Consortium for Enabling Technologies and Innovation

2025 ETI Workshop Successfully Concluded!

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ETI consortium successfully hosted its final Annual Workshop on February 04, 2025, at the Historic Academy of Medicine (875 W Peachtree St NW, Atlanta, GA 30309), Georgia Institute of Technology. About 70 participants representing university partners, national laboratories, and the government joined together to review and strengthen the research collaborations between the labs and the universities. The workshop also enhanced the collaborative research and education environment to support cross-cutting technologies across three thrust areas for nuclear nonproliferation!

Dr. Biegalski Receives Top International Award in Nuclear Radiochemistry

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Dr. Steven Biegalski, the ETI Thrust Area Lead of TA2, is receiving the 2025 George Hevesy Medal — the highest international award for career achievements in applied nuclear and radiochemistry.

The medal honors Biegalski’s research and contributions to nuclear analytical chemistry, specifically for “developing comprehensive methods for analyzing radioxenon signatures and creating isotopically pure radioxenon samples, supporting global nuclear monitoring efforts and nuclear accident response.” The medal is sponsored by the Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry with honorees selected by a dedicated panel of scholars overseen by the Board of the Hevesy Award. The award is named after György Hevesy, who won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1943 for his work on the use of radionuclides as tracers in the study of chemical processes. Dr. Biegalski will receive the Hevesy Medal in March.

Mackenzie Duce — One of “NEA Global Forum Rising Stars”

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The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency’s Global Forum Rising Stars Workshop 2024 was hosted at the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) in Karlsruhe, Germany on 25-26 November 2024. This annual event supports the professional development of talented female scientists pursuing careers in nuclear science and technology. Participants from around the world joined together for two full days of talks, career panels, and networking opportunities! Mackenzie Duce — ETI student from Georgia Institute of Technology — are one of these “Rising Stars”!

The Global Forum Rising Stars Programme’s mission is to reach within the nuclear field, adjacent disciplines, and beyond to welcome female rising stars in science, technology, education and policy into the global nuclear community. 

Inspired at the 2024 ETI Summer School

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ETI consortium successfully hosted its fourth ETI Annual Summer School. The Part I of this summer school was virtually held on June 12 – August 7, 2024, and received about 30 registrations. The Part II of 2024 ETI Summer School was held in-person at Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, TN, on August 11 – 16, 2024, with 15 participants at various academic levels and backgrounds selected from both universities and national labs in US.

In this program, cross-cutting technologies across core disciplines for nuclear nonproliferation were explored, including data science and nuclear nonproliferation, instrumentation in fuel cycle monitoring, material selection  and sensor manufacturing, facility surveillance and predictive analytics. In addition to invited lectures and panel discussion by research scientists, in-person hands-on experiments, lab demonstrations and tours were also conducted for the Part II, including travel to ORNL to meet phenomenal scientists and tour comprehensive & advanced labs.

This summer school was a great success according to the feedback from participants, for example, Kassidy Aztergo, who is a PhD student in Chemistry from The Ohio State University, “I have met some phenomenal leaders during this summer school. I was totally was inspired by their talks and the hands-on experience, especially during the Early Career Luncheon at ORNL. Thank these scientists for showing the possibilities of career advancement, while prioritizing family commitments and for proving that a non-linear career path can build you into a capable, well-rounded scientist!” (click here for more details)

Dr. Raymond Cao Appointed to the Ohio Nuclear Development Authority

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Dr. Raymond Cao, Nuclear Engineering Professor & Nuclear Reactor Lab Director at the Ohio State University, who is also the lead of Thrust Area 3 of ETI consortium, has been appointed by the Office of Ohio Governor Mike DeWine to the Ohio Nuclear Development Authority. The authority is responsible for the development of advanced nuclear reactor commercialization, isotope production and nuclear waste reduction.