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Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering

NPRE Quick Facts

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Professor and Head James F. Stubbins
217-333-2295
jstubbin@illinois.edu

Degrees offered:

BS, MS, and PhD in Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering
3 Degree Paths – Fission/Power; Plasma/Fusion; and Radiological (including PreMed)
* New degree name approved effective Fall 2008. Previous degree name “Nuclear Engineering”

Enrollments Fall 2009:

155 Undergraduates
64 Graduates

Degrees granted:

19 BS, 3 MS, 4 PhD (August 2008-May 2009)

Graduate student support Fall 2009:

32 Research Assistants
9 Fellows
16 Teaching Assistants

Faculty:

10 FTE Faculty Members (1 Assistant, 2 Associate, 7 Full)
2 to 3 Faculty Openings (currently pending)
6 Affiliate, 6 Adjunct, 1 Emeritus Faculty Members

Research Expenditures:

$3,572,601 in 2008-2009 Funded Research Expenditures (68% Federal, 32% Industry)
Summary of Engineering Research: engineering.illinois.edu/communications/engineering_research/

Research facilities

Beckman Institute (www.beckman.illinois.edu)
Center for Plasma-Material Interaction (www.cpmi.illinois.edu)
Institute for Genomic Biology (www.igb.uiuc.edu)
Micro and Nano Technology Laboratory (www.mntl.illinois.edu)
National Center for Supercomputing Applications (www.ncsa.uiuc.edu)
Seitz Materials Research Laboratory (www.mrl.uiuc.edu)

Instructional and research areas:

• Production, transport and interactions of radiation with matter
• Applications of nuclear processes
• Nuclear fission for electric power production; Nuclear power operations and control
• Plasma sciences; Applied plasma physics; Nuclear fusion
• Radiological science; Health physics, radiological and medical applications
• Materials science, materials performance, radiation effects, waste management; computational
mechanics
• Global energy and security; Arms control, disarmament and international security
• Reactor physics and reactor kinetics
• Space propulsion and power systems
• Thermal hydraulics and reactor safety