UOIT students and faculty win international recognition at Nuclear Engineering conference

The Faculty of Energy Systems and Nuclear Science (FESNS) continues to reinforce its solid international teaching and research reputation following a strong showing at the 23^rd International Conference on Nuclear Engineering (ICONE-23) held May 17 to 21 in Makuhari Messe, Chiba, Japan.

Twelve graduate and undergraduate students from the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) presented a total of 14 papers at the world’s largest nuclear engineering conference – the premier global event for addressing the needs of the nuclear industry. The UOIT delegation to ICONE-23 also included four FESNS faculty members.

“What makes this particularly impressive is that the University of Ontario Institute of Technology had the largest group of students at ICONE-23, and UOIT students also received the largest number of conference awards,” said Dr. Igor Pioro, Professor, FESNS and the faculty supervisor of most UOIT attendees. “We are very proud of UOIT’s tradition of professors and graduate students collaborating on new and exciting developments in the field of nuclear engineering.”

• View list of award presentations to UOIT students and faculty by the ICONE-23 Organizing Committee

UOIT students attending ICONE-23 with papers, oral and poster presentations:

• Amjad Farah^2,1 (Nuclear Engineering PhD candidate, FESNS)
• Wargha Peiman^1,3 (Nuclear Engineering PhD candidate, FESNS)
• Eugene Saltanov^1,2 (Nuclear Engineering PhD candidate, FESNS)
• Jeffrey Samuel^2,1 (Nuclear Engineering PhD candidate, FESNS)

• Rand Abdullah¹ (MASc student, FESNS)
• Juan Jouvin¹ (MASc student, FESNS)
• Khalil Sidawi¹ (MASc student, FESNS)
• Timothy Teatro⁴ (PhD student, FEAS)

• Miral Chauhan¹ (fourth-year BASc student, FESNS)
• Tudor Dragea⁵ (fourth-year BASc student, FESNS)
• David Kowalczyk¹ (fourth-year BASc student, FESNS)
• Fatima Rafat¹ (fourth-year BASc student, FESNS)

¹  Supervised by Dr. Igor Pioro, Professor, FESNS
²  Supervised by Dr. Glenn Harvel, Associate Professor, FESNS
³  Supervised by Dr. Kamiel Gabriel, Professor, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science (FEAS)
⁴  Supervised by Dr. Mikael Eklund, Associate Professor, FEAS
⁵  Supervised by Dr. Jovica Riznic, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission

FESNS faculty members attending ICONE-23:

• Dr. Hossam Gabbar, Professor
• Dr. Glenn Harvel, Associate Professor
• Dr. Lixuan Lu, Associate Professor
• Dr. I. Pioro, Professor

ICONE focuses on the current status of nuclear power around the world. It has been jointly sponsored by the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME) and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) since 1991, and co-sponsored by the Chinese Nuclear Society since 2005. ICONE-23 attracted more than 900 global participants from around the world and featured nearly 600 new technical papers and research presentations.

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