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.

Our department has risen into the top 3 of the in the U.S. News & World Report’s 2025 top graduate schools, elevating the Tickle College of Engineering.

Professor Nicholas Brown was selected to the inaugural Nuclear News “40 Under 40” list of industry influencers and future leaders of the nuclear community.

Lawrance Townsend, Chancellor’s Professor Emeritus, recently received the Rockwell Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Nuclear Society.

Two NE doctoral students and one NE undergraduate student won awards in the 2018 Innovations in Nuclear Technology R&D Awards.