NPRE congratulates three of our students on recently earning scholarships from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the American Nuclear Society (ANS).
Undergraduate Louis J. Chapdelaine of Eagan, Minnesota, will receive a $5,000 scholarship from the DOE's Nuclear Energy University Programs (NEUP). A total of 39 undergraduates across the country were selected for this honor, which was part of a $47.2 million investment the federal government is making in scholarships, fellowships research projects and university research reactor upgrades to train and educate the next generation of leaders in America's nuclear industry.
Chapdelaine also will receive a $2,000 ANS Sophomore Undergraduate Scholarship Award for a student entering the field of nuclear science and engineering. Undergraduate Leo E. Kirsch of Frankfort, Illinois, and graduate student Hsingtzu Wu, who came to NPRE from the University of Tshinghua in Taiwan, also each will receive $2,000 ANS scholarships.
Kirsch will receive the Robert G. Lacy Memorial Scholarship.
Graduating in 1954 from the University of Colorado with an aerospace engineering degree, Lacy entered the U.S. Navy and served as an officer in the Nuclear Power Program, working on the development of nuclear powered vessels. He began a career in 1967 with San Diego Gas and Electric Company, and managed the company's share of the San Onofre Nuclear Plant. In 1987 he was named manager of the Nuclear Department and remained in that position until he retired in 1993. Lacy then began a career in consulting with the Atlas and Scripps Consulting Groups, working in the field of nuclear power plant management. Lacy chaired the ANS San Diego Local Section and was instrumental in the formation of the ANS San Onofre Plant Branch. He was a longstanding contributor to ANS and was active in the national ANS, chairing the Executive Conference Review Committee, serving as Treasurer-Elect of the Power Division, and receiving the ANS Leadership Award.
Wu will received the 2012-2013 Nuclear Criticality Safety Pioneers Scholarship Award.
Administered by the NCS Division, this scholarship recognizes individuals who identified as being "Pioneers" in the industry, and who have made major contributions to nuclear criticality safety. One scholarship is awarded to a graduate nuclear science/engineering major, with the desired emphasis on areas supporting nuclear criticality safety. These areas include, but are not limited to, computer code development for neutron transport calculations, critical or subcritical experiments, and neutron cross section evaluation.