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Graduate Students at the Solar Energy Lab

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Michael Schid

Michael Schmid

Thesis: Low-Cost Heliostat - mechanical design

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PhD Students

Sahana Upadhya

Sahana Upadhya

Thesis: Lithium battery SOC estimation and degradation modelling

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Ryder Belgarde

Ryder Belgarde

Thesis: Thermal Stresses in Sodium Fast Reactors due to Thermal Oscillations (Thermal Striping)

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Lewis Handy-Cardenas

Lewis Francisco Handy-Cardenas

Thesis: Molten Salt Pump Development for Solar and Nuclear Power Systems

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Eric Alar

Eric Alar

Thesis: Optimizing Blast Freezers

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Andrew Napora

Andrew Napora

Thesis: Sodium Fast Reactor Impurity Systems

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Brett Prussack

Brett Prussack

Thesis: Intertwined Nuclear Fuel Lattice for Upgraded Heat Exchanger (INFLUX)

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Nick Thoreson

Nick Thoreson

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

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Erik Tillman

Erik Tillman

Thesis: Liquid Metal Heat Pipes

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Tony Grotjan

Tony Grotjan

Thesis: Additive Manufactured Supercritical CO2 Heat to Power Solution

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Logan Kossel

Logan Kossel

Thesis: Low-Mass Long-Distance Effective Heat Transfer via Helium Pulsating Heat Pipes

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Roman Morse

Roman Morse

Thesis: Critical heat flux and liquid-film dryout in two-phase annular flow

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Zhiyi Jiang

Zhiyi Jiang

Thesis: Experimental characterization of cryogenic Nitrogen Pulsating Heat Pipes

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Jason Chan

Jason Chan

Thesis: Effects of Obstructions on the liquid film in annular flow

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Alastair Big Luna

Alastair Big Luna

Thesis: Health Monitoring of Nuclear Fuel Pins and Pressurized Tubes Using Fiber-Optic Strain and Temperature Sensors

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MS Students

Lukas Desorcy

Lukas Desorcy

Thesis: Diffusion Bonded Heat Exchanger Properties

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Curtis Foster

Curtis Foster

Thesis: Heat Pipe Integration Heat Exchanger

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Sammie Lundin

Sammie Lundin

Thesis: Low-cost Two-stage Heliostat for High-flux Small-area Receivers

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Anna Groeschel

Anna Groeschel

Thesis: Performance Improvements in CSP Plant Operations

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Yannis Pandiscas

Yannis Pandiscasd

Thesis: Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) Installation Truss System

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Keegan Murray

Keegan Murray

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

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Carter Kreft

Carter Kreft

Thesis: N2 Continuous Sublimation Cooling

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Ty Glisczinski

Ty Glisczinski

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

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Jacob Wenner

Jacob Wenner

Thesis: Dynamic Behavior of Hybrid PV-CSP Plants

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Eli Gaeta

Eli Gaeta

Thesis: Geometric Effect of Nozzles on Direct Contact Condensation in a Laminar Flow Field

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Matt Tuman

Matt Tuman

Thesis: Solar Field Modeling for a Parabolic Trough Power Plant Emulator

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Laith Abdulmajeid

Laith Abdulmajeid

Thesis: Modeling and Control of the Intelligent Building Agents Laboratory (IBAL)

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Devin McCormick

Devin McCormick

Thesis: Corrosion Orifice Plates

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Joshua Truchon

Joshua Truchon

Thesis: Frictional Effects of Polymers in Cryogenic Bath

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Willy Huang

Willy Huang

Thesis: Heat Pumps Integrated with Thermal Energy Storage Systems

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Jared Valois

Jared Valois

Thesis: Cryogenic Materials Characterization and Optimization

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Ziyang Hang

Ziyang Hang

Thesis: Optimization of Superconducting Magnets and Space Travel

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