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Nuclear Cybersecurity Workshop

Our inaugural Nuclear Cybersecurity Workshop was a tremendous success, with over 50 attendees joining us for a day of insightful discussions and presentations on nuclear cybersecurity.

Our keynote speaker, Dr. Rian Bahran, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Reactors at U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), delivered powerful remarks on the critical importance of cybersecurity in nuclear energy. Another keynote speaker, Mitchell Hewes, Information and Computer Security Officer at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), emphasized the strong collaboration between Georgia Tech and IAEA in the field of nuclear cybersecurity. Speakers from Idaho National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Southern Nuclear, Sentinel Devices, universities, and our own students and researchers presents advanced research and capabilities for collaboration. Some in attendance even said they wished we had more hours in the day – the discussion and collaboration were that good!


Many thanks to all of the people who supported this workshop and made it great! Together, we are making great strides in securing the future of nuclear energy. 🌟 We would also like to thank the support from Georgia Tech Strategic Energy Institute, and Georgia Tech College of Engineering, and our great staff members!

Special thanks to all the co-leads for their supports and dedication: Dr. Steve Biegalski, Dr. Valerie Thomas, Dr. Guenevere Qian Chen, Dr.Alexander Miranda, and Dr. Christine Conwell!

🌟 Undergraduate Appreciation Day at iFAN Lab! 🌟

This February, we celebrated the incredible achievements and innovations of our undergraduate students in the fields of cybersecurity, process monitoring and diagnostic, autonomous control, and robotics. 🎉
We celebrated the Best Paper Award 🏆 and PURA Awards 🥇

We took time to reflect on the amazing work we’ve accomplished together and discussed how we can further support our undergraduates in their research and career development. We also identified the resources needed to continue fostering their growth and success.

A huge thank you to all our undergraduates for their hard work and dedication. Your contributions are invaluable, and we are excited to see what the future holds for each of you!

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Dr. Zhang on the Fall 2024 CIOS Honor Roll for her Teaching and Educational Impact

Dr. Zhang is recognized from her students for her execellence in teaching and educational impact (Link).

” While I have received several awards in the past, this recognition from my students is the most heartwarming. I will continue to bring enthusiasm to the course material, my passion for teaching, and my care and support for students. I feel incredibly fortunate to work with such talented students. “

Sungmin Passed His Dissertation Proposal Defense!

🎉 Huge congratulations to Sungmin on this incredible milestone and achievement! 🎉

His dissertation research tackles machine learning techniques for enhanced diagnosis of nuclear power plants using mobile robots. Key topics include:
✅ Anomaly detection and localization
✅ Measurement selection for robots
✅ Asynchronous data processing
This work aims to shift the paradigm of online monitoring for industrial facilities by incorporating not only continuously streamed signals from fixed sensors but also adaptive data acquisition through mobile inspection robots.