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The AIChE Nuclear Engineering Division (NED) serves engineers and scientists in the nuclear and nuclear chemical sectors. Please click here for a value statement for NED. This website is updated frequently with information of potential interest and benefit to members and friends of the Division. For additional information, feel free to contact a relevant officer. For suggestions on enhancing this website, please contact the webmaster.
The Nuclear Engineering Division invites any chemical engineering graduate or undergraduate students doing research in nuclear science and technology to participate in the competition for the NED Outstanding Student Paper & Presentation Awards. These Awards include a $500 scholarship and invitation to publish in a peer-reviewed journal. For more information please click here to view our flyer and click here for more information at the National AIChE Website.
Dr. Sharon M. Robinson is the winner of the Robert E. Wilson Award for 2009. The Robert E. Wilson Award is sponsored by the Fluor Foundation and is awarded annually by the Nuclear Engineering Division of AIChE. For more information please click here.
Max Gorensek of the Savannah River National Lab has been elected a Fellow in AIChE. Please join us in congratulating Max on this well deserved honor. For more information please click here.
The NED officers for 2009 have been updated on the Officers page. Please consult it for the latest contact and program information.
The Nuclear Engineering Division sponsors numerous sessions and topical meetings at the Spring and Annual meetings of the AIChE. We encourage all NED members to support these sessions by chairing, presenting or attending one or more of these sessions. Please contact one of the officers if you are interested in chairing or organizing a session or topical meeting.
NED annually awards the Robert E. Wilson award to recognize an individual for outstanding chemical engineering contributions and achievements in the nuclear industry, and promotes the objectives of the Nuclear Engineering Division of AIChE. Please send nominations to the Robert E. Wilson Award Committee Chair, Paul D. d'Entremont, Savannah River National Lab, 735-A, Aiken, SC 29808. Mr. d'Entremont's phone number is 803-725-6742 and his email is paul.dentremont@srnl.doe.gov. Deadline for application of this award during any calendar year is June 1.
Sarah Widder participated in the AIChE-NED Washington Internships for Students in Engineering (WISE) for the summer of 2009. Please click here for a white paper on her 2009 WISE experience entitled "Future Options for Nuclear Waste Management: Comparison of a Once-through versus Closed Fuel Cycle in the United States".
If you are interested in pursuing a degree in Nuclear or Chemical Engineering, please click here for a list of schools.