Category Archives: The Source
2021 Faculty and Staff Awards Announced
Wes Hines, Maik Lang, Jamie Coble, David Donovan, and Michelle McBee received faculty and staff awards from UT’s Tickle College of Engineering.
International Modeling Helps Improve Small Modular Reactors
Research Assistant Professor Ondrej Chvala and Professor Ivan Maldonado partnered with visiting researcher Pavel Suk on a new computer-modeling tool and applied it to a NuScale reactor.
Where Policy Meets Power
Alyssa Hayes became a delegate with the Nuclear Engineering Student Delegation to advocate for federal policies that would impact the nuclear industry.
Kile Explores Transient Behavior for the Transformational Challenge Reactor
Doctoral student Robby Kile conducted research to verify the performance of the TCR designs under both normal operating conditions and accident scenarios.
Nuclear Co-Op Gives Students Enlightening Experience
Rising seniors Elijah Brock and Jasmine Toy experienced the same co-op rotation with Southern Company at Southern Nuclear’s Plant Farley in the fall of 2020.
UT Part of $25M Nuclear Research and Development Project
The department is part of the Nuclear Science and Security Consortium, an 11-member university consortium grant for research and development into nuclear science, engineering, and security.
In Memoriam: Thomas Howard Scott Touched Lives in Engineering and Beyond
Associate Professor Emeritus Thomas Howard Scott, who served on the faculty in the Department of Nuclear Engineering from 1986–2008, has passed away.
Students Awarded for Research on Nuclear Fuel and Pyrochlore Oxides
NE students Will Cureton and Devon Drey were recognized for their outstanding scientific excellence for their oral presentations to the Materials Research Society.
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 […]