{"129431":{"#nid":"129431","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Receives $3.1M for Nuclear Energy Research and Education","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech has been awarded $3.1 million from the U.S. Department of Energy for research and scholarships focused on nuclear energy.The Obama Administration handed out a total of $47 million to 46 schools across the country on May 8.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDaniel Poneman, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy, said $3.1 million will go to three research projects at Georgia Tech focused on developing new and advanced nuclear reactor designs and technologies, while addressing their cost, safety and security.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe money will also fund research examining new fuel and core designs as well as two undergraduate scholarships and three graduate student fellowships. With the support of this program, students will receive financial support to pursue a degree in the nuclear field and gain the skills and experiences they need to succeed in a nuclear science and engineering career.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This funding will help Georgia Tech and the country to enhance the quality of nuclear education and research in order to support the development of the next generation of nuclear workforce, technology and research,\u0022 said Farzad Rahnema, chair of the Nuclear and Radiological Engineering and Medical Physics Programs at Georgia Tech.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUndergraduate students will receive a $5,000 scholarship, while fellowship winners will receive $50,000 annually over the next three years in addition to a summer internship at a National Laboratory. The selected students will study a breadth of critical nuclear energy issues, from fuel cycle sustainability to reactor efficiency and design.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe three research projects in the College of Engineering that were funded include: \u0022Uncertainty Quantification and Management for Multiscale Nuclear Materials Modeling,\u0022 David McDowell, PI; \u0022Nonlinear Ultrasonic Techniques to Monitor Radiation damage in RPV and Internal Components,\u0022 Lawrence Jacobs, PI; and \u0022Fuel and Core Design Options to Overcome the Heavy Metal Loading Limit,and Improve Performance and Safety of Liquid Salt Cooled Reactors,\u0022 Bojan Petrovic, PI.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe U.S. Department of Energy awarded Georgia Tech funding for two undergraduate scholarships, three graduate fellowships, three research projects and an infrastructure improvement.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Funding will help Georgia Tech advance nuclear energy research and train the next generation of nuclear industry leaders."}],"uid":"27462","created_gmt":"2012-05-09 16:10:27","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:12:13","author":"Liz Klipp","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-05-09T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-05-09T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"125291":{"id":"125291","type":"image","title":"Tech Tower","body":null,"created":"1449178604","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:36:44","changed":"1475894749","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:49","alt":"Tech Tower","file":{"fid":"194497","name":"tech-tower.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tech-tower_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tech-tower_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":164905,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tech-tower_0.jpg?itok=RIvqAQtP"}}},"media_ids":["125291"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/inlportal.inl.gov\/portal\/server.pt?mode=2\u0026objID=600\u0026open=512","title":"Nuclear Energy University Programs"},{"url":"https:\/\/inlportal.inl.gov\/portal\/server.pt\/community\/neup_home\/600\/FY-12_R\u0026D_awards","title":"Full List of R\u0026D Awards"},{"url":"https:\/\/inlportal.inl.gov\/portal\/server.pt\/community\/neup_home\/600\/FY-12_Infrastructure_awards","title":"Infrastructure Awards"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.coe.gatech.edu\/","title":"College of Engineering"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"144","name":"Energy"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"33081","name":"$3.1 million"},{"id":"5731","name":"fellowships"},{"id":"479","name":"Green Buzz"},{"id":"33071","name":"infrastructure improvements"},{"id":"12430","name":"nuclear energy"},{"id":"365","name":"Research"},{"id":"167132","name":"Scholarships"},{"id":"28931","name":"U.S. Department of Energy"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EKay Kinard, College of Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404-385-7358\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["kay.kinard@coe.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}