TTU Breaking New Ground in Energy Research

Robert V. Duncan, PhD

Robert V. Duncan, professor and president's distinguished chair in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, and his team within the Center for Emerging Energy Sciences (CEES) lab recently received a grant to work with other teams at major research institutions in the United States in exploring alternative nuclear energy possibilities that promise to be safe and to produce no fuel-related nuclear waste.

The end goal is to find a new source of energy that can be created in large quantities in a reasonably quick and economic manner without producing additional atmospheric carbon stress. Duncan said conventional nuclear energy has promise, but some emerging alternatives may offer additional options, based on early efforts.