Andrea Gardiner received second place in Innovations in Fuel Cycle Research Awards at 2016 conference for her paper, “Development and Testing of a Decision Framework and Decision Tool for Determining Fuel Cycle Preferences” at the International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference in April 2015.
2015 Innovations in Fuel Cycle Research Award Winners Announced
CANYON, TX – Andrea Gardiner, a Ph.D. student in Environmental Engineering at Vanderbilt University, has been awarded a Second Place prize in the Innovations in Fuel Cycle Research Awards sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Fuel Cycle Technologies. Gardiner’s award is in the Open Competition in the category of Energy Policy. Her award-winning research paper, “Development and Testing of a Decision Framework and Decision Tool for Determining Fuel Cycle Preferences,” was presented at the International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference in April 2015.
In order to be successful and retain its leadership role in nuclear technologies, the United States must foster creativity and breakthrough achievements to develop tomorrow’s nuclear technologies. The Department of Energy has long recognized that university students are an important source of breakthrough solutions and a key component in meeting its long-term goals. The Innovations in Fuel Cycle Research Awards program was developed for this purpose.
The Innovations in Fuel Cycle Research Awards program is designed to: 1) award graduate and undergraduate students for innovative fuel-cycle-relevant research publications, 2) demonstrate the Department of Energy’s commitment to higher education in fuel-cycle-relevant disciplines, and 3) support communications among students and Department of Energy representatives.
The program awarded 18 prizes in 2015 for student publications relevant to the nuclear fuel cycle. In addition to cash awards, award-winning students will have a variety of other opportunities.
For more information on the Innovations in Fuel Cycle Research Awards program, visit http://www.fuelcycleinnovations.org.