2012 Innovations in Fuel Cycle Research Award Winners

The U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Energy, Office of Fuel Cycle Technologies congratulates the following winners of the 2012 Innovations in Fuel Cycle Research Awards. In addition to cash awards, winning students will have a variety of other opportunities including participating in an Innovators' Forum and participating in the Fuel Cycle Technologies Annual Meeting.

Winners of the Open Competition
Advanced Materials
First Place Leland Barnard University of Wisconsin at Madison	Second Place Tyler Moss University of Michigan

Chemical Separations
First Place Robert Hoover University of Idaho	Second Place Ko Nee University of California at Irvine

Nuclear Fuels
First Place Jeremy Washington Colorado School of Mines	Second Place Joshua Daw University of Idaho

Nuclear Material Accountability and Control Instrumentation
First Place Mark Norsworthy University of Michigan	Second Place Michael Foxe Pennsylvania State University

Nuclear Science and Engineering
First Place Joshua Richard Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Second Place Anselmo Cisneros University of California at Berkeley

Systems Analysis and Energy Policy
First Place Bethany Smith Vanderbilt University	Second Place Patrick Migliorini University of Virginia

Waste Forms
First Place Edward Mausolf University of Nevada at Las Vegas	Second Place Matthew Polinski University of Notre Dame

Winners of the Competition for Students Who Attend Universities with <$630 Million in 2009 R&D Expenditures
Michael Baker Colorado School of Mines	Cole Gentry University of Tennessee at Knoxville	Nathan George University of Tennessee at Knoxville

Joseph Graham University of Texas at Austin	Robert McDonald Arizona State University

Winners of the Undergraduate Competition
David Frazer University of California at Berkeley	Amanda Lang University of Wisconsin at Madison	Randolph Schiffer University of Michigan

Eric Shinn University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	Jason vonEhr University of Michigan

2012 Innovations in Fuel Cycle Research Award Winners

Winners of the Open Competition

Winners of the Competition for Students Who Attend Universities with <$630 Million in 2009 R&D Expenditures

Winners of the Undergraduate Competition