Brian Wirth

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Brian D. Wirth is an American nuclear engineer and metallurgist, the Governor's Chair Professor at the University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory. [1] [2] His research has concerned the effects of irradiation on metals, with the aim of increasing the lifetime of structural components of nuclear reactors. [1]

Wirth was a 2003 recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, [3] and a 2014 recipient of the Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award of the United States Department of Energy. [4] He was elected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2016, [5] and as a Fellow of the American Nuclear Society in 2017. [6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Governor’s Chair Wirth To Address University of Michigan Engineers" Tennessee Today. Retrieved 2017-07-14.
  2. ↑ "Brian D. Wirth". Department of Nuclear Engineering | College of Engineering. utk.edu. 15 June 2016. Retrieved April 26, 2017.
  3. ↑ "U.S. Department of Energy Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers Recipients by Year" (PDF). Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers. US Department of Energy Office of Science. 2009. p. 12.
  4. ↑ "Wirth Receives Top DOE Honor, Credits UT-ORNL Partnership". University of Tennessee. May 21, 2015. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Brian Wirth". aaas.org. Archived from the original on April 26, 2017. Retrieved April 26, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Award Recipients: Fellow of ANS". American Nuclear Society. Retrieved March 15, 2025.


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