UT-ORNL Governor’s Chair for Nuclear Materials Steven Zinkle is the recipient of The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS) Leadership Award.

Doctoral student Yan-Ru Lin received the American Nuclear Society Mark Mills Award, which honors the best original technical publication by a graduate student.

UT nuclear engineering researchers helped influence a new federal push toward making a working fusion power plant a reality by the late 2030s.

The Nuclear Energy University Program (NEUP) of the US Department of Energy funds millions of dollars in research being conducted […]

UT-ORNL Governor’s Chair for Nuclear Materials Professor Steve Zinkle, along with G. Robert Odette, Distinguished Professor Emeritus from the University of […]

The 2nd Joint Community Planning Workshop for Magnetic Fusion Energy and Fusion Materials & Technology, held at UT in November, […]

Caleb Massey, a recent doctoral graduate, works at ORNL researching Oxide Dispersion Strengthened steel, which could make advanced reactors a reality.

Steven Zinkle and doctoral students are researching nuclear energy reactors, hoping to create the possibility for a human mission to Mars.

Steven Zinkle, professor of nuclear engineering and UT-ORNL Governor’s Chair, was recently presented a Gold Medal from ASM.

The Department of Nuclear Engineering graduated the most PhD students in a single year in US history in 2018.