Professor Ivan Maldonado served as the general chair for the 2025 Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management (ANFM) Conference.

TVA has invested $3 million in the University of Tennessee to advance academic excellence, workforce development and faculty recruitment.

PhD student Katie Butler served as the finance chair for the International Symposium on Fusion Nuclear Technology hosted by ORNL, making the event a success.

The University of Tennessee’s Tickle College of Engineering unveiled a new Operator Training Simulator Laboratory in partnership with Kairos Power.

Governor’s Chair Professor Brian Wirth chaired a FESAC facilities construction subcommittee tasked with evaluating facilities needed by the Office of Fusion Energy Sciences.

UT and nuclear technology company Kairos Power are developing a simulator-based nuclear operator training facility for UT students and Kairos employees.

UT–Oak Ridge National Laboratory Governor’s Chair Brian Wirth has been named a fellow of the American Nuclear Society, the group’s highest honor.

TCE faculty members are leading 3 projects funded through the DOE’s Office of Nuclear Energy to help the nation stay on the competitive edge of nuclear research.

Daniel Suarez and Mackenzie Warwick joined us as full-time teaching professors. They are the first instructional faculty members the department has ever hired.

UT is part of a consortium that was awarded a $25M grant by the U.S. DOE’s National Nuclear Security Administration for R&D in nuclear science, engineering, and security.