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Prof. Field has been been awarded funding for research as part of the U.S. Department of Energy Early Career Award (ECA) program. The research entitled, “Precipitate Stability and Helium Trapping in Advanced Steels” will focus on the complex synergies between tailored precipitate microstructures and the damage imparted via displacements and transmutations in steels used in future fusion reactor devices.

Prof. Field has received announcement of the award of his Nuclear Energy University Program proposal titled, “Development of a High Throughput Nuclear Materials Synthesis Laboratory.” The project will allow for the acquisition of equipment to establish rapid materials consolidation and modification to complement the already established facilities at the University of Michigan, including the world-class Michigan Ion Beam Laboratory (MIBL).

Congratulations NERS Class of 2020 and to our very own Tommy Wong! View our NERS end of the year video below, and “Glow” Blue!

Congratulations to Pengyuan Xiu for completing his prospectus exam titled, “Dislocation loop and microchemical evolution in ion irradiated structural materials for advanced reactor applications.” This work examined the microstructural and microchemical evolution in Ni-based, FeCrAl, and additive manufactured alloys and highlighted Pengyuan’s expertise in microscopy and characterization.

Kelsy Green’s paper titled, “Microstructural tailoring of ferritic/martensitic grade 91 steel using wire arc additive manufacturing” was selected among the twenty-five most outstanding ones of International Youth Nuclear Congress (IYNC) 2020.

Prof. Field published two new papers: A paper providing a perspective on the FESAC transformative enabling capabilities (TEC) A paper on the use of multidimensional data combined with stereomicroscopy based algorithms to rapidly image radiation defects in 3D

NOME Lab group members Prof. Field, Pengyuan Xiu, and Kelsy Green presented their recent research findings at the TMS 2020 conference in San Diego, CA. Congrats to Kelsy and Pengyuan for excellent presentations!

Congrats to Gabriella Bruno for completing her first irradiation in the Michigan Ion Beam Laboratory as part of her work within the SNAP project! The irradiation was a dual beam irradiation completed to 70.

Congrats to Gabriella Bruno for completing her first irradiation in the Michigan Ion Beam Laboratory as part of her work within the SNAP project! The irradiation was a dual beam irradiation completed to 70.

NOME lab members will be attending the TMS 2020 conference in San Diego, CA. If you are attending, you’re invited to see the following talks from our group members and collaborators: