The ANS student design competition promotes excellence in the design aspect of nuclear engineering education in universities, and finalists are selected through a multi-step review and judging process.

The Senior Design team's research, Helium-3 Production Via Lithium Activation in an Accelerator-Driven Reactor, was conducted under the direction of advisor Dr. Chan Choi, Professor of Nuclear Engineering. Purdue's entry joins two others as finalists for presentations to the contest judges.

Team members presented their research as finalists in the undergraduate category at the 2016 ANS Winter Meeting and Nuclear Technology Expo, November 6-10 in Las Vegas, NV.

To learn more about Purdue Nuclear Engineering's undergraduate program, visit: https://engineering.purdue.edu/NE/foryou/undergraduate

To learn more about the American Nuclear Society's Student Design Competition, visit: http://www.ans.org/honors/va-studesign