{"675498":{"#nid":"675498","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Wins Second $25 Million Award to Support Nuclear Nonproliferation Research and Education","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech will lead a consortium of 12 universities and 12 national labs as part of a\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.energy.gov\/nnsa\/articles\/nnsa-awards-50-million-cooperative-agreements-two-university-consortia-support\u0022\u003E$25 million\u003C\/a\u003E U.S. Department of Energy\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.energy.gov\/nnsa\/national-nuclear-security-administration\u0022\u003ENational Nuclear Security Administration\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(NNSA) award. This is the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/25-million-award-will-support-nuclear-nonproliferation-rd-education\u0022\u003Esecond time\u003C\/a\u003E Georgia Tech has won this award and led research and development efforts to aid NNSA\u2019s nonproliferation, nuclear science, and security endeavors.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Consortium for Enabling Technologies and Innovation (ETI) 2.0 will leverage the strong foundation of interdisciplinary, collaboration-driven technological innovation developed in the ETI Consortium funded in 2019. The technical mission of the ETI 2.0 team is to advance technologies across three core disciplines: data science and digital technologies in nuclear security and nonproliferation, precision environmental analysis for enhanced nuclear nonproliferation vigilance and emergency response, and emerging technologies. They will be advanced by research projects in novel radiation detectors, algorithms, testbeds, and digital twins.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhat we\u0027re trying to do is bring those emergent technologies that are not implemented right now to fruition,\u201d said\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/erickson\u0022\u003EAnna Erickson\u003C\/a\u003E, Woodruff Professor and associate chair for research in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E, who leads both grants. \u201cWe want to understand what\u0027s ahead in the future for both the technology and the threats, which will help us determine how we can address it today.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile half the original collaborators remain, Erickson sought new institutional partners for their research expertise, including Abilene Christian University, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Stony Brook University,\u0026nbsp;Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and Virginia Commonwealth University.\u0026nbsp;Other university collaborators include the Colorado School of Mines, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ohio State University, Texas A\u0026amp;M University, the University of Texas at Austin, and the University of Wisconsin\u2013Madison. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENational lab partners are the Argonne National Laboratory, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Idaho National Laboratory, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Nevada National Security Site, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories, and Savannah River National Laboratory.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe partners, along with the other NNSA Consortia,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/engineering.tamu.edu\/news\/2024\/06\/texas-am-hosts-nationwide-showcase-of-students-nuclear-safety-research.html\u0022\u003Egathered\u003C\/a\u003E at Texas A\u0026amp;M in June to present the new results of the research \u2014 NNSA DNN R\u0026amp;D University Program Review \u2014 and the kickoff will be hosted in Atlanta in February 2025. More than 300 collaborators, including 150 students, met for four days to share their research and develop new partnerships.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEngaging students in research in the nuclear nonproliferation field is a key part of the award. The plan is to train over 50 graduate students, provide internships for graduate and undergraduate students, and offer faculty-student lab visit fellowships. This pipeline aims to develop well-rounded professionals equipped with the expertise to tackle future nonproliferation challenges.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cBecause nuclear proliferation is a multifaceted problem, we try to bring together people from outside nuclear engineering to have a conversation about the problems and solutions,\u201d Erickson said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOne of the biggest accomplishments of ETI 1.0 is this incredible relationship that our university PIs have been able to forge with national labs,\u201d she said. \u201cOver five years,\u0026nbsp;we\u0027ve supported over 70 student internships at national labs, and we have already transitioned a number of Ph.D. students to careers at national labs.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs the consortium efforts continue, the team looks forward to the next phase of engagement with government, university, and national lab partners.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWith a united team and a focus on cutting-edge technologies, the ETI 2.0 consortium is poised to break new ground in nuclear nonproliferation,\u201d Erickson said. \u201cCollaboration is the fuel, and innovation is the engine.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":" Mechanical Engineering Professor Anna Erickson leads the team again"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech will lead a consortium of 12 universities and 12 national labs as part of a\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.energy.gov\/nnsa\/articles\/nnsa-awards-50-million-cooperative-agreements-two-university-consortia-support\u0022\u003E$25 million\u003C\/a\u003E U.S. Department of Energy\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.energy.gov\/nnsa\/national-nuclear-security-administration\u0022\u003ENational Nuclear Security Administration\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(NNSA) award. This is the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/25-million-award-will-support-nuclear-nonproliferation-rd-education\u0022\u003Esecond time\u003C\/a\u003E Georgia Tech has won this award and led research and development efforts to aid NNSA\u2019s nonproliferation, nuclear science, and security endeavors.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech will lead a consortium of 12 universities and 12 national labs as part of a\u00a0$25 million U.S. Department of Energy\u2019s\u00a0National Nuclear Security Administration\u00a0(NNSA) award. 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