2022 SALT Research Group Virtual Open House for Prospective Graduate Students

Wednesday, Nov. 2nd, 2022. 10am – 11am PST (Virtual)
Please Register by Monday, Oct. 31st, 2022 to receive a calendar invite with a zoom link

Audience: Undergraduate students, masters students, and professionals in engineering or science fields with interest in learning about:
 graduate studies in nuclear engineering in the areas of chemistry, materials,
advanced reactors, fuel cycles safety, licensing, and engineering ethics.
 molten salt research and the future generation of nuclear energy (fusion
and fission).

Agenda

Introduction | Prof. Raluca Scarlat | 10 minutes
* Overview of nuclear engineering
* Overview of the SALT Research Group
* Overview of grad school & finding the right program and the right group

Panel Discussion with graduate students in the SALT Group | 30 minutes
Haley Williams, L. Vergari, Ryan Hayes, Sasha Kennedy, Nathanael Gardner, Michael Borrello, Christian Sclafani, Maksim
Pecherskiy
* Why did you decide to apply to nuclear engineering programs?
* Why did you choose to be in the SALT group?
* Advice for how to approach preparing graduate school applications.
* What one thing you wish you knew when you were applying to grad school that you know now?
* What career paths are you considering after your Ph.D?
* Favorite group team-building activity?/Favorite group meeting joke?

One–on–one discussions with members of the SALT | 10 minutes
* Break-out sessions with each of the SALT-group members

Wrap up & Respond to additional questions | 10 minutes
* Whole group Q&A
* Feedback Survey