What can we learn from fast-and-furious particles burning in a group? 

Armed with a $11 million cooperative agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration, or NNSA, researchers from UF’s Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, Purdue University and Georgia Tech are examining the physics of how particles and droplets burn as a group, which also can lead to improved safety measures.  

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With a timely focus on global security and scientific collaboration, the University of Florida hosted hundreds of students, professors and national laboratory scientists and engineers earlier this summer for the 2025 National Nuclear Security Administration R&D University Program Review.

Held June 3–5, the University Program Review, or UPR, showcased five university consortia driving innovation in national nuclear security. UF leads the Consortium for Nuclear Forensics, or CNF. Funded by a $26.4 million award from the NNSA, the consortium comprises 16 universities and seven national laboratories to advance the United States’ nuclear forensics capabilities.

Read more about Hundreds Descend on UF To Advance National Security Research.