Nuclear Engineering Associate Professor Ilja Popovs and Assistant Professor Alex Ivanov were both involved in projects that received a prestigious 2026 R&D 100 Award.

Postdoctoral researcher Madeline Lockhart has been selected to receive the ANS Glenn T. Seaborg Congressional Science and Engineering Fellowship. It’s the second straight year someone from UT NE has been selected.

UT is part of the Nuclear Center for Advanced Manufacturing and Precast, an initiative focused on advancing new manufacturing and construction methods and developing vocational training to support the deployment of advanced nuclear reactors.

A contingent of students and faculty from TCE took part in the inaugural Fusion Innovation Bootcamp (FIB), a two-week entrepreneurship and innovation-focused training program, held at Tennessee State University (TSU) in June.

UT Part of Consortium Awarded DOE Grant The University of Tennessee is part of a consortium led by the University […]

This month, Linzee Phillips Hensley will start her first class in the Department of Nuclear Engineering’s accredited medical physics program. […]

TVA Nuclear Engineering Department Chair Brian Wirth is featured in Episode 4 of The Nuclear Option, a documentary discussing how new fuels and materials can shape the future for nuclear energy.

Professor Ivan Maldonado, an associate professor with a joint appointment with ORNL, will serve as the associate department head for nuclear engineering at the University of Tennessee.

Eric Abelquist, a certified health physicist with a PhD in nuclear engineering from the University of Tennessee, is joining the Department of Nuclear Engineering faculty in the fall of 2026 as a professor of practice.

UT’s nuclear knowledge and workforce development pathways helped position the state as a finalist to be a DOE-supported Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campus host.