Nuclear Engineering
Students
are involved in development and use of advanced particle transport
methods, multigroup cross-section generation techniques, reactor physics
and perturbation methods, thermal hydraulics, nondestructive testing
techniques and tools, advanced fuel design, robotics, radiation shielding
and protection, simulation methodologies for real-life nuclear systems
including reactors, medical devices, and radiation facilities. The
faculty have been successful in attracting major research funding
from many government organizations including the Department
Of Energy (DOE), the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(NRC), and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
(NASA), and from all aspects of the nuclear industry such
as power generation, radiation detection and measurement, radiation
treatment and imaging for medical and industrial applications.
Research Areas
Nuclear Reactor Applications
Advanced Nuclear Fuel
Advanced Reactor Design
- Generation IV Power Reactors
- Space Nuclear Power & Propulsion (INSPI)
Reactor Physics and Shielding Numerical Methods
- Multigroup cross section generation
- Numerical methods and codes for solving Linear Boltzmann Equation
- Monte Carlo methods (automated Variance Reduction)
- Perturbation methods
- Simulation of real-life criticality and shielding problems
Nuclear Security and Detection
Design of Radiation Devices
- Flaw detection (e.g., Space Shuttle foam and tile)
- Land mine detection
- Radiation Resistive Robots
High Performance Computing
Numerical techniques and parallel computing
- Thermofluids (LWR, HTGR, space reactors)
- Particle Transport
- NetComputing