Chuck Melcher will receive the 2025 IEEE Marie Sklodowska-Curie Award in recognition of a scintillator he developed that significantly advanced PET technology.

PhD student Daniel Rutstrom has been awarded first place at the American Nuclear Society’s Innovations in Nuclear Technology R&D Awards.

Mariya Zhuravleva and Merry Koschan have been elected to serve as officers for the American Association For Crystal Growth for a four year term.

Assistant Professor Mariya Zhuravleva has been selected for a National Science Foundation CAREER award for her exemplary research efforts.

Ian Greeley has been awarded a Goldwater Scholarship for his study and research in the Scintillation Materials Research Center.

Multiple faculty members throughout the department were honored with awards for various achievements at the annual TCE Awards banquet.

The Radiation Busters, students from the Scintillation Materials Research Center, presented an exhibit of technology for high school students at STEMpunk.

MSE 250 students apply classroom theory to crystal growth experiments under the guidance of professors Zhuravleva, Koschan, and Gao.