Category Archives: Faculty

Nuclear Faculty Earn Recognition Throughout the Spring
Several of our faculty members have earned recognition throughout the spring semester in 2025, displaying the quality of educators and researchers.

UT Helps Launch Groundbreaking K-2 Nuclear Education Initiative
Our department is part of a groundbreaking statewide initiative to help introduce nuclear energy concepts to kindergarten through second grade classrooms.
Fusion Summer School Showcases Growth in Second Year
In its second year, the UT/ORNL Fusion Summer School has grown, providing students with opportunities to learn about fusion related to graduate school.

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

Chaple Gore Recognized as ‘One to Watch’
Ivis Chaple Gore is being recognized through the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging’s “Ones to Watch” program for 2025.

Hayward Receives UT’s Excellence in Research Award
Professor Jason Hayward has been named as the recepient of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Excellence in Research Award.

Flexible Neutron Source Provides Unique Learning Tool
We’ve ran measurements with the Flexible Neutron Source, providing a much-needed experimental facility that supports future of Nuclear Integral Experiments.

Hayward Receives IEEE NPSS Merit Award
Jason Hayward was selected as the recipient of the 2025 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Nuclear & Plasma Sciences Society Merit Award.

Casali Among Experts at ITER Meeting
Livia Casali visited France with other selected experts to define phases of the new International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor research plans.

Chaple Gore Participates in SNMMI Future Leaders Academy
Assistant Professor Ivis Chaple Gore recently participated in the 2025 Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) Future Leaders Academy.