois. She previously served as the Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy in the United States Department of Energy.
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- Undergraduate Research Assistant
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Kip was an undergraduate student in the NPRE department at UIUC, he's currently pursuing his master's degree in nuclear engineering.
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- Graduate Research Assistant
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Lu is a Masters student using Monte Carlo codes to investigate the feasibility of Lunar Surface Fission Power. They also worked on reactor modeling projects with ARFC as an undergraduate and at Argonne post-bachelor's
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- Graduate Research Assistant
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Luke is a PhD student interested in advanced reactor modeling and simulation, particularly Molten Salt Reactors.
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- Undergraduate Research Assistant
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Maanu is a computer science undergraduate student interested in computer systems and scientific computing.
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Madicken is acting the director of the Advanced Reactors and Fuel Cycles group at Illinois.
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- Graduate Research Assistant
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Mark Kamuda was the first PhD student to graduate from the ARFC group. Upon graduation, he joined Applied Research Analytics in North Carolina as a Data Scientist.
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Matt worked as an undergraduate researcher with ARFC and joined Exelon upon graduation.
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- Undergraduate Research Assistant
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Matthew was an undergraduate research with ARFC, interested in nuclear physics computation and data science.
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Mitchell is a nuclear engineering undergraduate interested in spent fuel management.
Job Titles:
- Undergraduate Research Assistant
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Nataly is an undergraduate in NPRE at UIUC. Her interests in nuclear power stem largely from her concern for the environment and her love of physics, math, and computer science.
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- Undergraduate Research Assistant
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Nathan is an undergraduate student in nuclear engineering at UIUC.
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- Undergraduate Research Assistant
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Nathan is an undergraduate in NPRE at UIUC, interested in fission reactor fuel modeling and simulation.
Job Titles:
- Graduate Research Assistant
Olek is a graduate student interested in passive safety and operations, microreactors, and decentralized power generation. He is still trying to figure out how to integrate these interests into a viable career.
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Nathan is a graduate student interested in the nuclear fuel cycle, energy system modeling, and machine learning.
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- Graduate Research Assistant
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- Undergraduate Research Assistant
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Owen is an NPRE undergraduate at UIUC interested in modeling and simulation of nuclear power systems, especially Molten Salt Reactors
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- Undergraduate Research Assistant
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Rhys is an undergraduate in NPRE. He is interested in understanding the global fuel cycle.
Job Titles:
- Undergraduate Research Assistant
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Riley is an undergraduate in NPRE at UIUC. He is interested in the interactions between society, policy, and reactor technologies
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- Graduate Research Assistant
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Roberto is a Masters Student interested in mutiphysics simulations of advanced fission reactors.
Job Titles:
- Graduate Research Assistant
Job Titles:
- Undergraduate Research Assistant
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Snehal Chandan was an undergraduate researcher with ARFC while she was an undergraduate student studying Computer Science and Engineering at IIT Bombay.
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- Graduate Research Assistant
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Sonata is a graduate student interested in fuel cycle simulations and fusion edge plasmas.
Job Titles:
- Graduate Research Assistant
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Sun Myung Park is a PhD student embarking on his nuclear engineering journey.
Job Titles:
- Undergraduate Research Assistant
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Tyler was an undergraduate research interested in nuclear reactor physics computation. He is now pursuing a graduate degree.
Yukun Tan was an undergraduate researcher with ARFC while she pursued her undergraduate degree in CS at the University of Illinois.
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- Graduate Research Assistant
- NRC Fellow
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Zoe is an NRC fellow with an interest in advanced reactors, fuel cycles, and nonproliferation.