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Adam Darr

Adam Darr

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Nuclear engineering graduate student and researcher with background in nuclear engineering and plasma physics.

  • Education

    • NorthWood High School

      2012 - 2016
      High School 4.0

      Activities and Societies: Marching band, pep band, jazz band, concert band (saxophone), chess club, Indiana academic super bowl teams - math, science, interdisciplinary I exceeded the limits of my school's college preparation, teaching myself the material for AP Calculus 2, Statistics, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, and Physics B. I passed all five exams, earning an additional semester's worth of college credit.

    • Purdue University

      2014 - 2018
      Bachelor’s Degree Nuclear Engineering 3.95

      Activities and Societies: Purdue Society of Professional Engineers - Secretary (1 yr), Vice President (1 yr) American Nuclear Society - Secretary (1 yr), Vice President (1 yr) Purdue Student Sustainability Council I augmented my nuclear education by taking classes up to the graduate level along the breadth of physics (modern, quantum, and statistical mechanics, and electromagnetics). I also contributed to eleven scientific projects, three as first author and eight as second author divided among papers, conference oral presentations, and posters. I presented one of my posters at the Purdue Undergraduate Research Symposium, winning the Thematic Categories' Top Abstract award for "Mathematics and… Show more I augmented my nuclear education by taking classes up to the graduate level along the breadth of physics (modern, quantum, and statistical mechanics, and electromagnetics). I also contributed to eleven scientific projects, three as first author and eight as second author divided among papers, conference oral presentations, and posters. I presented one of my posters at the Purdue Undergraduate Research Symposium, winning the Thematic Categories' Top Abstract award for "Mathematics and Computational Sciences." I traveled to the IEEE International Conference on Plasma Sciences to present my other two posters. Show less

    • Purdue University - The Graduate School

      2018 - 2022
      Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Nuclear Engineering 4.0

      I chose to remain at Purdue, having fostered a sense of home here. I received the honor of the Purdue Doctoral Fellowship, and am continuing my research in plasma physics with the BioElectrics and ElectroPhysics (BEEP) Lab under the inspired mentorship of Dr. Allen Garner.

  • Experience

    • OSHA Safety Expert Inc.

      Jun 2013 - Jun 2017
      Research Associate

      I gained legal experience, researching local, state, and federal laws, including OSHA and ANSI regulations. I reviewed technical reports, proofreading them for consistency to appropriate standards and for professional style.

    • Purdue University

      Aug 2014 - now

      • Graduate Research Assistant

        May 2018 - now

      • Undergraduate Student

        Aug 2014 - May 2018

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • 2021 CISTAR’s Mentoring in Action Training

      CISTAR NSF Engineering Research Center
      May 2021
      View certificate certificate

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Adam Darr
      American Nuclear Society Student Design Competition Undergraduate Winner American Nuclear Society 2018 Team of six won the ANS student design competition with HYdrogen Production Electrolysis Reactor (HYPER) reactor design - using a gas cooled reactor to fully supply industrial energy requirements, including heat, electricity, and hydrogen.
    • Awarded to Adam Darr
      Purdue Doctoral Fellowship Purdue University 2018
    • Awarded to Adam Darr
      Purdue Undergraduate Research Conference, Thematic Categories Top Abstract in "Mathematics and Computational Sciences" Purdue Office of Undergraduate Research 2018 Awarded for preliminary work presented at an undergraduate conference at Purdue which would lead to publication of "Unification of field emission and space charge limited emission with collisions"
    • Awarded to Adam Darr
      National Merit Scholarship Awardee National Merit Scholarship Corporation 2014
    • Awarded to Adam Darr
      Purdue Trustee's Scholarship Awardee Purdue University 2014
    • Awarded to Adam Darr
      American Nuclear Society Graduate Scholarship American Nuclear Society Winner in 2018, 2019.
    • Awarded to Adam Darr
      Purdue University Deans List and Semester Honors Purdue University Full honors and awards every semester of undergraduate.