Idaho Falls News
White House Names U of I, Idaho Falls Professor 2019 Fellow
Posted 11/5/2019 10:14:00 PM
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho — Nov. 5, 2019 — University of Idaho, Idaho Falls Assistant Professor Dakota Roberson has earned a 2019-20 White House Fellowship and will spend a year working for the U.S. Department of Defense. Read more
Dakota Roberson Named White House Fellow
Posted 11/4/2019 2:00:00 PM
University of Idaho, Idaho Falls faculty member Dakota Roberson has earned a 2019-20 White House Fellowship and will spend a year working for the U.S. Department of Defense. Roberson is an assistant professor in the U of I College of Engineering's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in Idaho Falls. Read more
U of I Students Earn Innovations in Nuclear Technology R and D Awards
Posted 9/9/2019 10:58:00 PM
University of Idaho College of Engineering graduate student John Peterson and materials science and engineering senior James Zillinger were awarded Innovations in Nuclear Technology Research and Development Awards sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Technology Research and Development. The program recognized 25 students in 2019 for publications relevant to innovative nuclear technology. Read more
Idaho Falls Professor Collaborates on Patent for Large Geographical Power Systems Stability
Posted 8/26/2019 9:40:00 PM
Dakota Roberson, assistant professor in the College of Engineering at University of Idaho, Idaho Falls, was recognized as co-inventor on a recent patent issued to the University of Wyoming. The patent gives both universities a new real-time reconfiguration method for use in large power systems, improving the ability to compensate against large electric power flow changes brought on by intermittent disturbances or even cyberattacks. Read more
Christensen Receives Grant for Nuclear Plant Control Room Simulator
Posted 8/26/2019 9:40:00 PM
Richard Christensen, director of Nuclear Engineering at the University of Idaho, Idaho Falls College of Engineering, in collaboration with professors Robert Borrelli, Michael Haney and Michael McKellar, was recently awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to support the installation of a NuScale reactor plant simulator. Read more