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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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Empowering the next generation: ANS’s newest book focuses on careers in nuclear energy
A new career guide for the nuclear energy industry is now available: The Nuclear Empowered Workforce by Earnestine Johnson. Drawing on more than 30 years of experience across 16 nuclear facilities, Johnson offers a practical, insightful look into some of the many career paths available in commercial nuclear power. To mark the release, Johnson sat down with Nuclear News for a wide-ranging conversation about her career, her motivation for writing the book, and her advice for the next generation of nuclear professionals.
When Johnson began her career at engineering services company Stone & Webster, she entered a field still reeling from the effects of the Three Mile Island incident in 1979, nearly 15 years earlier. Her hiring cohort was the first group of new engineering graduates the company had brought on since TMI, a reflection of the industry-wide pause in nuclear construction. Her first long-term assignment—at the Millstone site in Waterford, Conn., helping resolve design issues stemming from TMI—marked the beginning of a long and varied career that spanned positions across the country.
November 19, 2021
We are hosting our second ANS Virtual Graduate School Fair on Friday, November 19, from 3:30 - 6:30 pm EST. The goal of the event is to help prepare the next generation of nuclear professionals and to keep early and seasoned experts at the top of their game!
The event is free and open to all. ANS members register here. Nonmembers register here. Not a member? Join today!
Click on the links below to access the virtual meeting rooms.
3:30 pmOpening remarks
3:45 pmMake your application pop!Lisa Marshall, NC State Director of OutreachLane Carasik, Virginia Commonwealth University facultyJeff King, Colorado School of Mines admissions committee member
4:15 pmWhat is it really like? Advice from current studentsAmanda Bachmann, University of Illinois, Urbana ChampaignPreston Dicks, Air Force Institute of TechnologyPriyanka Pandit, North Carolina State UniversityRobin Roper, University of IdahoKhiloni Shah, University of Texas at Austin
4:45 pmUniversity Breakout Sessions (access breakout sessions with links below)
Participating schools:
Air Force Institute of Technology, Department of Engineering PhysicsBoise State University, Micron School of Materials Science and EngineeringBrigham Young University, Department of Chemical EngineeringColorado School of Mines, Nuclear Science and Engineering ProgramIdaho State University, Department of Nuclear EngineeringKansas State University, Alan Levin Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering (Nuclear Engineering Program)MIT, Department of Nuclear Science and EngineeringNorth Carolina State University, Department of Nuclear EngineeringThe Ohio State University, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nuclear Engineering Graduate ProgramOregon State University, School of Nuclear Science and EngineeringRensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Nuclear Engineering DepartmentTexas A&M University, Department of Nuclear EngineeringUniversity of California Berkeley, Department of Nuclear EngineeringUniversity of Florida, Nuclear Engineering Program, Material Science and EngineeringUniversity of Idaho - Idaho Falls, Department of Nuclear Engineering and Industrial ManagementUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological EngineeringUniversity of Maryland, A. James Clark School of EngineeringUniversity of Massachusetts-Lowell, Nuclear Engineering ProgramUniversity of Michigan, Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological SciencesUniversity of Nevada Las Vegas, Department of Health Physics and Diagnostic Sciences\University of Nevada Las Vegas, Department of Mechanical Engineering (Nuclear Engineering program)University of Tennessee, Department of Nuclear EngineeringUniversity of Texas at Austin, Walker Department of Mechanical EngineeringUniversity of Utah, Nuclear Engineering ProgramUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Engineering PhysicsVirginia Commonwealth University, College of Engineering, Nuclear EngineeringVirginia Tech, Department of Mechanical Engineering
6:15 pmWhat's Next!Hear about the ANS College Series and learn about upcoming activities from the Student Section Committee and Young Members Group
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Questions?
Please contact Dan Goldberg with any questions about the Graduate School Fair.