{"id":21217,"date":"2017-01-25T09:44:11","date_gmt":"2017-01-25T14:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/newengineer\/?p=21217"},"modified":"2025-06-11T12:33:01","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T17:33:01","slug":"uf-nuclear-engineers-win-rd-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/mse\/uf-nuclear-engineers-win-rd-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Director of UF Nuclear Engineering Program wins R&amp;D 100 Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-21219 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2017\/01\/James-Baciak-222x300.jpg\" alt=\"James Baciak\" width=\"222\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2017\/01\/James-Baciak-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2017\/01\/James-Baciak.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/>Jim Baciak, materials science and engineering professor and director of the UF nuclear engineering program, worked with industry partner Georgetown Rail Equipment to create the Aurora Xi, which uses backscatter x-ray imaging to detect defects in railroad crossties at speeds of up to 25 mph. 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