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 …
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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!
2019 UW Additive Manufacturing Workshop:
Prof. Couet presented at the 2019 UW Additive Manufacturing workshop on January 25th 2019 on the cross-cutting technology needs of nuclear engineering related to additive manufacturing and more specifically on how additive manufacturing is used …
New members of the group have arrived in January 2019!
Welcome to Bonita Goh (PhD student from University of Michigan and Washington State University) and Merve Karatas (MS student from Middle East Technical University in Turkey) who have joined the group this January 2019.
Oral presentation at 2018 Winter ANS conference:
Calvin Parkin presented at the 2018 Winter American Nuclear Society conference from November 12th to 16th on “Radiation Resistant High Entropy Alloys– High-throughput Alloy Characterization and Heavy-ion Irradiation”.
Oral and poster presentations at NuMat 2018:
Many members of the group attended the 2018 Nuclear Materials conference (NuMat 2018) organized in Seattle from October 15th to 19th. Cody Falconer presented on “Corrosion of Hastelloy-N in Molten Fluoride Salts” and Prof. Couet …
Advanced Vehicle Technologies Research project awarded!
The group has been awarded a project by DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy in collaboration with the University of Florida, Idaho National Laboratory, and Federal-Mogul. We will be developing a tool for …
SNEAP conference:
The 51st Symposium of the North Eastern Accelerator Personnel (SNEAP) conference was organized by the University of Wisconsin Department of Engineering Physics and Grainger Institute of Engineering on September 23 – 27, 2018. The program …
New members have joined the group in October 2018!
Welcome to Taeho Kim, Jadin Swarts and Evan Buxton who have joined the group this summer 2018! Taeho is a postdoctoral associate, expert in fuel cladding corrosion and autoclave/loop testing. Jadin is a PhD student …
Received Recirculation Loop
To enhance the current lab capabilities, the lab has acquired a chemistry controlled recirculation loop (stainless steel 316, max. temperature 360ºC, max. pressure of 200 bar and volume flow rate 15 l/h), which will be …