Ivan Maldonado, associate professor in the Department of Nuclear Engineering, led a UT/ORNL team that provided tutorials and lectures at the 4th Russian International Conference on Nuclear Material Protection Control and Accounting in Obninsk, Russia. The team also gave lectures at the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute in Moscow.

Jim Thompson, professor of physics, and research assistant professor Yuri L. Zuev have won R&D Magazine’s “R&D 100 Award” in the Electrical Equipment category for their work on “Superconducting Wires by Expitaxial Growth on SSIFFS (Structural, Single-Crystal, Faceted, Fibers).” Along with their colleagues, Thompson and Zuev created and tested a kind of superconducting wire that makes electricity transfer more efficient.

Recognizing Jim Thompson for winning an R&D 100 Award for a new superconducting electrical wire.

Jim Thompson, professor of physics, and research assistant professor Yuri L. Zuev are members of a team that won R&D Magazine’s “R&D 100 Award” for their work on superconducting wires. Along with their colleagues, Thompson and Zuev created and tested a kind of superconducting wire that makes electricity transfer more efficient.

Kate Jones, assistant professor of physics, is one of three nuclear physicists to receive a prestigious Outstanding Junior Investigator (OJI) Award from the U.S. Department of Energy. The award recognizes exceptional scientists early in their careers by supporting development of their individual research programs. The honor brings with it a total of $300,000 over the next three years for her research proposal: “Spectroscopic Studies Close to 100Sn and 132Sn Using Direct Reactions and Gamma Ray Measurements.” This is the second OJI award in three years for UT Knoxville’s nuclear physics program: in 2007, assistant professor Thomas Papenbrock won for his proposal, “Structure of Rare Isotopes.”