The Department of Nuclear Engineering at Texas A&M co-sponsored two students to attend the WiN national conference held in Boston from July 27 to July 30.
Morgan Munera, (pictured right) a junior undergraduate student studying radiological health engineering, is the president of the Women in Nuclear chapter at Texas A&M University.
Kristina Yancey,(pictured left) a Ph.D. fellow, received her first student sponsorship in 2009 to attend the WIN Global conference in Washington, D.C. She founded the Texas A&M Women in Nuclear chapter with Chelsea Gorrman in 2010 and currently serves as its graduate advisor. Kristina received both her bachelor's and master's degrees in nuclear engineering at Texas A&M. After completing her undergraduate degree, she spent a year working with the FAST group at the Paul Scherrer Institut in Switzerland on a Fulbright Fellowship. Kristina is currently working on her Ph.D. in Dr. Tsvetkov’s Advanced Energy Technologies group on a National Science Foundation fellowship.