DOE Grant Awarded for Isotope Research

Michael Free, professor in the Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Dr. Prashant Sarswat, an assistant research professor in the Department of Metallurgical Engineering in the College of Mines and Earth Sciences, were awarded $288,999 from the Office of Nuclear Physics of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science to lead research aimed at developing a more efficient way to separate isotopes to facilitate domestic isotope production and personnel training.