The #nuclearprize⚛️🏆 competition may have been moved online, but it didn't stop @UMich students from delivering inspiring and creative pitches for repurposing used nuclear fuel. The winning team will be announced on 4-17 along with some special messages.
Congratulations to all four teams: SustaniUM, Team Phoenix, NuClear, and NuclearSword.
SustaniUM pitch:
Using the extra heat from used fuel to treat wastewater sludge. Decreases time to treat sludge helping the communities near the nuclear power plants.
SustaniUM members:
Luyao Li, @UMSEAS
Marianna Coulentianos, Design Science
Jacob Ladd, @umichNERS
Aniket Yadav, @UMSEAS
Annie Shapiro, @UMSEAS
Team Phoenix pitch:
Irradiate plastic and repurpose its by-products to make better concrete with less CO2 emissions.
Team Phoenix members:
Manisha Vupputuri, @EECSatMI Computer Science
Preetam Vupputuri, @umichLSA Biochemistry
Mackenzie Warwick, @umichNERS
Michael Xi, @EECSatMI
NuClear pitch:
Focus on the isotopes in waste that do not have a unique use, and design nuclear batteries around them to power sensor systems.
NuClear members:
Jordan Myers, @umichNERS
Mika Reedy, @UM_Stamps
Jason Cottrell, @umichNERS
NuclearSword pitch:
Using the radiation from used nuclear fuel as a source for sterilizing medical instruments.
NuclearSword members:
Qinghui Meng, @umichme
Lanxuan Zhao, @umioe
(Frank) Haoning Yu, @umbme
Anna Getzinger, @UM_Stamps
We’d also like to extend a warm thank you to each of our judges:
Joan Knight, @ExelonGen
Harsh Desai ( @hsdesai1), @NEI
Paula Sorrell ( @Paula_Sorrell), @Econ_Growth
Youssef Ballout, @INL
Eric Meyer ( @EricGMeyer), @Gen_Atomic
Leslie Dewan, Nucleation Capital
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