PhD Students

Sahana Upadhya Thesis: Lithium battery SOC estimation and degradation modelling Project description

Curtis Foster Thesis: Heat Pipe Integration Heat Exchanger Project description

Keegan Murray Thesis: Effects of Accident Tolerant Fuel (ATF) Cladding Alloys on Critical Heat Flux (CHF) and Post-CHF Behavior in Light Water Reactors Project description

Ryder Belgarde Thesis: Thermal Stresses in Sodium Fast Reactors due to Thermal Oscillations (Thermal Striping) Project description

Eric Alar Thesis: Optimizing Blast Freezers Project description

Ty Glisczinski Thesis: Model Characterization of Blocking and Shading Losses in a Novel Two-Stage Heliostat Project description

Jacob Wenner Thesis: Solar Variability Project description

Brett Prussack Thesis: Intertwined Nuclear Fuel Lattice for Upgraded Heat Exchanger (INFLUX) Project description

Ziyang Hang Thesis: Hydrogen Pulsating Heat Pipes Project description

Nick Thoreson Thesis:Experimental Study of Liquid Sodium Heat Transfer at Low Pe (in SFR fuel assemblies, intermediate heat exchangers, and PCHEs) Project description

Erik Tillman Thesis: Liquid Metal Heat Pipes Project description

Tony Grotjan Thesis: Additive Manufactured Supercritical CO2 Heat to Power Solution Project description

Alastair Big Luna Thesis: Health Monitoring of Nuclear Fuel Pins and Pressurized Tubes Using Fiber-Optic Strain and Temperature Sensors Project description

Christopher Volkwein Thesis: Dynamic Simulation and Operations of a Molten Salt Tower System Project description

MS Students

Lukas Desorcy Thesis: Diffusion Bonded Heat Exchanger Properties Project description

Anna Groeschel Thesis: Performance Improvements in CSP Plant Operations Project description

Yannis Pandiscasd Thesis: Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) Installation Truss System Project description

Jonathan Stone Thesis: Lifting Mechanism for DUNE CRPs Project description

Carter Kreft Thesis: N2 Continuous Sublimation Cooling Project description

Sydney Therien Thesis: Vanadium Superconducting Heat Switch Project description

Eli Gaeta Thesis: Geometric Effect of Nozzles on Direct Contact Condensation in a Laminar Flow Field Project description

Kristian Marril Bacarro Thesis: Nuclear-Coupled ZLD Seawater Desalination Project description

Payton Bartow Thesis: Experimental Evaluation of a Novel Phase Change Material Heat Exchanger for HVAC Project description

Nick Edwards Thesis: Development and Assessment of CSP Plant Operator Training Simulator Runtime Project description

Nikona Rousseau Thesis: Sodium Heat Pipes; Design and Failure Mode Assessment for Micro-Reactor Applications Project description

Joe Farrell Thesis: Obstructed Two-Phase Annular Flow: Altering Dryout Behavior Project description

Kaleb Troyer Thesis: Topology-Optimized Particle Heat Exchangers in Concentrated Solar Power Applications Project description

Jack Prout Thesis: Phase Change Composite Modeling and Validation Project description

Alex Feucht Thesis: Vanadium Superconducting Heat Switch Project description

Cullen O'Neill Thesis: Molten Salt Pump Development for Solar and Nuclear Power Systems Project description

Erik Pagenkopf Thesis: Mechanical Performance and Optimization of TPMS Heat Exchange Structures Project description