{"id":228,"date":"2021-04-12T15:20:57","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T19:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ne.ncsu.edu\/rdna\/?page_id=228"},"modified":"2023-11-30T10:47:32","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T15:47:32","slug":"matthew-sawyers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ne.ncsu.edu\/rdna\/members\/matthew-sawyers\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthew Sawyers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"block-callout n_items-center-ns  n_bg-red  block-callout--has-img block-callout--img-left \" >\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"block-callout__img-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"block-callout__img\" srcSet=\"https:\/\/ne.ncsu.edu\/rdna\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/04\/Matthew-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ne.ncsu.edu\/rdna\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/04\/Matthew.jpg 435w,\" src=\"https:\/\/ne.ncsu.edu\/rdna\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/04\/Matthew.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 150px,(max-width: 435px) 435px,\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t    <\/figure>\n            \t\t\t<div class=\"block-callout__content n_pa4 n_w-100 n_flex n_flex-column n_tc  n_text-white\">\n\t\t\t\t                                        <P class=\"block-callout__heading heading n_overflow-wrap-break n_pv2 n_ph0 n_ttn n_ma0 n_lh-title n_f3  n_univers-light n_normal n_text-white\"><strong>Matthew Sawyers<\/strong><br><br><strong>PhD Candidate<\/strong><br><br><strong>Email: mjsawye4@ncsu.edu<\/strong><\/P>\n\n                \t\t\t\t<p class=\"block-callout__body-wrapper n_text-white n_ma0 n_pa0 \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"block-callout__body \"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Matthew is a PhD Candidate in Nuclear Engineering under Dr. Robert Hayes.&nbsp; His research focuses on the design of a new microreactor for military use, including primary and secondary plants, as well as a new core design fueled by commercially available low-enriched uranium.&nbsp; Specifically, this research seeks to solve two problems: 1) mainstream development of microreactors is hindered by the lack of infrastructure to support production, shipping, and storage of HALEU fuel, currently required for most microreactor designs; and 2) military dependence (especially in forward-operating environments) on continuously functioning fossil fuel delivery trains endangers soldiers\u2019 lives and risks endurance of remote bases in harsh environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Matthew joined the US Navy in 1997 and continues to serve on active duty.&nbsp; He is currently working for Naval Reactors at Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory, supporting deployed nuclear propulsion plants on submarines and aircraft carriers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Matthew graduated with a dual BS in Nuclear Engineering\/Engineering Physics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2009, and projects fulfilling the requirements for his PhD at the end of the 2024\/25 academic year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matthew is a PhD Candidate in Nuclear Engineering under Dr. Robert Hayes.&nbsp; His research focuses on the design of a new microreactor for military use,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":72,"featured_media":0,"parent":64,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-landing.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-228","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ne.ncsu.edu\/rdna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ne.ncsu.edu\/rdna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ne.ncsu.edu\/rdna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ne.ncsu.edu\/rdna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/72"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ne.ncsu.edu\/rdna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/ne.ncsu.edu\/rdna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":473,"href":"https:\/\/ne.ncsu.edu\/rdna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/228\/revisions\/473"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ne.ncsu.edu\/rdna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/64"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ne.ncsu.edu\/rdna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}