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.

UT and UCOR have strengthened their partnership to collaborate on projects, enhance educational curriculum, and develop a pipeline of highly skilled workers for nuclear and environmental cleanup work through an MOU renewal.

UT, ORNL, and Type One Energy are establishing a world-class facility to advance fusion energy, evaluating how materials react under extreme conditions. 

UT is partnering with Roane State Communicty College and TCAT to provide students with nuclear technology training to create a skilled workforce.

Khalid Hattar is part of two Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy awards of more than $2M that focus on plasma-facing surface relationships for fusion energy systems.

CROET has given two scholarships to our department to be awarded to undergraduate students that have graduated from Oak Ridge High School.

The Enabling Capabilities in Technology Consortium recruited over 60 grad students and postdocs to be trained in disciplines related to nuclear nonproliferation.

NE student Andie-Marie Jones is balancing her academic life with her role as a distance runner for the Lady Vols.

Anneli Brackbill won a Best Paper Award for her research on a machine learning tool with the ability to help create Nuclear Criticality Safety Evaluations.

UT-ORNL Governor’s Chair Professor of Computational Nuclear Engineering and Department Head Brian Wirth was named a 2025 Fellow of the American Physical Society.