Fact Sheet

Degrees offered

• BS, MS and PhD in Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering
• Three degree paths: Fission/Power; Plasma/Fusion; and Radiological (including PreMed)

Enrollments Fall 2011

• 207 Undergraduates
• 63 Graduates

Degrees granted

• 25 BS
• 18 MS
• 6 PhD

Graduate student support Fall 2011

• 18 Research Assistants
• 9 Fellows
• 22 Teaching Assistants
• 1 Combined TA/Fellow
• 4 Combined RA/TA

Faculty

• 9 FTE Faculty Members (2 Assistant, 2 Associate, 5 Full)
• 2 Faculty Openings (currently pending)
• 6 Affiliate, 6 Adjunct, 3 Emeritus Faculty Members

Research expenditures

• $3,502,830 in FY11 Funded Research Expenditures

Research facilities

• Beckman Institute
• Center for Plasma-Material Interaction
• Institute for Genomic Biology
• Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory
• National Center for Supercomputing Applications
• Seitz Materials Research Laboratory

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
• Alternate energy systems