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Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ has continuously been recognized as a top supplier of graduates to the aerospace and defense industries, and two Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ professors plan to solidify that reputation through a new national consortium.<\/p>\n

Professors Subith Vasu and Jayanta Kapat are leading a $5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy\u2019s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) to establish a consortium that will support students who are interested in earning engineering degrees.<\/p>\n

The PARtnership and Training for NNSA Engineering and Relevant Sciences (PARTNERS) consortium will include the University of California, Irvine and the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU). Sandia National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory will collaborate and support students and faculty.<\/p>\n

The goal of PARTNERS is to provide a training ground and talent pipeline for the next generation of nuclear engineers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe U.S. has a nuclear stockpile and the NNSA is responsible for the safe maintenance and modernization of that stockpile,\u201d Vasu says. \u201cThis particular opportunity allows us to conduct research and train students. The hope is that, after graduation, these students will get a job offer from the NNSA or related industires.\u201d<\/p>\n

This is the second NNSA consortium that Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ has joined under Vasu\u2019s leadership. In 2023, the university entered a $25-million, national consortium on nuclear forensics<\/a> that was directed by the University of Florida.<\/p>\n

Justin Urso \u201915 \u201922PhD<\/strong>, a co-principal investigator (PI) on the grant, says this new consortium, led by Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ this time, will augment the work already completed by the group of universities and national labs. On the research side, students and faculty will continue to work on projects that can predict and assess the damage from nuclear events and assist with nuclear forensics.<\/p>\n

Students will have the opportunity to work on these projects, but they also have the chance to intern at one of the national labs in the consortium. They will be paired with a mentor and will continue to develop their research skills and train for a career in nuclear engineering under their guidance.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe current nuclear engineering workforce is retiring but also the world is changing,\u201d Vasu says. \u201cThe U.S. is the world police, and we need to make sure that nuclear weapons are only with responsible countries. The threats against the U.S. are also changing. Our enemies have newer, more sophisticated weapons.\u201d<\/p>\n

About NNSA<\/strong><\/p>\n

Established by Congress in 2000, NNSA is a semiautonomous agency within the U.S. Department of Energy that protects our nation by designing and delivering a safe, secure, reliable and effective U.S. nuclear stockpile; forging solutions that enable global security and stability through nonproliferation, counterproliferation, and emergency response; providing nuclear propulsion to power a global U.S. Navy; and leveraging transformative technologies to address emerging challenges.<\/p>\n

About the Researchers<\/strong><\/p>\n

Vasu received his doctorate in mechanical engineering from Stanford University and joined Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½\u2019s Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2012. He is a member of Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½\u2019s Center for Advanced Turbomachinery and Energy Research and is an associate fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Vasu is a recipient of DARPA\u2019s Director\u2019s Fellowship, DARPA Young Faculty award, the Young Investigator grant from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, American Chemical Society\u2019s Doctoral New Investigator, American Society of Mechanical Engineers Dilip Ballal Early Career award, and the Society of Automotive Engineers SAE Ralph R. Teetor Educational award. He has received many of the highest honors at Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ including the Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ Luminary, Trustee Chair Professor and Reach for the Stars awards. Several of his former students are employed by the NNSA, aerospace, energy and defense entities.<\/p>\n

Kapat is a Pegasus Professor and the director of the Center for Advanced Turbomachinery and Energy Research. The most significant impact of Kapat\u2019s work stems from his vision for CATER. He brought 10 core faculty members with multidisciplinary capabilities together to solve some of the most complex research problems in turbomachinery for power generation, aviation and space propulsion. Through CATER, Kapat has facilitated graduate-level research and degrees and has established excellent success rates for internship and job placement of students at all levels. Because of the international reputation of CATER, high-caliber students from Brazil, France, Germany and India now come to Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½.<\/p>\n

Urso is a research assistant professor at CATER. He earned his bachelor\u2019s from Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ in 2015 and completed his doctoral degree at Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ in 2022 as a Graduate Dean\u2019s Fellowship Recipient under Vasu. \u00a0He has over 30\u00a0 publications and has been involved in mentoring efforts targeting undergraduate and \u00a0K-12 students in STEM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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