2026 ENE Capstone Projects

Department of Energy and Nuclear Engineering

• First Place - Removing Radioactive Material from an Electrostatic Precipitation Device
  Group Members: Accardi, Maria; Felker, Justin; and Kucava, Klairissa
  Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Glenn Harvel
• Second Place - Automated Inspection System for Fresh Aluminum-Clad Nuclear Fuel
  Group Members: Kratofil, Nico; Podnar, Alex; Robinson, Adam; and Wood, Liam
  Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Matthew Kaye
• Third Place - Design and Implementation of an Automated Vacuum Control System for Tritium Removal
  Group Members: Calabria, Joey; Mirosh, Jayden; Nabha Issa, Samir; and Pritchard-Roy, Tristan
  Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Lizuan Lu
• Design of a Concrete Decontamination System
  Group Members: Belling-Davies, Eric; Dionne, Cody; Nguyen, Patrick; and Nicolodi Zimmermann, Joao Pedro
  Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Glenn Harvel
• Design and Implementation of a Customizable Geiger-Muller Detector for Deadtime Investigation
  Group Members: Corriveau, Christopher; Dhami, Ethan; Frankovic, Cameron; and Ling, Mike
  Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Lixuan Lu
• Converting a Mini-Mill to Handle Radioactive Material
  Group Members: Bosnac, Givan; McCulloch, Matthew; Sebastiampillai, Jinoson; and Shen, Guojun
  Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Matthew Kaye
• CANDU-900 Modification of 37-element Fuel Bundle to Prevent or Reduce the Possibility of Fuel Defects
  Group Members: Davidson, Kurtis; Gerth, Josh; Greenwood, Conor; and Zeng, Xihao
  Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Glenn Harvel