2023-2025 Awards

Carnegie Institution of Washington

Sally Tracy

Award Title: Dynamic Compression of Iron Carbide at Exoplanetary Core Conditions

Clemson University

Brian Powell

Award Title: Combined Field and Laboratory Studies of Plutonium Aging and Environmental Transport

Clemson University

Scott Husson

Award Title: Improving the sensitivity and precision for plutonium isotope ratio measurements by thermal ionization mass spectrometry using a novel polymer fiber platform

Colorado School of Mines

Amy Clarke

Award Title: Microstructure Control of Additively Manufactured Metals of Interest to the NNSA Weapons Complex

Duke University

Alex Crowell

Award Title: High-precision neutron-induced cross-section measurements on 191,193Ir

Duke University

Sean Finch

Award Title: Measurements of precise fission cross-section ratios and correlations in fission observables

Duke University

Jason Amsden

Award Title: Virtual-Slit Cycloidal Mass Spectrometer for portable rapid ultra-trace isotope ratio analysis of actinides

Duke University

Calvin Howell

Award Title: Measurements of Prompt Neutron Differential Multiplicity in Photofission of 235U, 238U and 239Pu

Duke University

Werner Tornow

Award Title: Measurement and analysis of selected neutron-induced fission product yields for 235U, 238U and 239Pu

Georgia Institute of Technology

Devesh Ranjan

Award Title: Detailed Measurements of Turbulent Rayleigh-Taylor and Richtmyer-Meshkov Mixing at Extreme Conditions

Harvard University

Isaac Silvera

Award Title: Metallic Hydrogen: Reflectance, Metastability, and Superconductivity

Harvard University

Stein Jacobsen

Award Title: From Z to Planets – Phase IV

Michigan State University

Sean Liddick

Award Title: Neutron Capture Cross Section Measurements on Short-Lived Isotopes

Michigan State University

Witold Nazarewicz

Award Title: Microscopic Description of the Fission Process

Ohio University

Alexander Voinov

Award Title: Statistical Nuclear Physics and (a,n) Reactions for Applications

Ohio University

Carl Brune

Award Title: Nuclear Reactions and Scattering

Rutgers University

Jolie Cizewski

Award Title: Nuclear reaction studies with rare isotope beams for stewardship science

San Diego State University

Kenneth Nollett

Award Title: Scattering and direct reactions in a shell model framework

Stanford University

Leora Dresselhaus-Marais

Award Title: New Operando X-ray Microscope for Movies Resolving the Nanoscale Origins of Defects in Metal Additive Manufacturing

Stony Brook University

Baosheng Li

Award Title: Thermodynamic and Mechanical Properties of SSP Materials from Simultaneous Ultrasonic and X-ray Studies at High Pressure and Temperature

University of Alabama Birmingham

Yogesh Vohra

Award Title: High-Pressure High-Temperature Synthesis and Thermal Equation of State of Materials for Hypersonic Applications

University of Arizona

Jeffrey Jacobs

Award Title: An Experimental Study of Rayleigh-Taylor and Richtmyer-Meshkov Instabilities at Large Reynolds Numbers

University of California, Berkeley

Lee Bernstein

Award Title: Correlated neutron-gamma data for stewardship science

University of Colorado

Iain Boyd

Award Title: Computational Modeling of Hypersonic Flow and Material Response in a Free-jet Test Facility

University of Florida

Douglas Spearot

Award Title: Understanding the role of Elastodynamic Effects on Shock Induced Plasticity via Discrete Dislocation Dynamics Simulations