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ORNL–General Atomics partnership on ceramic matrix composites
A memorandum of understanding has been signed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory and General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) with the objective of working together on advanced ceramic matrix composite materials for applications in extreme environments. Materials that can withstand extreme temperatures, radiation, corrosion, and mechanical stress are required in aerospace, defense, energy, and other sectors.
According to the agreement, the San Diego–based GA-EMS will use resources from ORNL’s Manufacturing Demonstration Facility to develop “scalable, efficient manufacturing techniques for extreme environment materials including precursors, fibers, composites, and coatings utilized in carbon/carbon (C/C), carbon/silicon carbide (C/SiC), and SiC/SiC composite systems.”
TopFuel 2022 Light Water Reactor Fuel Performance Conference Plenary SPeaker
Ph.D. student
Nuclear Science and Engineering department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Assil Halimi is a Ph.D. student in the Nuclear Science and Engineering department at MIT. His research focuses on fuel performance, thermal hydraulics and reactor design and safety, currently he is involved in assessing high burnup fuels for LWRs. He graduated from the University of Lyon, France in Mathematics and Economics 18’ and holds an engineer’s degree (Dipl. Ing.) in Electrical Engineering 20’ from Institut National des Science Appliquées (INSA Lyon) and in Nuclear Engineering 19’ from Institut National des Sciences et Techniques Nucléaires (INSTN-CEA, Paris-Saclay). Before joining the graduate program at MIT, he worked as a Core Physics Engineer at Engie, the operator of the Belgian nuclear power plants. In the past, he interned at several organizations in Africa, Europe, and the U.S. working on various technology applications such as: electric propulsion (Safran Group), Oil and Gas distribution (Sonatrach Group), turbine maintenance (GE Power) and system-design platforms and education (National Instruments).
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