Category Archives: Faculty
Nuclear Energy Benefits from Open-Source Modeling
Research Assistant Professor Ondrej Chvala presents an open-source framework for a dynamic model of a generic molten salt reactor design.
Bogetic Joins Department as Assistant Professor
The Department of Nuclear Engineering welcomes Sandra Bogetic to the faculty as an assistant professor.
Zhang Advances Cybersecurity with New Patent
Research Assistant Professor Fan Zhang has been awarded a UT Research Foundation (UTRF) Technology Maturation Grant for her research “A […]
Worth Their Weight in Salt, Molten Reactors Hold Huge Potential
Research Assistant Professor Ondrej Chvala studies Molten Salt Reactors (MSR) not just with an eye for the future, but also […]
Coble Rising in Engineering Asset Management
Southern Company Faculty Fellow and Associate Professor Jamie Coble, who also serves as the assistant department head for undergraduate studies […]
Hines Shares Buzz About Fast Neutron Source
Department Head Wes Hines recently spoke on a webinar hosted by ClearPath and Clear Air Task Force (CATF), which featured […]
Townsend First from UT to Join International Academy of Astronautics
Chancellor’s Professor and Robert M. Condra Professor Emeritus Lawrence Townsend was recently inducted into the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA), […]
Puppets, Planets, and Propulsion: Younger Students Learn Nuclear’s Role in Space
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLRW2ij2VZY] The American Nuclear Society chapter at the University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez invited guests from the Department of […]
Wirth’s Atomistic Modeling to Make Fusion One Step Closer to Reality
UT-Oak Ridge National Laboratory Governor’s Chair for Computational Nuclear Engineering Brian Wirth just received a new grant to fund his […]
ANS News Round-Up
The department has had several pieces of American Nuclear Society (ANS) news to share from the summer and fall semesters. […]