NES
The NES Thrust Area’s focus is research and education for advancement of nuclear engineering science and its application in power, security, medicine and policy.
Members of NES are primarily engaged in development of computational methodologies for design and analysis of nuclear systems, establishment of experimental
capabilities for understanding basic phenomenon and benchmarking of computational tools, and the study and analysis of public policy in nuclear science.
The current activities of NES includes areas such as: nuclear materials and fuel
modeling and chemistry; advanced particle transport methods and codes development for real-time simulation of nuclear systems with specific application in reactor
physics, reactor shielding, radiation detection design, and medical imaging; reactor
thermal-hydraulics fundamentals and reactor safety analysis; and development of
advanced reactor fuel cycles and designs for addressing safety, security, sustainability, and policy.
Nuclear Engineering
and Science
Professor
Alireza
Haghighat
NES
Coordinator
In addition to the Mechanical Engineering faculty, the NES team works with
faculty members and researchers from other departments and centers such as
Advanced Computing Research and Visual Computing, Materials Science and Engineering, Physics, Science and Technologies in Society, and the School of Public and
International Affairs. The members have significant research collaborations with
universities, government organizations, and private industry, both nationally and
internationally.
Without a doubt, NES faculty is poised to contribute to advancement of safe,
secure and sustainable nuclear power, design of systems for nuclear materials monitoring and detection, design of radiation diagnosis and therapy, and science-based
analysis for formulation of nuclear policy.
RESEARCH
APPLICATIONS
Medical Imaging |
Nuclear Nonproliferation
and Policy |
Nuclear Surety and
Safeguards | Reactor
Design
AREAS OF RESEARCH AND STUDY
Nuclear Materials and Fuel | Particle Transport
Methods | Radiation Detection |
Reactor Physics | Reactor Safety and ThermalHydraulics | Reactor Shielding