Awards

Awards to NSSC Personnel from 2011 – Present:


Jeremy KoertzenUCDGraduate StudentJeremy Koertzen, “Physics Outstanding Performance Citation,” UC Davis, May 2025.
James KingstonUCDGraduate StudentJames Kingston, “Professor Emerita Ling-Lie Chau Prize for Excellence in Graduate Studies,” UC Davis, June 2025.
Sofia HorowitzGWUUndergraduateSofia Horowitz, “Madeleine Reines Jacobs Scholarship,” George Washington University. April 2025.
Aaron FergusonAFITGraduate StudentAaron Ferguson, “2024 Best Student Paper,” Hardened Electronics And Radiation Technology (HEART) Conference, Monterey, CA. April 2025.
John LelandUIUCGraduate StudentJohn Leland, “Best Poster Presentation,” 2025 University Program Review (UPR), Gainesville, FL. June 2025.
Jacob FritchieUIUCGraduate StudentJacob Fritchie, “Best Oral Presentation,” 2025 University Program Review (UPR), Gainesville, FL. June 2025.
Megan SchiferlUCBGraduate StudentMegan Schiferl, “Best National Laboratory Collaboration,” 2025 University Program Review (UPR), Gainesville, FL. June 2025
Kyle HansenUNMGraduate StudentKyle Hansen, “Outstanding Nuclear Engineering Senior,” UNM, May 2025.
Luis StandUTKGraduate StudentLuis Stand, “UTK Excellence in Advising,” UTK, May 2025.
Mariya ZhuravlevaUTKFacultyMariya Zhuravleva, “UTK Undergraduate Research Mentor of the Year,” UTK, May 2025
Jason HaywardUTKFacultyJason Hayward, “UTK Research and Creative Achievement,” UTK, May 2025
Vladimir SobesUTKFacultyVladimir Sobes, “UTK Professional Promise in Research and Creative Achievement,” UTK, May 2025
Kimberly PestovichUTKGraduate StudentGrad, Kimberly Pestovich, Volunteer of Distinction, UTK Office of the Provost, 03/2025.
Kimberly PestovichUTKGraduate StudentGrad, Kimberly Pestovich, Best in Show Poster, Eastern Tennessee Section of the American Ceramic Society, 02/2025.
Grant RocheUIUCUndergraduateUndergrad, Grant Roche, Dean’s List, University of Illinois Grainger College of Engineering, March 2025
Alessandro IngegnoUCBUndergraduate‘Best Overall Paper’ at the American Nuclear Society Student Conference in Albuquerque
Alessandro IngegnoUCBUndergraduate“Best Paper” (topical) at the American Nuclear Society Student Conference in Albuquerque
Jason HaywardUTKFaculty2025 IEEE NPSS Merit Award
Jason HaywardUTKFacultyUTK Excellence in Research and Creative Achievement Award
Juan ManfrediAFITFacultyChair of the American Physical Society Committee on Education
Kimberly PestovichUTKGraduate StudentGrad. Kimberly Pestovich, 1st place, Oak Ridge ASM and UT Center for Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Student Night Poster Session, 02/2024.
Kimberly PestovichUTKGraduate StudentGrad. Kimberly Pestovich, Conference Assistantship, for 27th International Conference on the Application of Accelerators in Research and Industry (CAARI) and the 55th Symposium of Northeastern Accelerator Personnel (SNEAP), 03/2024. 
Kimberly PestovichUTKGraduate StudentGrad. Kimberly Pestovich, Travel Awards, UT MSE Department, Academic and Student Affairs, Access and Engagement to present as an invited speaker at the 9th Asian Conference on Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology, 2/2024.
Noah WaltonUTKGraduate Student2023-2024 Top PhD Student Award in the Department of Nuclear Engineering at UTK
Rebecca LalkUTKGraduate Student“Excellence in Service” by the UT Graduate Student Senate, University of Tennessee.
Max FratoniUCBFacultyANS Untermyer & Cisler Reactor Technology Medal
Peter BooneUCBGraduate StudentPeter Boone, Global Security 2024 Directorate Silver Award, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Global Security Principal Directorate, 04/2024
Kimberly PestovichUTKGraduate StudentGrad, Kim Pestovich, Excellence in Graduate Research, UTK Graduate Student Senate, 04/2024.
Kimberly PestovichUTKGraduate StudentGrad, Kim Pestovich, Outstanding Graduate Student Organization – GradSWE (Society of Women Engineers), UTK Graduate Student Senate, 04/2024.
Kimberly PestovichUTKGraduate StudentGrad, Kim Pestovich, “Outstanding Academic Student Organization – Materials Research Society,” UTK Center for Student Engagement, 04/2024.
Lexanne WeghornUTKGraduate StudentLexanne Weghorn, IReNA Visiting Fellowship, IReNA, May 2024
Noah WaltonUTKGraduate StudentNoah Walton, PhD Graduate Research Excellence Award, UTK, 04/24
Noah WaltonUTKGraduate StudentNoah Walton, Best Oral Presentation, UPR, 06/24
Grant RocheUIUCUndergraduateGrant Roche, NPRE Rising Undergraduate Research Award, NPRE Department/Grainger College of Engineering, April 2024
Ian ChiUCDUndergraduateIan Chi, Citation for Outstanding Performance – Mathematics Department, UC Davis Mathematics Department, 06/2024;
Ian ChiUCDUndergraduateIan Chi, Citation for Outstanding Performance – Physics Department, UC Davis Physics Department, 06/2024
James KingstonUCDGraduate StudentGrad, James Kingston, Best National Laboratory Collaboration, UPR, June/2024
Jacob FritchieUIUCGraduate StudentGraduate, Jacob Fritchie, Best Poster Presentation Award, UPR, June/2024
Chuck MelcherUTKFaculty2025 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Award
Kai VetterUCBFacultyThe Berkeley Lab Prize – Lifetime Achievement Award
Grant RocheUIUCUndergraduateGrant Roche, University Nuclear Leadership Program Scholarship, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, August 2024.
Joong Won LeeUCBUndergraduateJoong Won Lee, “University Nuclear Leadership Program Scholarship, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, August 2024.
Bob SvobodaUCDFacultyBob Svoboda is the winner of the APS DPF Instrumentation Award for 2024
Bethany GoldblumUCBFacultyProfessor Bethany Goldblum was elected to the Radiation Instrumentation Steering Committee (RISC) of the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society (NPSS).
Isaac HaynesTAMUGraduate StudentIsaac Haynes, “Consortium for Nuclear Forensics 2024 Workshop Student Presentation Award,” CNF Consortium, October 2024.
Jared JusticeUNMGraduate StudentJared Justice, “1st Place Student Oral Presentation,” Rio Grande Symposium on Advanced Materials, October 2024.
Sandra BogeticUTKFaculty“Nuclear Engineering Professor of the year award” at UTK
Kimberly PestovichUTKGraduate StudentGrad. Kimberly Pestovich, 1st place, Oak Ridge ASM and UT Center for Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Student Night Poster Session, 02/2024.
Kimberly PestovichUTKGraduate StudentGrad. Kimberly Pestovich, Conference Assistantship, for 27th International Conference on the Application of Accelerators in Research and Industry (CAARI) and the 55th Symposium of Northeastern Accelerator Personnel (SNEAP), 03/2024. 
Kimberly PestovichUTKGraduate StudentGrad. Kimberly Pestovich, Travel Awards, UT MSE Department, Academic and Student Affairs, Access and Engagement to present as an invited speaker at the 9th Asian Conference on Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology, 2/2024.
Noah WaltonUTKGraduate Student2023-2024 Top PhD Student Award in the Department of Nuclear Engineering at UTK
Rebecca LalkUTKGraduate Student“Excellence in Service” by the UT Graduate Student Senate, University of Tennessee.
Max FratoniUCBFacultyANS Untermyer & Cisler Reactor Technology Medal
Peter BooneUCBGraduate StudentPeter Boone, Global Security 2024 Directorate Silver Award, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Global Security Principal Directorate, 04/2024
Kimberly PestovichUTKGraduate StudentGrad, Kim Pestovich, Excellence in Graduate Research, UTK Graduate Student Senate, 04/2024.
Kimberly PestovichUTKGraduate StudentGrad, Kim Pestovich, Outstanding Graduate Student Organization – GradSWE (Society of Women Engineers), UTK Graduate Student Senate, 04/2024.
Kimberly PestovichUTKGraduate StudentGrad, Kim Pestovich, “Outstanding Academic Student Organization – Materials Research Society,” UTK Center for Student Engagement, 04/2024.
Lexanne WeghornUTKGraduate StudentLexanne Weghorn, IReNA Visiting Fellowship, IReNA, May 2024
Noah WaltonUTKGraduate StudentNoah Walton, PhD Graduate Research Excellence Award, UTK, 04/24
Noah WaltonUTKGraduate StudentNoah Walton, Best Oral Presentation, UPR, 06/24
Grant RocheUIUCUndergraduateGrant Roche, NPRE Rising Undergraduate Research Award, NPRE Department/Grainger College of Engineering, April 2024
Ian ChiUCDUndergraduateIan Chi, Citation for Outstanding Performance – Mathematics Department, UC Davis Mathematics Department, 06/2024;
Ian ChiUCDUndergraduateIan Chi, Citation for Outstanding Performance – Physics Department, UC Davis Physics Department, 06/2024
James KingstonUCDGraduate StudentGrad, James Kingston, Best National Laboratory Collaboration, UPR, June/2024
Jacob FritchieUIUCGraduate StudentGraduate, Jacob Fritchie, Best Poster Presentation Award, UPR, June/2024
Chuck MelcherUTKFaculty2025 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Award
Jasmina VujicUCBFacultyJasmina Vujic, “Nikola Tesla” Award for Scientific/Research Work and Technological Innovations; awarded by the Karic Foundation, Serbia, December 2023.
Kimberly PestovichUTKGraduate StudentKimberly Pestovich, First Place, Graduate Rapid Fire Collegiate Competition, Society of Women Engineers, October 2023. Research Lightning Talk.
Kimberly PestovichUTKGraduate StudentKimberly Pestovich, Travel Award, Society of Women Engineers and UTK Graduate Student Senate, October 2023.
Daniel RustromUTKGraduate StudentDaniel Rutstrom, First Place for NSS Student Paper Award; awarded at the IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium (NSS) and Medical Imaging Conference (MIC), November 2023.
Joey GordonUCBGraduate StudentJoey Gordon, Best Student Paper on Nuclear Data, University of California – Berkeley, December 23.
Tracy EdwardsMSUGraduate StudentTracy Edwards received the State of Michigan Spirit of Hope Governor’s Award.
Nolan KowittUCBUndergraduateNolan Kowitt, NRC University Nuclear Leadership Program, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, August/2023.
Megan SchiferlUCBGraduate StudentMegan Schiferl, Best Poster Award, 11th International Conference of F-Elements, 08/2023.
Hannah BergMSUGraduate StudentHannah C. Berg, Asian Nuclear Physics Association & AAPS-DNP Award for Young Scientist, Asian Nuclear Physics Association & AAPS-DNP, 09/2023
Kimberly PestovichUTKGraduate StudentKimberly Pestovich, Travel award, University of Tennessee Society of Women Engineers, 08/2023
Kimberly PestovichUTKGraduate StudentKimberly Pestovich, Travel award, Society of Women Engineers, 08/2023
Kimberly PestovichUTKGraduate StudentKimberly Pestovich, Travel award, American Association for Crystal Growth, 07/2023
Rebecca LalkUTKGraduate StudentRebecca Lalk, Best Graduate Student Poster, The Center of Materials Processing at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 08/2023
Kimberly PestovichUTKGraduate StudentGrad, Kimberly Pestovich, 3rd place Science as Art, University of Tennessee Knoxville Materials Research Society, 05/2023
Kimberly PestovichUTKGraduate StudentGrad, Kimberly Pestovich, Service Award, University of Tennessee Knoxville Department of Materials Science and Engineering, 05/2023
Kimberly PestovichUTKGraduate StudentGrad, Kimberly Pestovich, Travel Award, University of Tennessee Knoxville Graduate Student Senate, 04/2023
Kimberly PestovichUTKGraduate StudentGrad, Kimberly Pestovich, Best graduate lightning talk, ANS Student Conference, 04/2023
Rebecca LalkUTKGraduate StudentGrad, Rebecca Lalk, Induction into the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, University of Tennessee Knoxville Chapter, May/2023
Olivia StojakUIUCUndergraduateUndergrad, Olivia Stojak, NPRE Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, April 2023
Ousmane NdiayeUIUCGraduate StudentOusmane Ndiaye,Sloan University Center for Exemplary Mentoring (UCEM) at the University of Illinois, May 2023
Jenna GarciaTAMUGraduate StudentGraduate, Jenna Garcia, NSSC Best Oral Presentation, UPR, June 2023
Kara WilkeTAMUUndergraduateUndergrad, Kara Wilke, Best Poster Presentation – Undergrad Category, Department of Nuclear Engineering at Texas A&M University, April/2023
James McGreivyUCBUndergraduateUndergrad, James McGreivy, Departmental Citation Award in Physics, UC Berkeley, 5/23
Sasha KennedyUCBGraduate StudentGrad, Alexandra (Sasha) Kennedy, Virgil E. Schrock Award for Outstanding Mentorship, UC Berkeley, May 2023
Dominic LioceUCBGraduate StudentGrad, Dominic Lioce, Best NSSC Poster Award, UPR/NNSA, 06/2023.
Leila ShookUCBUndergraduateUndergrad, Leila Shook, College of Chemistry Research Grant, College of Chemistry at UC Berkeley, April/2023
Joe BrackbillUCBGraduate StudentGrad, Joe Brackbill, Best Inorganic Platform Talk, University of California Chemical Symposium Executive Committee, April 2023.
Jake HeclaUCBGraduate StudentJake Hecla, Stanton Fellowship, MIT
Juan ManfrediAFITFacultyFaculty, Juan Manfredi, “Leslie M. Norton Teaching Excellence Award”
Daniel RustromUTKGraduate StudentGrad; Rutstrom, Daniel; award – 3rd Place in the Graduate category at the Annual Student Poster Night, which consisted of a cash award from the Oak Ridge Chapter of ASM and travel award from the Center for Materials Processing; February 2023.
Daniel RustromUTKGraduate StudentGrad; Rutstrom, Daniel; “Development of Ultrafast Scintillator Cs2ZnCl4”; Annual Student Poster Night hosted by the Oak Ridge Chapter of ASM, Center for Materials Processing, and the Southeast Section of the American Association for Crystal Growth (AACG) at the University of Tennessee; February 2023; collaborators – Luis Stand, Charles L. Melcher, Mariya Zhuravleva.
Jenna GarciaTAMUGraduate StudentGrad. Jenna Garcia, Seaborg Fellowship Program Award, Seaborg Institute, march/2023
Peter BooneUCBGraduate StudentGrad, Peter Boone, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory Women’s Association Scholarship Award, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, March 2023.
Christian YoungUTKGraduate StudentGraduate: Christian Young, Student Service Award, University of Tennessee, Dec 2022 (awarded January 2023)
Daniel RustromUTKGraduate StudentGrad; Rutstrom, Daniel; award – 3rd Place in the Graduate category at the Annual Student Poster Night, which consisted of a cash award from the Oak Ridge Chapter of ASM and travel award from the Center for Materials Processing; February 2023.
Christopher HossackGWUGraduate StudentGrad, Christopher Hossack, 2023 G. T. Seaborg Institute Graduate Research Program at Los Alamos National Laboratory, LANL, March/2023.
Peter HosemannUCBFacultyOutstanding reviewer award 2022 for the journals acta materialia and scritpa materials, Elsevier
Emily FrameUCBGraduate Student​​Grad, Emily Frame. Best student paper on nuclear detection and imaging, Department of Nuclear Engineering, UC Berkeley, December, 2022.
James KingstonUCDGraduate StudentGrad, James Kingston, HEPCAT, UC Davis, 12/2022
Kimberly PestovichUTKGraduate StudentGrad, Kimberly Pestovich, travel award to present research at SCINT 2022 conference, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Tennessee, 07/2022
Kimberly PestovichUTKGraduate StudentUndergrad, James Pierce, 3rd place in the undergraduate student category at the Center for Materials Processing End of Summer Student Night, University of Tennessee, 08/2022
Kimberly PestovichUTKGraduate StudentGrad, Kimberly Pestovich, 1st place in the graduate student category at the Center for Materials Processing End of Summer Student Night, University of Tennessee, 08/2022
Benjamin WalusiakGWUGraduate StudentGrad, Benjamin Walusiak, 2022 G. T. Seaborg Institute Graduate Research Program, Los Alamos National Laboratory, June-August 2022
Jonathan MitchellUTKGraduate StudentInstitute of Nuclear Materials Management (INMM) JD Williams Student Paper Award
Daniel RustromUTKGraduate StudentBest Student Oral Presentation, SCINT 2022
Yassin HassanTAMUFaculty2022 Fluids Engineering Award
Benjamin WalusiakGWUGraduate Student2022 G. T. Seaborg Institute Graduate Research Program at Los Alamos National Laboratory, March/2022.
Jonathan MitchellUTKGraduate StudentINMM Student Award
Anthony LejaUIUCUndergraduateNPRE Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award
Daniel PuentesMSUGraduate StudentGrad. Daniel Puentes. Tracy A. Hammer Graduate Student Award for Professional Development. Michigan State University, April 2022.
Daniel PuentesMSUGraduate StudentGrad. Daniel Puentes, C. Konrad Gelbke Graduate Research Award, Michigan State University, April 2022.
Kimberly PestovichUTKGraduate StudentGrad. Kimberly Pestovich, Best Poster Presentation, NNSA DNN R&D UPR NSSC, 06/2022
Dominic LioceUNMUndergraduateUndergrad, Dominic Lioce, Outstanding Senior Award, UNM Nuclear Engineering, May 2022.
Harry JangUNLVGraduate StudentGrad. Harry Jang, 2022 Innovations in Nuclear Technology R&D Award: Competition for Students Attending Universities with Less than $600 Million in 2019 Science and Engineering R&D Expenditures, University Research Alliance, 05/2022. 
James McGreivyUCBUndergraduateUndergrad, James McGreivy, “Best Paper in the Human Factors and Instrumentation and Controls Track,” American Nuclear Society, 04/22
Laura ShiUCBUndergraduateUndergrad, Laura Shi. UC Berkeley Department Citation (#1 in graduating class), Department of Nuclear Engineering, May 2022
Austin MullenUCBGraduate StudentBest National Lab Collaboration
Jake HeclaUCBGraduate StudentHecla, Jake. “Best Oral Presentation” NNSA University Program Review. June 2022
Jenna GarciaTAMUGraduate Student2022 G. T. Seaborg Institute Graduate Research Program at Los Alamos National Laboratory, March/2022.
Daniel PuentesMSUGraduate StudentTracy Hammer Graduate Student Award, College of Natural Science @ Michigan State University, Mar/2022
Daniel PuentesMSUGraduate StudentCOGS Disciplinary Leadership Award, The Graduate School @ Michigan State University, Feb/2022
Christian YoungUTKGraduate StudentInvitation to Alpha Nu Sigma, The University of Tennessee, 03/2022
Daniel RustromUTKGraduate StudentFirst Place in Graduate Student Poster Competition
Peter HosemannUCBFaculty2022 TMS Brimacombe Medalist Award Winner
Sarah StevensonUCBGraduate StudentThird place in the poster competition at the TMS Conference
Katherine LuebkeUNLVGraduate StudentThird Place 3 Minute Thesis Competition, UNLV, November 2021
Nicole ByrneGWUGraduate StudentDOE SCGSR Fellowship
Kalie KnechtUCBGraduate StudentBest Student Paper on Radiation Detection and Imaging
Ben GodfreyUCDGraduate StudentOutstanding Paper Award, Original Research, NSSC, August 2021
Mark StraubUCBGraduate StudentOutstanding Paper Award, Review, NSSC, August 2021
Cordell DelzerUTKGraduate StudentOutstanding Thesis Award, RadDetection, NSSC, August 2021
Hi VoUCBGraduate StudentOutstanding Thesis Award, NE, NSSC, August 2021
Kelly KmakUCBGraduate StudentOutstanding Thesis Award, CHEM, NSSC, August 2021
Teal PershingUCDGraduate StudentOutstanding Thesis Award, NPP, NSSC, August 2021
Daniel PuentesMSUGraduate StudentTheda & Leonard Leventhal Scholarship, Sigma Alpha Mu Foundation, May 2021
Daniel PuentesMSUGraduate StudentImpact Innovations Award, Advancing Research Impact in Society (ARIS), May 2021
Mairead MontagueUTKGraduate StudentMasters Graduate Research Excellence Award, UTK Department of Nuclear Engineering 05/2021
Caleb ReddingUTKGraduate StudentAward for Professional Promise, University of Tennessee – Knoxville, May/2021.
Sarah StevensonUCBGraduate StudentGraduate Scholarship, American Nuclear Society, May 2021
Kalie KnechtUCBGraduate StudentVirgil E. Shrock Award for Outstanding Service, UC Berkeley Nuclear Engineering Department, April 2021
Emily FrameUCBGraduate StudentThird place student speaker at the Northern California Chapter of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine: The Young Investigators Symposium. Stanford University, June/2021.
Laura ShiUCBUndergraduateWilliam R. & Mila Kimel Nuclear Engineering Scholarship, American Nuclear Society, June 2021
Laura ShiUCBUndergraduateChristopher Wootton Award for “Superior service and leadership to the Department of Nuclear Engineering,” UC Berkeley Department of Nuclear Engineering, May 2021
Julie HeUCDGraduate StudentRyan Couch Memorial Fund, UC Davis Physics Department, Jan/2021
Austin MullenUCBGraduate StudentNuclear Scholars Initiative: Nuclear Scholar, CSIS Project on Nuclear Issues, 02/21
Nicole ByrneGWUGraduate StudentProvost’s Graduate Merit Fellowship, GWU, December 2020
Roy ReadyMSUGraduate StudentCollege of Natural Science Completion Fellowship, MSU, 12/20
Kimberly PestovichUTKGraduate StudentWorker Environmental Safety and Security Team STAR Award, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 10/2020
Kimberly PestovichUTKGraduate Student1st place in the crystal growth poster contest, American Association for Crystal Growth Southeast, 10/2020.
Jake TibbettsUCBGraduate StudentBulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ 2020 Leonard M. Rieser Award
Daniel RustromUTKGraduate Student2020 Innovations in Nuclear Technology R&D Award Winner
Mariah RameriezTAMUGraduate StudentNSSPI Students Receive Seaborg Institute Summer Research Fellowship https://nsspi.tamu.edu/nsspi-students-receive-seaborg-institute-summer-research-fellowship/
August RidenourGWUGraduate StudentAmerican Institute of Chemists Graduate Award, American Institute of Chemists, May/2020
Daniel RutstromUTKGraduate StudentInnovations in Nuclear Technology R&D Awards – First Place in the Open Competition for the category of Material Protection, Control, and Accountancy (instrumentation, detectors, and sensors for safeguards and nonproliferation); Awarding Institution: U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Technology Research and Development; Month/Year: June 2020
James Louis JeanUNLVGraduate StudentInnovations in Nuclear Technology R&D Awards Awards, 1st place winner in Material Recovery and Waste Form Development, US DOE, June 2020
Andrew ReddieUCBGraduate StudentKrulak Center Non-Resident Fellowship (Marine Corps University) June 2020
Charlie CummingsUCBUndergraduateBerkeley Physics Undergraduate Research Scholar, UC Berkeley, 12/2019
Andrew ReddieUCBPostdoc2020-2021 Hans J. Morgenthau Fellow.
James Louis JeanUNLVGraduate Student1st place for the 2020 Fuel Cycle Innovation Award, material and recovery section
Katherine Thornock UNLVGraduate StudentSeaborg Summer Research Fellow, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Bethany GoldblumUCBFacultyCorones Award – https://www.krellinst.org/about-krell/news-events/goldblum-corones-award
Jake TibbettsUCBUndergraduateBest Student Game at the 2019 Serious Games Showcase and Challenge
Kevin GlennonTAMUGraduate StudentGrad. Glennon, Kevin. Outstanding Presentation in Chemistry. Los Alamos National Laboratory, August 2019.
Kevin GlennonTAMUGraduate StudentSeaborg Fellowship. Los Alamos National Laboratory, June to October 2019.
Tim GendaUCBGraduate StudentGraduate Research Scholar Appointment – LLNL
Daine DanielsonUCDUndergraduate2019 Innovations in Nuclear Technology R&D Award Winners Announced
Kevin GlennonTAMUGraduate StudentSeaborg Fellowship, Los Alamos National Laboratory. Summer 2019.
Jake Hecla, Rebecca Krentz-Wee, and Andrew ReddieUCBGraduate StudentHonorable mention in the National Science Policy Network Writing Competition with their article concerning the future of nuclear command, control, and communication to appear in a forthcoming Journal of Science Policy and Governance.​
Eric MatthewsUCBGraduate StudentBest National Laboratory Collaboration, UPR 2019, 06/2019
Rebecca Krentz WeeUCBGraduate StudentBest Oral Presentation, UPR 2019, 06/2019
Milos AtzUCBGraduate StudentRoy G. Post Nuclear Waste Management Graduate Scholarship. Roy G. Post Foundation, March, 2019.
Angela SimoneUTKGraduate StudentExtraordinary Professional Promise Citation, April 2019
Andrew ReddieUCBGraduate StudentUniversity of California Post-Doctoral Fellowship, September 2019, Faculty: Vinod K. Aggarwal
Emily VuUCBUndergraduateBest Presentation in Mathematics and Computation.
Daniel RutstromUTKGraduate StudentIntegrated University Program (IUP) 3 Year Graduate Fellowship, award by DOE-NE, March 2019.
Mariya ZhuravlevaUTKFacultyNSF Career Award
Mara GrinderMSUGraduate StudentGrad. Grinder, Mara. Travel and Research Enhancement Funds, Graduate School at Michigan State University, Oct. 2018
Daniel RutstromUTKUndergraduateUndergrad. Rutstrom, Daniel, “Optimizing Europium Concentration and Investigating New Activators for Cs​4S​ rI​6​ and Cs​4C​ aI​6 Scintillators” AACG-SE and Oak Ridge Chapter of ASM Student Poster Night. Awards: 3rd place in crystal growth category, 1st place undergrad
Adriana UrecheUCBGraduate StudentGrad. Adriana Ureche, Graduate Division Conference Travel Grant, UC Berkeley, Oct 2018.
Daniel HellfeldUCBGraduate StudentGrad. Hellfeld, Daniel. Best paper award (radiation detection), UC Berkeley Department of Nuclear Engineering, December 2018.
Barbara JacakUCBFaculty2018 APS Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics
Daniel HellfeldUCBGraduate Student2018 Valentin T. Jordanov Radiation Instrumentation Travel Grant
Nanthakishore MakeswaranMSI-NSSC1Graduate Student2018 Dr. W. Moeller Award from the International Society for Nuclear Air Treatment Technology (ISNATT)
Vincent FischerUCDPostdocNeutrino Physics Center Fellowship, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, May 2018.
Tyler JordanUCBGraduate StudentBest National Laboratory Collaboration for the NSSC, University Program Review. June 2018.
Teal PershingUCDGraduate StudentBest Oral Presentation from NSSC. University Program Review (UPR), NNSA, June 2018.
Sandra BogeticUCBGraduate Student“Lawrence Livermore Scholar Graduate Fellowship”, LLNL, October 2018;
Roy ReadyMSUGraduate StudentDOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research Program.
Natalie JohnsUNLVUndergraduateUNLV Office of Undergraduate Research Award
Mairead MontagueUCBUndergraduateVisiting Faculty Research Fellowship, Oak Ridge Associated Universities. June 2018.
Mairead MontagueUCBUndergraduateTennessee Graduate Fellowship of Excellence, University of Tennessee Knoxville. May 2018.
Nanthakishore MakeswaranUTEPGraduate StudentDr. W. Moeller Award
Katherine Thornock UNLVGraduate StudentBest Poster at the University Program Review (UPR), NNSA from NSSC, June 2018.
Jiang ZiruiUCBUndergraduateDeptartment Citation
Jason RichardsUNLVGraduate StudentFirst Place Innovations in Nuclear Technology R&D Award, DOE-NE, May 2017
Jason MathenyUTKUndergraduateTop Junior Academic Award, UTK, April 2017
James Louis JeanUNLVGraduate StudentSeaborg Summer Research Fellow, Los Alamos National Laboratory, June 2018.
Jacob Cutter UCDGraduate StudentDOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research Fellowship
Eric MatthewsUCBGraduate StudentNational Nuclear Security Administration Graduate Fellowship, Livermore NNSA field office
Daniel RutstromUTKUndergraduateUndergraduate Research Travel Grant to attend the SORMA conference. Office of Undergraduate Research (UTK). April 2018.
Daniel RutstromUTKUndergraduateInnovations in Nuclear Technology R&D – Competition for Students who Attend Universities with Less than $600M in 2015 Science and Engineering R&D Expenditures. Department of Energy. April 2018.
Daniel RutstromUTKUndergraduateMSE Departmental Awards – Roberto Benson Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research. UTK Materials Science and Engineering Department. April 2018.
Daniel RutstromUTKUndergraduateSilver Award from the Office of Research and Engagement. EUReCA. Institutions: Tickle College of Engineering (UTK), Office of Undergraduate Research within the Office of Research and Engagement (UTK). April 2018.
Daniel RutstromUTKUndergraduate3rd place in the College of Engineering research category. EUReCA. Institutions: Tickle College of Engineering (UTK), Office of Undergraduate Research within the Office of Research and Engagement (UTK). April 2018.
Daniel RutstromUTKUndergraduateMSE/CMP poster session travel award. UTK, August 2017
Daniel HellfeldUCBGraduate StudentRunner-up NSS Student Paper Competition, IEEE NSS-MIC, Oct. 2017. ‘Omnidirectional 3D Gamma-ray Imaging with a Free-moving Spherical Active Coded Aperture’
Brian LenardoUCDGraduate StudentLawrence Scholar Graduate Fellowship
Angela SimoneUTKGraduate StudentGraduate Research Excellence Award, University of Tennessee Department of Nuclear Engineering, April 2018.
UTK Team: Collette, Robyn. Rutstrom ,Daniel. Loyd, Matthew. Stand, Luis. Zhuravleva, Mariya. Melcher, Chuck.UTKGraduate Student“Investigation of Bi 3+ as an Activator for Scintillation in Lanthanum Halide Compounds”, AACG-SE Student Poster Night, Oak Ridge Chapter of ASM and AACG-SE, November/2016. Awarded 1st Place in the AACG-SE Graduate Student poster contest.
Stephen ParkerUCBGraduate StudentDistinguished Student Performance Award, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Sandra BogeticUCBGraduate StudentDepartmental Virgil Schrock award for Outstanding Mentorship
Roy ReadyMSUGraduate StudentDOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program, September 2017
Michael NachtUCBFacultyCarnegie Foundation Award
Michael MartinUCBUndergraduateInnovation in Nuclear Technology R&D 2017
Kelly KmakUCBUndergraduateGlen T. Seaborg Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Research in Chemistry
Kathy ShieldUCBGraduate StudentNuclear Engineering University Programs Graduate Fellowship, Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy, May 2017.
Josh BrownUCBGraduate Student“Best National Laboratory Collaboration,” University Program Review Meeting, June 2017.
John ArnoldUCBFacultyAppointed Undergraduate Dean at the UCB College of Chemistry 
Issac MeyerUCBUndergraduatePodium Presentation: Best in Fusion Energy Track at 2017 ANS Student Conference, ANS,
Eric MatthewsUCBGraduate StudentOutstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award, University of California, Berkeley. March 2018.
Eric MatthewsUCBUndergraduateChristopher Wootton Award
Emily FrameUCBGraduate StudentBest poster award at the 7th International Symposium of the “Phoenix Leader Education Program for Renaissance from Radiation Disaster” “Radiation & Radiation Detection: From Responding to Radiation Disasters to Saving Rhinos”
Daniel HellfeldUCBGraduate Student2017 IEEE NSS-MIC Trainee Grant
Daniel HellfeldUCBGraduate Student2017 Valentin T. Jordanov Radiation Instrumentation Travel Grant
Daniel HellfeldUCBGraduate Student“Best Oral Presentation,” University Program Review Meeting, June 2017.
Cordell DelzerUTKGraduate StudentBest Poster, University Program Review, NNSA, June 2017.
Caroline HughesUCBGraduate StudentGold Award for presentation on Human Resources Development in Nuclear Safety, Security, and Safeguards
Brad Sherril MSUFaculty2018 Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics.
Austin WrightUCBUndergraduate2017 DOE DNN R&D Network Science and Nuclear Nonproliferation Challenge
Andrew ReddieUCBGraduate StudentNSSC PPNT Nuclear Security Scholar
Jenna SmithMSUGraduate Student2012 MSU Alfred J. and Ruth Zeits Endowed Fellowship
Michael JonesMSUGraduate Student2015 MSU Alfred J. and Ruth Zeits Endowed Fellowship
Adriana UrecheUCBUndergraduateAmerican Physical Society’s Conference Experience for Undergraduates Lodging and Registration Award (Fall 2014)
Adriana UrecheUCBUndergraduateCertificate of Completion, International Safeguards Policy and Information—Monterey Institute of International Studies (2014)
Adriana UrecheUCBUndergraduateDean’s List of Honors—UC Berkeley College of Engineering (Spring 2014)
Adriana UrecheUCBUndergraduateInstitute of International Studies (IIS) Undergraduate Conference Travel Grant (Fall 2014)
Adriana UrecheUCBUndergraduateUndergraduate Research Assistant Program (URAP) Summer Employment Award (2014)
Adriana UrecheUCBUndergraduateUndergraduate Conference Grant, Institute of International Studies, UC Berkeley
Agnieszka CzeszumskaUCBGraduate StudentBest Poster Award, Advances in Radioactive Isotope Science
Agnieszka CzeszumskaUCBGraduate StudentLawrence Scholar, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Jan. 2013
Anna Bella KorbatovUCBUndergraduatePhi Beta Kappa 2015
Anna Bella KorbatovUCBUndergraduateUndergraduate Merit Award Certificate from the Institute of International Studies (IIS) at UC Berkeley
Bethany GoldblumUCBFacultyDecember 2014 Woman Physicist of the Month, Committee on the Status of Women in Physics, American Physical Society
Bethany GoldblumUCBFacultyFeatured in American Physical Society’s “Physics in Your Future” Booklet.
Bethany GoldblumUCBFacultyFederation of American Scientists -Fall 2015 Scientist Spotlight (https://fas.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/interviewbg_final.pdf)
Bethany GoldblumUCBFacultyPONI Speakers Bureau
Cameron BatesUCBGraduate StudentLawrence Scholar Fellowship 2012 (LLNL)
Christopher BrandUCBUndergraduateWooten Superior Service and Leadership Outstanding Service Award, Department of Nuclear Engineering, UC Berkeley, May 2015
Daniel HellfeldUCBGraduate StudentJD Williams Best Poster Award. Institute of Nuclear Materials Management. July 2015.
Eric NormanUCBFaculty2012 ANS Presidential Citation for Fukushima Work (the UCB NE Department received this citation)
Eric NormanUCBFacultyCo­recipient of the 2016 Breakthrough Prize in Physics for his contributions to the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory.
Eric NormanUCBFacultyFellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Oct. 2012
Eric NormanUCBFacultyScience & Technology Award, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, August, 2013
Erika SuzukiUCBUndergraduateInsitute of International Studies Undergraduate Conference Travel Award
Eva UribeUCBGraduate Student2013 NSF Fellowship
Gabriel KaufmanUCBUndergraduateSummer 2014 SURF Rose Hills Fellowship
Heino NitscheUCBFacultyHevesy Medal Award, 17th Radiochemical Conference, Marianske, Czech Republic, May 11, 2014.
James BevinsUCBGraduate StudentUITI Program Review Oral Presentation Award
Jasmina VujicUCBFaculty2012 ANS Presidential Citation for Fukushima Work (the UCB NE Department received this citation)
John ReadyUCBGraduate StudentVirgil Schrock Outstanding Leadership Award, Department of Nuclear Engineering, UC Berkeley, May 2015.
Jordan SabellaUCBUndergraduate“Fast neutron activation for post-detonation nuclear forensics,” American Nuclear Society meeting, Washington, D.C., November 2013. 3rd Place Poster.
Josh BrownUCBGraduate StudentCharacterizations of neutron detection systems for the National Ignition Facility, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Summer Student Poster Session, August 7, 2013. Outstanding Poster Award.
Kai VetterUCBFaculty2015 ANS Presidential Citation for Fukushima Work (the UCB NE Department received this citation)
Kai VetterUCBFaculty2012 ANS Presidential Citation for Fukushima Work (the UCB NE Department received this citation)
Kai VetterUCBFacultyANS Presidential Citation
Kai VetterUCBFacultyAPS Fellow
Katy HuffUCBPostdocCertificate of Appreciation for Exceptional Effort as the Secretary of the Young Members Group, President M.B. Raap of the American Nuclear Society, June 2014.
Katy HuffUCBPostdocCertificate of Appreciation for Exceptional Effort as the Secretary of the Young Members Group, President M.B. Raap of the American Nuclear Society, June/2014
Katy HuffUCBPostdocElected as Vice-Chair of the Fuel Cycle and Waste Management Division, American Nuclear Society, June 2014.
Katy HuffUCBPostdocElected as Vice-Chair of the Fuel Cycle and Waste Management Division, American Nuclear Society, June/2014
Katy HuffUCBPostdocProceedings Chair, SciPy Conference
Katy HuffUCBPostdocSteering Committee Chair, Software Carpentry Foundation
Keenan ThomasUCBSpecialistTravel award: Conference on Underground Science at SURF, Rapid City SD
Keenan ThomasUCBSpecialistTravel award: LRT2015; Seattle WA
Kelly RowlandUCBGraduate StudentVirgil Schrock Oustanding Service Award, Department of Nuclear Engineering, May 2015
Lauren JanneyUCBUndergraduateWooten Superior Service and Leadership Outstanding Service Award, Department of Nuclear Engineering, UC Berkeley, May 2015
Lee BernsteinUCBFacultyAPS Fellow
Lee BernsteinUCBFacultyExternal leadership for organizing the new UC branch of the US Nuclear Data Program Data Evaluation for Applied Nuclear Science (DEANS). Physics and Life Sciences Directorate Award, Lawrence! Livermore National Laboratory, September 2015.
Lee BernsteinUCBFacultyOutstanding mentor, Physics and Life Sciences Directorate Award, Lawrence Livermore
Leo KirschUCBGraduate StudentDOE NNSA Stewardship Science Graduate Fellowship
Mark SwansonUCBUndergraduateWooten Superior Service and Leadership Outstanding Service Award, Department of Nuclear Engineering, UC Berkeley, May 2015
Patricia SchusterUCBGraduate StudentBest Presentation Award, ANS Student Conference 2014
Patricia SchusterUCBGraduate StudentBest Student Presentation, IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Seattle, WA
Per PetersonUCBFaculty2012 ANS Presidential Citation for Fukushima Work (the UCB NE Department received this citation)
E. B. NormanUCBFacultyScience & Technology Award, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, August, 2013
Rachel SlaybaughUCBFacultyANS 2014 Young Member Excellence Award; 2014 ANS Presidential Citation
Rachel SlaybaughUCBFacultyCertificate of Governance for serving as the Chair of the NEED Committee, President M.B. Raap of the American Nuclear Society, June 2015.
Rachel SlaybaughUCBFacultyElected as a Member of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division, American Nuclear Society, June 2015.
Ross BarnowskiUCBGraduate StudentUITI Program Review Oral Presentation Award
Stanley PrussinUCBFaculty2012 ANS Presidential Citation for Fukushima Work (the UCB NE Department received this citation)
Thomas HickeyUCBGraduate StudentNuclear Scholars Initiative, Project on Nuclear Issues, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Brian LenardoUCDGraduate Student2014 Livermore Graduate Scholar Program
Chris GrantUCDPostdocHEP Intensity Frontier Fellowship Award
Chris GrantUCDPostdocIntensity Frontier Fellowship, US DOE August
Eric EmdeeUCDUndergraduateSaxon Patten Prize
James MoradUCDGraduate StudentOffice of Science Graduate Student Researcher Fellowship, Department of Energy
James MoradUCDGraduate StudentUC Davis/LLNL Joint Mentorship Scholarship
Jonathan LeafUCDUndergraduateHerbert A. Young Medal for graduating senior in College of Letters and Science
Mani TripathiUCDFacultyChancellor’s Award for Excellence in Mentoring Undergraduate Research
Mani TripathiUCDFacultyEuropean Physical Society High Energy and Particle Physics Prize (CMS experiment)
Matthew SyzdagisUCDPostdocUCD Award for Excellence in Postdoctoral Research
Nick WalshUCDGraduate StudentUITI Program Review Poster Award
Robert SvobodaUCDFacultyFellow, American Physical Society Division of Particles and Fields
Teal PershingUCDGraduate StudentUC Davis/LLNL Joint Mentorship Fellowship
Amber HennessyUCIGraduate StudentTravel Award, 2015 Women in Nuclear
Christian BustillosUCIGraduate Student2014 Seaborg Fellowship
Christian BustillosUCIGraduate Student2015 Seaborg Fellowship
Gabrielle CobosUCIUndergraduate2016 ANS Robert L. Long Memorial Scholarship Award, American Nuclear Society, June/2015.
George MillerUCIFacultyUSA Representative and Recorder, Technical Meeting at IAEA for formation of Global TRIGA Research Reactor Network, Vienna Austria, Fall 2013
Jennifer LoganUCIGraduate StudentNSF Fellowship
Jeremy PearsonUCIGraduate Student2015 Glen T. Seaborg ANS Congressional Fellow (awarded in 2014)
Ko NeeUCIGraduate Student2012 Fuel Cycle Innovations Award
Leila Safavi-TehraniUCIGraduate StudentDOW sustainability fellowship and is currently carrying out an internship at the DOW center for sustainability in Queensland, Australia.
Marie KirkegaardUCIUndergraduateDHS Nuclear Forensics Graduate Fellowship (currently at University of Tennessee Knoxville)
Quynh VoUCIGraduate Student2014 NSF Fellow
Daniel MastUNLVGraduate StudentNEUP Fellowship, 2014
Jaimie DaumUNLVGraduate StudentNEUP Fellowship: Nuclear Nonproliferation International Safeguards Graduate Fellowship, 2014
Janelle DroesslerUNLVGraduate Student2013 DOE-Nuclear Energy Innovation Award
Janelle DroesslerUNLVGraduate StudentFirst place award for Innovations in Fuel Cycle Research in the category of Separations and Waste Forms, Winter ANS Meeting, Washington, D.C., November 10-14, 2013.
Janelle DroesslerUNLVGraduate StudentFirst place, Separations and Waste Forms category, Innovations in Fuel Cycle Research, 2013.
Ken CzerwinskiUNLVFacultyFellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2013
Ken CzerwinskiUNLVFacultyVisiting Professor University of Warsaw, Lecturer in Radiochemistry and Nuclear Technology Summer School, 2013
Keri CampbellUNLVGraduate Student(Poster) 1st Place Poster Presentation at GLOBAL 2013.
Keri CampbellUNLVPostdocPostdoc. Keri! Campbell, Seaborg Postdoctoral Fellowship, Los Alamos National Laboratory, September 2015.
Marc FitzgeraldUNLVGraduate StudentLawrence Fellowship, 2014
Ralf SudoweUNLVFacultyBarrick Scholar’s Award
Brian WrightWUSTLPostdocTravel Awards for International Symposium on Radiopharmaceutical Sciences 2015
Lake WootenWUSTLGraduate StudentTravel Awards for International Symposium on Radiopharmaceutical Sciences 2015
Nora GoscinskiWUSTLGraduate StudentTravel Awards for International Symposium on Radiopharmaceutical Sciences 2015
Stacy QueernWUSTLGraduate StudentTravel Awards for International Symposium on Radiopharmaceutical Sciences 2015
Tara MastrenWUSTLGraduate StudentTravel Awards for Radiometals 2013
Tolulope AwedaWUSTLPostdocTravel Awards for Radiometals 2013
Vernal RichardsWUSTLPostdocTravel Award for Radiometals 2013