Student Highlights
TTF Roundup: NEEP presenters and graduate student wins Best Student Poster
The University of Wisconsin- Madison hosted the 2024 US-EU Transport Task Force (TTF) Workshop, chaired by Dr. George McKee (NEEP) in Asheville, North Carolina. 80 researchers from the US, Germany, UK, Italy, Norway, and China gathered to present, discuss, and debate the latest research in the field of turbulence and transport physics, including experiments, theory, and simulation results and their performance impacts for magnetically confined fusion plasmas.
NEEP graduate student Samuel Stewart received the Best Student Poster Award for his poster “Characterization of Turbulence in Negative Triangularity DIII-D Plasmas using Beam Emission Spectroscopy.” Stewart is a PhD student working with Professor Benedikt Geiger and Dr. George McKee in the Plasma Turbulence and Spectroscopy Group.
NEEP student practices leadership at College level
Virginia Lilly, a junior majoring in nuclear engineering, is growing her leadership experience in the Wisconsin Engineering Student Council.
EP Student Groups
Solis
Solis is a student-led group for women and gender minorities in plasma physics and fusion energy research. Group focuses include: Outreach to local schools, networking and professional development, social activities, and campus inclusivity efforts.
NEEP Student Advisory Committee
The NEEP Student Advisory Committee is an informal "gathering place" for student-focused advocacy in the Nuclear Engineering & Engineering Physics Department. We work to ensure students are represented at meetings that could have implications for NEEP student life, such as the monthly NEEP departmental meetings. Past (and current!) work includes advocating for revisions to the NEEP qualifying exams, improving the first year graduate student experience, and generally promoting a sense of community within the NEEP department.
UW ANS
The UW student section of the American Nuclear Society shapes our members to be positive role models in our community and world through the use of professional development and public outreach events. Events include: student conferences, power plant tours, and youth workshops.