Ruchi Gakhar
University of Wisconsin Madison, USA
Biography
Ruchi Gakhar is a Postdoctoral research associate at UW Madison in the Department of Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics. She received her PhD in materials Science from University of Nevada, Reno in Decemeber 2015. She also holds an undergraduate and master's degree in chemistry and an additional master's in nanotechnology. During her PhD, she worked on designing of new, affordable materials to harness solar energy for clean energy production. She has published 15 journal articles and a book chapter so far.Ruchi has received several awards for academic excellence, including 2016 Nevada Regents' Scholar Award. At UW Madison, she is involved in investigating materials aspects of advanced nuclear reactor design – Fluoride salt cooled high temperature reactor (FHR).
Abstract
Abstract : Characterization of graphite components of FHR design