NSSC Students Honored with Awards at UITI Review Meeting

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Oral and poster presenters competed for four awards as a part of the University & Industry Technical Interchange (UITI) Program & Technical Review Meeting held June 7-9, 2016 in Raleigh, North Carolina. Three of these awards went to students of the Nuclear Science and Security Consortium. The UITI Meeting was hosted by the Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration, Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation.

Ross Barnowski, University of California, Berkeley, won for his oral presentation on “Volumetric Gamma-Ray Imaging in Real Time.”

James Bevins, University of California, Berkeley, won an for his oral presentation on “Modification of NIF Neutron Spectrum for Forensics Applications.”

Nick Walsh, University of California, Davis, won for his poster presentation on “Investigation of a Neutron Spallation Cross-Section in Argon.”

The UITI 2016 Review Meeting is an opportunity to showcase the DNN R&D funded research projects from universities and their national laboratory partners to the broader nuclear security and nonproliferation community. The Consortium for Nonproliferation Enabling Capabilities (CNEC), Consortium for Verification Technology (CVT), and the Nuclear Science and Security Consortium (NSSC) were represented.

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