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Hayward and Wen Lead Research in Detecting Shielded Contraband in Cargo

NE Professor Jason Hayward and Assistant Research Professor Xianfei Wen lead a $2.5M study to develop advanced methods to detect contraband that contains special nuclear materials.


UT Part of $25M Nuclear Research and Development Project



Accolades: European Travel, Quoted in Science, Nuclear Award, CURENT Patent




Research Highlights: Materials Science & Engineering and Nuclear Engineering

Materials science and engineering and nuclear engineering faculty team up as part of a $30 million consortium sponsored by DOE. Howard Hall, Governor’s Chair for Global Nuclear Security and Professor, nuclear engineering (NE); Research Professor in materials science and engineering (MSE) and Director of the Scintillation Materials Research Center, Chuck Melcher; Jason Hayward, NE Associate […]