For those of you who do not know, the Goldwater Scholarship is an extremely prestigious national award. Our very own undergraduate student John Bussey was selected as the representative from WSU and was one of the winners in this nationally competitive scholarship. John was one of only 10 awardees in our state this year.
The official university writeup is here.
Congratulations John!
Michael Kindle successfully defended his thesis today,
GLASS AND CRYSTALLINE VANADIUM OXIDES FOR USE AS POSITIVE ELECTRODES IN LITHIUM AND ZINC METAL BATTERIES
Congratulations Michael!
Congratulations to Sam Karcher who just successfully defended his thesis yesterday:
INFLUENCE OF RARE-EARTH DOPING AND IRRADIATION ON THE DEFECTS AND MICROSTRUCTURE OF URANIUM OXIDE SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL ANALOGUES
Congratulations to John Bussey for being selected as a delegate to the American Ceramic Society’s President’s Council of Student Advisors (PCSA). John continues a long tradition at WSU of representing undergraduate and graduate students in ceramic science and engineering’s premier professional society.
Congratulations to John Bussey for being selected as this year’s winner of the SURCA (Showcase for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities) at WSU.
John was selected by the WSU Emeritus Society as the recipient of the scholarship in the category of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
“Our reviewers found that your research on Mount St. Helens ash’s stimulant properties holds much promise for lunar equipment testing applications.”
Congrats John!
Congratulations to Natalie for receipt of one of the 2021 Roy G. Post scholarships for her work in the safe management of nuclear waste. Congratulations Natalie! You can see her recent paper here:
Smith-Gray, N.J., Sargin, I., Beckman, S., McCloy, J. Machine learning to predict refractory corrosion during nuclear waste vitrification. MRS Advances (2021). https://doi.org/10.1557/s43580-021-00031-2