A new contract has been awarded to NC State’s nuclear engineering professor, Dr. Ayman Hawari, for the development of methods and evaluations of thermal neutron scattering in materials. The award totals at $1,375,000 and covers the period 2019-2024. It is sponsored by the US Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) through the Nuclear Criticality Safety Program and in collaboration with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL).