Our department is part of a groundbreaking statewide initiative to help introduce nuclear energy concepts to kindergarten through second grade classrooms.

Graduate students Mason Fox and Kyra Lawson received recognition award for papers they submitted in a Department of Energy Nuclear University Competition.

In its second year, the UT/ORNL Fusion Summer School has grown, providing students with opportunities to learn about fusion related to graduate school.

With the recent agreement between UT and Y-12, we may gain opportunities for students, faculty, and researchers to contribute to initiatives on national security.

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

Nuclear Engineering Laboratory Manager Michael Ratliff has been granted the title of Certified Health Physicist by the American Board of Health Physics.

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

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

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

Livia Casali and our students visited Washington, D.C. for Fusion Day, an annual event where scientists and government representatives discuss fusion research.