Ian Hamilton
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Purdue Students Develop Device That Harnesses Energy from Nuclear Waste
Three Purdue students and a graduate have launched a startup called Atlas Energy Systems, that has found a way to turn nuclear waste into its own source of energy, according to The Purdue Exponent. The project that started in an apartment as a prototype held together with Scotch tape has gone on to win the Indiana Clean Energy Challenge. Read More
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Students’ innovation creates sustainable energy from nuclear waste
Three Purdue students and one graduate have created an innovative and sustainable start-up company that could impact the way we use nuclear waste in the future, and it all started in a spare apartment with Scotch tape. Since then, the team has progressed into winning the state level Clean Energy Challenge, and participated in the regional level as well. Read More
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Purdue students commercialize device that could convert nuclear waste into electricity
Repositories around the world are filled with around one million barrels of nuclear waste that can take up to 240,000 years to decay, according to the U.S Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Purdue University students Josh Auger, Ian Hamilton and Kyle Harris, and Purdue alumnus Kyle Pendergast have developed a device that could potentially turn this waste into electricity. Read More