As the chief scientist of UT’s DNN TECH consortium, Terry Hazen is applying his microbiome expertise to nuclear nonproliferation efforts.

Professor Nick Brown is a co-PI on Prometheus, a project funded by the Department of Energy that will use AI to slash reactor deployment timelines without sacrificing safety.

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.

UT is the recipient of a $251,650 nuclear energy infrastructure award from U.S. Department of Energy that will be used to establish an in-situ scanning electron microscopy platform for irradiated materials.

Atomistic simulation expert Alex Ivanov will join the NE faculty this fall, uniting his passions for nuclear materials science and NE education.

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

Our department is involved in four of the six Fusion Innovation Research Engine (FIRE) Collaboratives funded by the U.S. Department of Energy. 

Naidu Bobba joins our department this fall as an assistant professor with expertise in radiotheranostics, a powerful approach for cancer diagnosis & treatment.

Xingang Zhao will be joining our department this fall as an assistant professor. His research interests span multiple disciplines of nuclear energy systems.

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