Education

B.S. Nuclear Engineering, Oregon State University, 2006
M.S. Nuclear Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008
Ph.D. Nuclear Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011

 

  • Best Poster Award, American Nuclear Society Annual Conference, Las Vegas, NE, November 7-11, 2010
  • Outstanding Student Service Award, MIT Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering, 2009
  • Novice Poster Award, DOE NNSA Stewardship Science Graduate Fellowship Conference, Washington DC, July 2009
  • Best paper in Reactor Design Section, 2007 ANS Student Conference, Oregon State University, Corvallis OR
  • American Nuclear Society Graduate Scholarship Award, 2006 and 2009
  • Undergraduate Student of the Year of Nuclear Engineering Department, OSU, 2006

Publications

  • J.J. Sienicki, A. Moisseytsev, D.C. Wade, Erickson (Nikiforova), "Status of Development of the Small Secure Transportable Autonomous Reactor (SSTAR) for Worldwide Sustainable Nuclear Energy Supply," Proceedings of ICAPP 2007, Paper 7218, Nice, France, May 13-18 (2007)
  • Erickson (Nikiforova), E. Shwageraus, P. Hejzlar, N. Todreas, "Flexible Conversion Ratio (FCR) Lead-Cooled Reactor," Proceedings of The Second Tokyo Tech-MIT Symposium on Innovative Nuclear Energy Systems (ITs-INES 2), Tokyo, Japan, July 23-25 (2007)
  • Erickson (Nikiforova), P. Hejzlar, N. Todreas, "Thermal Hydraulics of Liquid Lead-Cooled Flexible Conversion Ratio (FCR) Reactor," Proceedings of American Nuclear Society International Meeting, Washington DC, November 11-15 (2007)
  • A. Nikiforova, P. Hejzlar, N. Todreas, J. Whitman, C. J. Fong, R. Petroski, "A 2400 MWth Liquid Lead-Cooled Flexible Conversion Ratio (FCR) Reactor," ICAPP 2008, Anaheim, California, June 8-12 (2008)
  • A. Nikiforova, P. Hejzlar, N.E. Todreas, "Lead Cooled Flexible Conversion Ratio Fast Reactor", Nuclear Engineering and Design, 239, 2596-2611 (2009)
  • N. E. Todreas, P. Hejzlar, Erickson (Nikiforova), R. Petroski, E. Shwageraus, C.J. Fong, M.J. Driscoll, M.A. Elliott, G. Apostolakis, "Flexible conversion ratio fast reactors: Overview," Nuclear Engineering and Design, 239, 2582-2595 (2009)
  • P. Hejzlar, N. E. Todreas, E. Shwageraus, Erickson (Nikiforova), R. Petroski, M. J. Driscoll, "Cross-comparison of fast reactor concepts with various coolants," Nuclear Engineering and Design, 239, 2672-2691 (2009)
  • B. Yildiz, A. Erickson (Nikiforova), S. Yip, "Metallic interfaces in harsh chemo-mechanical environments," Nuclear Engineering and Technology, 41, 1, pp. 21-38 (2009)
  • A. Erickson (Nikiforova), B. Yildiz, "Reaction of Strained Fe Surfaces and Oxygen:
  • A First Principles Study," Proceedings of Materials Research Society Annual Meeting, Boston MA, November 31-December 3 (2009)
  • A. Erickson, A. Galaitsis, R. Lanza, M. Hynes, A. Bernstein and Br. Blackburn, "Design and Fabrication of Cherenkov Counters for the Detection of SNM ", AIP Conference Proceedings, Crete, Greece, June 2011, in print
  • A. Erickson, R. Lanza, M. Hynes, Br. Blackburn, A. Bernstein and S. Dazeley, "Cherenkov Counters for the Detection of Gamma Rays from Active Interrogation", IEEE Conference Proceedings, Valencia, Spain, October 2011, in print