2025-2028 Awards

Duke University

Alexander Crowell

Award Title: Cross-Section Measurements of Neutron and Charged-Particle Reactions on Tungsten

Michigan State University

Witold Nazarewicz

Award Title: Microscopic Description of the Fission Process

Ohio University

Carl Brune

Award Title: Measurement and Analysis of Nuclear Reactions with Light Nuclei

University of Notre Dame

Ani Aprahamain

Award Title: Novel techniques for the preparation of highly radioactive actinide targets

Johns Hopkins University

Ryan Hurley

Award Title: Heterogeneous Materials in Extreme Dynamic Environments: Mechanics and Kinetics Through Coupling Experiments with In-Situ Measurements and Mesoscale Models

University of Virginia

Stephen Baek

Award Title: Advancing Physics-Informed Machine Learning for the Discovery of Structure-Property-Performance Linkages in Multiphase Heterogeneous Energetic Compounds

University of Notre Dame

Anna Simon-Robertson

Award Title: Neutron capture cross sections for stockpile stewardship

Washington State University

Choogn-Shik Yoo

Award Title: Planetary Materials under Extreme Conditions: Novel States, Structures, and Chemistry of Low Z Quantum Mixtures at Complex Interfaces

Georgia Tech Research Corporation

Naresh Thadhani

Award Title: Probing Effects of Dissipative Processes on Spall Failure of Materials

University of Tennessee

Robert Grzywacz

Award Title: Beta-delayed neutron spectroscopy of exotic nuclei, intersections of nuclear-structure and statistical models

Duke University

Sean Finch

Award Title: Gamma-ray production from inelastic neutron scattering

University of California Berkeley

Lee Bernstein

Award Title: Correlated neutron-gamma data for stewardship science

Perdue University

Daniel Guildenbecher

Award Title: Elucidating Transients in Cerium Hydride Reaction Dynamics through Advanced Diagnostics

Michigan State University

Georg Bollen

Award Title: High-Precision Mass Measurements of Rare Isotopes Relevant to Nuclear Astrophysics and National Security

Michigan State University

Alyssa Gaiser

Award Title: Exploring Varied Oxidation States of Plutonium, Americium, and Curium Tris Pyrazolyl Borate Complexation for Separations

University of Florida

Nathalie Wall

Award Title: Neptunium and plutonium separation with di-1-methyl heptyl methyl phosphonate

Ohio University

Andrea Richard

Award Title: Statistical Nuclear Physics for Applications Using Stable and Rare Isotope Beams

Colorado School of Mines

Veronica Eliasson

Award Title: Research on Augmentable Morphologies of PBX And Granulated Explosives (RAMPAGE)

University of Rochester

Petros Tzeferacos

Award Title: Experiments and Validated Modeling of Collapsing Foams for Inertial Confinement Fusion

Stanford University

Leora Dresselhaus-Marais

Award Title: Establishing the Next Generation of Metal Additive Manufacturing Microscopes at X-ray Free Electron Lasers

University of California San Diego

M Brian Maple

Award Title: Novel d- & f- Electron Materials Under Extreme Conditions of Pressure, Temperature, and Magnetic Field

University of South Florida

Ivan Oleynik

Award Title: Solid-liquid Phase Transitions at Extremes

Georgia Tech Research Corporation

Devesh Ranjan

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

Michigan State University

Sean Liddick

Award Title: Neutron capture cross section measurements on short-lived isotopes