McDonald Rad Lab

The McDonald Radiochemistry Lab @UtahCOE @UUtah focuses on environmental radiochemistry, spent nuclear fuel reprocessing, and nuclear forensics.

[McDonald Rad Lab @RadiochemLab]

Way to go Dr. Abbott! Erik successfully defended his PhD explaining the competition between thermodynamics and kinetics in forming the morphology of uranium oxide particles! #nuclear #forensics #PhD #uranium

[University of Utah @UUtah]

A @BYU-led study w/contributions from @UofUGG says the Great Salt Lake will be gone in 5 years w/out a dramatic cut in water consumption.

Over the last 3 years, the GSL has received less than 1/3 its normal stream flow b/c so much water has been diverted.
https://t.co/f1bVCCNTMU

[UofUProvost @UofUProvost]

Following our mission, the U's third goal is to generate and share new knowledge, discoveries, and innovations. To that end we have exceeded our goal to earn $650 million in funding support for research. I'm proud to say the U is one of America's leading research universities.

[McDonald Rad Lab @RadiochemLab]

I spot a couple @UUtah students from @UofUCvEEN in that photo 😏 Congrats Logan and Aaron on the summer internships with the @Seaborg_LLNL!

[Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory @Livermore_Lab]

Happy #NationalInternDay! 🎉

Today we celebrate the over 700 interns at the Lab, on-site and virtually, who help us push the limits of science, technology and research in an effort to better understand the world and protect the people in it. #NID

[McDonald Rad Lab @RadiochemLab]

Final version out today! A beautiful machine learning study of uranium particle morphology for nuclear forensics. #uranium #forensics #nuclear #MachineLearning
https://t.co/QFEVIPYb6J

[McDonald Rad Lab @RadiochemLab]

Last, Cody returned to the lab to make uranyl fluorides and UO2 in controlled atmosphere to identify forensic evidence of uranium enrichment facilities. He also included ML in processing the results. This pub will be out later this year! @UofUCvEEN #NuclearForensics #Uranium

[McDonald Rad Lab @RadiochemLab]

It’s a fantastic Friday! Cody (soon to be Dr. Nizinski) defends his dissertation today! He demonstrated a mastery of radiochemical lab skills, machine learning, and statistics. Truly the most multidisciplinary graduate from our team 🎉 #radiochemistry #MachineLearning #nuclear

[McDonald Rad Lab @RadiochemLab]

Next was a ML study testing CNN predictions against out of distribution data. This one was a collab with @PNNLab where Cody did a NSIP fellowship and @uusci #MachineLearning #nuclear Characterization of uncertainties and model generalizability for convo... https://t.co/JDQoVuzqxK

[McDonald Rad Lab @RadiochemLab]

He started with a fun U ore extraction project to see how different mining processes could impact residual impurities and the resulting morphology. #uranium #ore #forensics Effects of process history on the surface morphology of uranium ore co... https://t.co/rgAP40DG5B

[McDonald Rad Lab @RadiochemLab]

He then wrote an @AmerChemSociety book chapter reviewing image processing techniques that could help nuclear fuel characterization and nuclear forensics. #REEs #nuclearfuel Rare Earth Elements and Actinides: Progress in Computational Science Applications https://t.co/pQwaHtrhYw

[McDonald Rad Lab @RadiochemLab]

Wahoo! Friday is going to be fun @UofUCvEEN! #radiochemistry #nuclearforensics #MachineLearning
Cody Nizinski Defense Announcement https://t.co/Kv7ZGHNfkR

[University of Utah @UUtah]

ICYMI, the Block U on campus received a makeover to mark #UofUPrideWeek, which begins March 28.

For those wanting a selfie with the Pride U, it’ll be adorned in 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ until April 4.

More info on Pride Week can be found here: https://t.co/yYKLYrHYqX

[UofU Civil Engineering @UofUCvEEN]

Happy #FeatureFriday!! We want to spotlight our new friends that came to visit for the #CvEEN Graduate Fly In weekend. We had so much fun getting to know everyone and even got to hit the slopes of @PowMow with them! #HaveYouCvEENThis #WeLoveOurStudents #ProudOfOurStudents

[SPATIAL Short Course @SPATIALisotopes]

Introducing the new Twitter account for the SPATIAL short course at @UUtah. In our first tweet we’re happy to announce the application period for SPATIAL22! Get more info and apply by Feb 15 at https://t.co/YsjeY2VmAT

[Jim Ehleringer @ehleringer]

Please join me at IsoCamp 2022, a multi-disciplinary training program for graduate students and postdocs in all disciplines. The deadline is coming soon; apply now at https://t.co/thTecdg8N0, #IsoCamp, #stableisotope

[McDonald Rad Lab @RadiochemLab]

Wahoo! The final of saga of Dr. Klosterman’s dissertation is now out. It was another beautiful collab with @Livermore_Lab and @Seaborg_LLNL probing #Oxygen #isotopes in #uranium. #radiochemistry #nuclearforensics https://t.co/eGhle9Eduh

[McDonald Rad Lab @RadiochemLab]

Great way to kick off the new year! Happy 2022. #uranium #nuclearforensics #radiochemistry
Thermodynamic Evaluation of the Uranyl Peroxide Synthetic Route on Mor... https://t.co/gYj1RZHbHQ

[McDonald Rad Lab @RadiochemLab]

#WeAreHiring PhD students! Visit https://t.co/EzIsR1iwLA to apply. Top apps will get invited to our fly-in to tour the University, meet faculty and students, and see the area (including ski resorts!). #phdpositions #phdchat #gradschool #AcademicJobs #Radiochemistry #Forensics

[UofU Civil Engineering @UofUCvEEN]

#WeAreHiring! CvEEN is looking for a Water Resources Engineering Faculty member.

This position is part of the University of Utah’s priority to build a diverse faculty; thus, women and minority candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

Apply at: https://t.co/mekkfVD2Cs

[McDonald Rad Lab @RadiochemLab]

A new pub from Dr. Klosterman's PhD! Mike showed how oxygen #isotope ratios can be used to determine process history and potentially process location in some #uranium oxides. Great collab w/@Seaborg_LLNL - @ErikOerter #NuclearForensics #Radiochemistry https://t.co/9aQiei1VmN