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Kathy Lauckner (Harry Reid Center) is an invited speaker at the upcoming Lead and Healthy Housing Conference that will take place at the Marina Del Ray in Los Angeles later this month. She will moderate a workshop based on her dissertation work for the critical factors necessary to develop a successful lead poisoning prevention program. The…

Amy Bouchard (Alumni) has been elected as treasurer of the Public Relations Society of America's (PRSA) Western District. The district serves 10 chapters on the West Coast and provides support and leadership cultivation for the next generation of professionals to be voices for the PR industry. Previously, she served on the board of directors for…

Ken Czerwinski (Chemistry) has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in the chemistry section. Election as an AAAS fellow is bestowed upon association members by their peers. He was elected because of his distinguished contributions to actinide and fission product chemistry and for building a world-…

Brenda Buck (Geoscience) and her research were the subject of an article, "Health Implications of Dust," which was the cover story for the December issue of CSA News. The publication is the official magazine for members of the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America.

Satish Bhatnagar (Math) is the author of the book My Hindu Faith and Periscope, which was published recently by Trafford Publishing. He also is the author of Epsilons and Deltas of Life: Everyday Stories, Vectors in History: Main Foci; India and USA, and Scattered Matherticles, Mathematical Reflections.

Chyna Miller (Academic Success Center) and William Wolfs (Academic Success Center) presented a proposal, "How to Teach Physics to Non-Physicists," which explored a method developed by the Academic Success Center's physics tutors to streamline and enhance the tutoring process for 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ students taking physics courses. The presentation was made at…

Thomas Hartmann (Harry Reid Center) received an award from Los Alamos National Laboratory for the project Synthesis and Fabrication of Advanced Tc-99 Containing Ceramic Waste Form Pellets. The project budget target is $75,000. Another project, "Lanthanide Transport and Solubility Measurements" was continued through an additional $17,958 from the…

Daniel Lowe (Harry Reid Center) and Robert O'Brien (Harry Reid Center) received $48,000 from National Security Technologies for Task 45, the Support Forensic Prompt Program.

Charlotta Sanders (Harry Reid Center) and Denis Beller (Harry Reid Center) presented "Educating the Cybersecurity Nuclear Engineering Workforce" at the Cybersecurity Collaborations Symposium with Oak Ridge National Laboratory, National Security Technologies, and Mississippi State University in September.