Alumna Jamie Porter is the inaugural recipient of the Department of Nuclear Engineering’s Dr. Marcia Katz Distinguished Mid-Career Alumnus Award.

With more than five decades of nuclear industry experience, Harold Conner Jr. was selected as the 2026 inductee into the department’s Hall of Fame.

Vald Sobes, Amanda Bachmann, Lane Carasik, Tyler Steiner, and Fan Zhang have been named to the second annual Nuclear News “40 Under 40” list.

Alumni, faculty, and a student are all representing our department at the American Nuclear Society Annual Conference with them receiving various awards.

Alumni Thomas Magette and Lawrence Townsend have been inducted into the Nuclear Engineering Hall of Fame.

While studying zirconia in Maik Lang’s lab, NE alum Alexandre Solomon discovered an atomic-scale surprise that’s shaking up metastable materials science.

Nikki Maginn’s curriculum, Inside Out Engineering, improves Vols’ academic performance and career prospects by developing their emotional intelligence (EQ).

Anagha Iyengar, a former student of Jason Hayward, has received a 2023 Early Career Award from the INMM for her work in nuclear security and nonproliferation.

Nuclear engineering graduates Alicia Swift and Fan Zhang were recognized in the 2023 “Volunteer 40 Under 40” ceremony.

Wes Hines hosted the first panel in a new speaker series intended to increase the number of African American nuclear engineering graduates in the United States.