Graduate Student
Biography
- B.S. in Nuclear Engineering from Purdue University (May 2021), M.S. in
Nuclear Engineering from University of Tennessee, Knoxville
(November 2022) - Research Interests: Exploring coupled extreme effects in nuclear fuel-
type materials (e.g., UC2, UN, UO2) and structural analogues (e.g.,
ZrCxN1-x) - Publications: Donald Z. Chaney, John Hirtz, Evan Williams, Jacob
Minnette, et al., Grain size dependence of thermally-induced
oxidation in ZrC (2022), Journal of Materials Science. - Funding: Supported provided by Chicago/DOE Alliance Center (CDAC),
a National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Center of
Excellence. Additional support provided by Nuclear Energy University
Programs (NEUP) grant award studying Radiation-Induced Swelling in
Advanced Nuclear Fuel (19-17276). Internal support from in-
department graduate student fellowship
