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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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Applications open for the fall cohort of Mentor Match
Applications are officially open for the second cohort of the American Nuclear Society’s newly redesigned mentoring program. Mentor Match is a unique opportunity available only to ANS members that offers year-round mentorship and networking opportunities to Society members at any point in their education.
The deadline to apply for membership in the fall cohort, which will take place October 1–November 30, is September 17. The application form can be found here.
Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space (NETS-2022) Plenary SPeaker
Tactical Technology Office (TTO)
Program Manager
DARPA
Maj. Nathan Greiner joined DARPA in July 2018 as a program manager in the Tactical Technology Office. His research interests include advanced power and propulsion technologies for land, sea, air, and space applications.
Before joining DARPA, Maj. Greiner completed a one-year fellowship at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, where he focused on materials research. Previously, he served as a deputy branch chief and hypersonics research engineer in the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s Aerospace Systems Directorate at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. He also has held positions as a liaison officer with U.S. Special Operations Command at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, and program manager for U.S. Special Operations Command at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida.
Maj. Greiner holds a Doctor of Philosophy in aeronautical engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology, a Master of Science in mechanical engineering from the University of Utah, and a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota.
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