Peter Burns
Henry J. Massman Chair and Professor of Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences
Office: 156A Fitzpatrick Hall of Engineering
Phone: 574-631-7380
Email: burns.50@nd.edu
Areas of Expertise
Environmental mineralogy and crystallography, mineral crystal structures and crystal chemistry, mineral structural energetics, mineral paragenesis and nuclear waste disposal.
Burns has been named one of the top 10 most cited authors in the field of geosciences for the period 1997 to 2006. A fellow of the Mineralogical Society of America (MSA), Burns also is a member of the American Chemical Society and the Materials Research Society and serves as vice president of the Mineralogical Association of Canada. He has received numerous awards throughout his career, including the Winthrop Spencer Gold Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Geological Sciences, the Hawley Medal and the Young Scientists Medal of the Mineralogical Association of Canada, the Mineralogical Society of America Award and the Donath Medal as the outstanding young scientist from the Geological Society of America.
ND NEWSWIRE ARTICLES
New paper examines seawater’s effect on nuclear fuel
Notre Dame receives funding for Energy Frontier Research Center
DOE to establish Energy Frontier Research Center at Notre Dame
Burns among top 10 most cited geosciences authors
New class of materials discovered by Notre Dame and Argonne researchers
Regional partnership supports discovery of new materials
Study offers new insights into the storage of nuclear waste\
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MSNBC.com—Mix seawater, nuclear fuel: Result is still an unknown
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