My name is Katie Mummah. I'm a nuclear engineer, graduate student, and clean energy advocate. It’s nice to meet you.
Nuclear engineers have to be communicators; the very name of our field invites curiosity and questioning. Yet many, maybe most, nuclear engineering students get no formal training in communicating science to the public, let alone a deep dive into the...
It was only when I landed in Vienna that I realized I had never traveled alone internationally. Many of my free weekends in the last few years have been spent exploring Wisconsin, New Mexico, Colorado (among other states), mostly alone....
It’s almost summer, by university standards at least, and for me summer means reading. I’ve been collecting radiation and nuclear-themed books for a few years, but I’ve read almost none of them during my busy semesters and internships.
When I press “brew” on my coffeemaker first thing in the morning, I never stop to wonder whether the coffeemaker is on and ready to pour into my mug. For many of us, electricity is just a fact of life....
Starting in 2016, the Nuclear Innovation Bootcamp has revolutionized the way that students and early career professionals have viewed innovation in the nuclear energy industry. Traditionally a slow-moving field, nuclear power is starting to shake things up and embrace the...
