Brian Wirth
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Brian D. Wirth is an American nuclear engineer and metallurgist, the Governor's Chair Professor at the University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory.[http://tntoday.utk.edu/2016/03/31/governors-chair-wirth-address-university-michigan-engineers/ "Governor’s Chair Wirth To Address University of Michigan Engineers"] Tennessee Today. Retrieved 2017-07-14.{{Cite web |url=http://ne.utk.edu/people/brian-d-wirth/ |title=Brian D. Wirth |date=15 June 2016 |publisher=utk.edu |access-date=April 26, 2017}} His research has concerned the effects of irradiation on metals, with the aim of increasing the lifetime of structural components of nuclear reactors.
Wirth was a 2003 recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers,{{cite web|url=https://science.osti.gov/-/media/_/pdf/about/honors-and-awards/pecase/2009_pecase.pdf|work=Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers|publisher=US Department of Energy Office of Science|year=2009|title=U.S. Department of Energy Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers Recipients by Year|page=12}} and a 2014 recipient of the Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award of the United States Department of Energy.{{cite web|url=https://news.utk.edu/2015/05/21/wirth-receives-top-doe-honor-credits-utornl-partnership/|title=Wirth Receives Top DOE Honor, Credits UT-ORNL Partnership|date=May 21, 2015|publisher=University of Tennessee|access-date=March 15, 2025}} He was elected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2016,{{Cite web |url=https://www.aaas.org/fellow/wirth-brian |title=Brian Wirth |publisher=aaas.org |access-date=April 26, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170426154251/https://www.aaas.org/fellow/wirth-brian |archive-date=April 26, 2017 |url-status=dead }} and as a Fellow of the American Nuclear Society in 2017.{{cite web|url=https://www.ans.org/honors/recipients/award-fellow/|title=Award Recipients: Fellow of ANS|publisher=American Nuclear Society|access-date=March 15, 2025}}
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