This past Friday, April 27th, 2018, Daniel Vega successfully defended his dissertation entitled, “Examination of an Additively Manufactured Ferritic-Martensitic Steel for Advanced Nuclear Applications.” Daniel’s development of this new material technology is currently being filed for a patent. He will continue working at the Department of Energy as a Nuclear Engineer. The image at the right shows Daniel (center) with Professor Al-Sheikhly (left) and Dr. Stu Malloy (right). Congratulations Dan!