The 2026 University Program Review Meeting was held at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville in June 2026.
Megan Shiferl (UCB) was awarded Best Oral Presentation “First Experimental LIBS Measurement of Protactinium”. Megan is a graduate student advised by Prof. Rebecca Abergel (UCB); and Dr. Jen Shusterman and Dr. Kevin Glennon (NSSC alumni) at LLNL.
Dominic Lioce (UCB) was awarded Best National Laboratory Project Collaboration “Particle Transport in 3D non-Markovian Stochastic Media”. Dominic is a recent PhD graduate advised by Prof. Jasmina Vujic (UCB) and Prof. Anil Prinja (UNM). Dominic’s research experience in simulation of stochastic media spans across three national laboratories:
– LLNL, 2024-2026, Dr. Patrick Brantley
– SNL, 2023, Dr. Aaron Olson
– LANL, 2022, Dr. Todd Urbatsch
Kate Joshi (UTK) was awarded Best Poster “Contraband detection in air cargo with a 6×6 NaI(Tl) detector array and pulsed 14 MeV neutrons”. Kate is a graduate student advised by Prof. Jason Hayward (UTK) and Dr. Phoenix Baldez at SNL.
Congratulations to these award winners!