Nuclear Engineering

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B.D. Wirth, Head
Brian Wirth, Director of Graduate Studies
Jamie Coble, Co-Director of Graduate Studies

Professors
Brown, N.R., PhD – Purdue
Coble, J.B. (Southern Company Fellow), PhD – Tennessee
Hall, H.L., PhD – California (Berkeley)
Hayward, J.P. (UCOR Fellow), PhD – Michigan
Heilbronn, L.H. (John D. Tickle Professor), PhD – Michigan State
Hines, J.W. (Chancellor’s Professor and Postelle Fellow), PhD – Ohio State
Lang, M.K. (Pietro Pasqua Fellow), PhD – University of Heidelberg (Germany)
Lukosi, E., PhD – Missouri (Columbia)
Maldonado, G.I., PhD – North Carolina State
Wirth, B.D. (Governor’s Chair Professor), PhD – California (Santa Barbara)
Zinkle, S. (Governor’s Chair Professor), PhD – Wisconsin

Associate Professors
Donovan, D., PhD – Wisconsin
Hattar, K., PhD – Illinois

Assistant Professors
Bobba, K.N., PhD – Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Coimbatore, India)
Bogetic, S., PhD – California (Berkeley)
Casali, L. (Zinkle Fellow), PhD – Ludwig-Maximilian (Germany)
Chaple Gore, I., PhD – Alabama (Birmingham)
Sobes, V., PhD – Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Zhao, X., PhD – Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Research Professors
Grossbeck, M.L., PhD – Illinois
Khan, M., PhD – Tennessee
Melcher, C., PhD – California Institute of Technology
Mihalczo, J.T., PhD – Tennessee
Ruggles, A.E., PhD – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Research Assistant Professors
Ang, C., PhD – Monash (Australia)
Blondel, S., PhD – Paris-Sud University (France)
Chvala, O., PhD – Charles University (Prague, Czech Republic)
Davis, J., PhD – Idaho State
Liesenfelt, M., PhD – Florida
O’Quinn, E., PhD – Tennessee
Penchoff, D., PhD – Tennessee
Stand Stracuzzi, L., PhD – Tennessee
Wen, X., PhD – Oregon State

Professors of Practice
Lagdon, C., MEA – George Washington
Pevey, R.E., PhD, PE – Tennessee

Joint Faculty
Katoh, Y., PhD – University of Tokyo (Japan)
Skutnik, S.E., PhD – North Carolina State
Stowe, A., PhD – Florida State

Adjunct Faculty
Anderson, B., PhD – University of Washington
Apostoaei, A.I., PhD – Tennessee
Arndt, S., PhD – Ohio State
Ayaz-Maierhafer, B., PhD – Istanbul Techinical University (Turkey)
Hashemian, H., PhD – Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden)
Hedrick, S., PhD – Missouri (Columbia)
Howard, M., PhD – Tennessee
Howard, R., PhD – Tennessee
Icenhour, A., PhD – Tennessee
Maingi, R., PhD – North Carolina State
Osborne, D., PhD – Tennessee
Ramsey, C., PhD – Tennessee
Terrani, K., PhD – California (Berkeley)

Lecturers
Angelo, P., PhD – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Davis, J., PhD – Idaho State

Emeriti Faculty
Dodds, H.L., PhD, PE – Tennessee
Groer, P.G., PhD – Vienna (Austria)
Kerlin, T.W., PhD – Tennessee
Miller, L.F., PhD, PE – Texas A&M
Townsend, L.W., PhD – Idaho
Upadhyaya, B.R., PhD, PE – California (San Diego)
 

The Department of Nuclear Engineering offers programs leading to the Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees, and three Graduate Certificates. Students may elect a traditional nuclear engineering program focusing on fission energy or radiological engineering concentration program, which prepares students for careers in the radiation safety field (health or medical physics). Both programs are designed for graduates of accredited undergraduate programs in engineering, physics, chemistry, or mathematics.

All entering students pursuing a MS or PhD in NE must have, as a minimum, competency in mathematics through ordinary differential equations. Admitted applicants will be advised of any prerequisite undergraduate courses that may be required for their graduate studies. In addition, students without a BS in nuclear engineering, or the equivalent, must take NE 433 , NE 470  both of which may be taken for graduate credit.

The Graduate Certificate in Medical Physics requires applicants to have earned a PhD in an appropriate field such as Nuclear Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Physics, or other closely related science and engineering discipline.

Graduate Credit for Undergraduate Courses

The 400-level courses, listed in the Graduate Catalog, in nuclear engineering may be taken for graduate credit. However, at least two-thirds of the minimum required credit hours in the MS must be taken in courses numbered 500 or above.