David E. Ames II, a Ph.D. graduate student in the Department of Nuclear Engineering at Texas A&M University, has been named a Sandia Research Graduate Fellow. Ames will focus his Ph.D. research efforts on high-fidelity nuclear energy system studies towards an environmentally benign sustainable and secure energy source.
(Media-Newswire.com) - David E. Ames II, a Ph.D. graduate student in the Department of Nuclear Engineering at Texas A&M University, has been named a Sandia Research Graduate Fellow.
Ames will focus his Ph.D. research efforts on high-fidelity nuclear energy system studies towards an environmentally benign sustainable and secure energy source. Minimization or elimination of high level waste inventories warrants expansion of nuclear energy as a sustainable energy source assuring energy independence and security. The analysis will take advantage of Generation IV reactor technologies and advanced fuel cycle options for nuclear waste minimization and sustainability requirements.
Ames will work on his Ph.D. under Dr. Pavel Tsvetkov, assistant professor in the nuclear engineering department, and Gary Rochau and Salvador Rodriguez at Sandia National Laboratory. Working in Tsvetkov’s group since 2005, Ames earned his M.S. degree focusing on model reliability and computational benchmarks for advanced applications of Very High Temperature Reactors.
The Sandia Graduate Research Program is a sponsored program at major universities across the United States. The program is co-sponsored by Texas A&M’s Dwight Look College of Engineering. The goal of the research program is to encourage innovation in science-based multidisciplinary research through support for an outstanding doctoral candidate in science and engineering. In establishing the program, Sandia National Laboratories hopes to strengthen its partnership with Texas A&M Engineering to encourage a new generation of scientists and engineers who can contribute to areas of national interest and critical need.
Sandia National Laboratories is one of the largest federal laboratories in the United States. With major laboratory locations in New Mexico and northern California, Sandia employs more than 8,000 regular employees, post-docs, long-term visitors and contractors. Major programs at Sandia involve basic and applied research in physical sciences, biology, and information science, as well as engineering program in defense, energy and environment. For the past decade Sandia has built a significant portfolio of activities in homeland defense, including intelligence technologies, hardening of buildings and key public assets, cybersecurity, and multispectrum sensor technologies.
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