216 Talbot Laboratory
104 S. Wright St.
Urbana, IL 61801-2983
nuclear@illinois.edu

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

Download a .pdf version of the 2016-17 NPRE FACT SHEET. (last updated 10/19/2016)

DEGREES OFFERED

• BS, MS and PhD in Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering
• Three degree paths: 1) Plasma and Fusion; 2) Power, Safety and the Environment; 3) Radiological, Medical and Instrument Applications

ENROLLMENTS FALL 2016

• 142 Undergraduates - NPRE
• 91 Graduate Students - NPRE
• 24 Graduate Students - Master of Energy Systems

DEGREES GRANTED

* August 2015-May 2016

• 36 Bachelor of Science Degrees
• 11 Master of Science Degrees
• 8 Master of Engineering Degrees
• 5 Doctor of Philosophy Degrees

GRADUATE STUDENT SUPPORT FALL 2016

* Numbers represent students with multiple sources of support

• 52 Research Assistants
• 15 Fellows
• 20 Teaching Assistants

FACULTY

• 16 FTE Faculty Members (8 Assistants; 3 Associates; 5 Full Professors)
• 2 Endowed Professorships
• 1 Research Professor
• 8 Affiliate Faculty
• 13 Adjunct Faculty
• 3 Emeritus Faculty

RESEARCH EXPENDITURES

• $5 in FY16 Funded Research Expenditures
• $200,000 gift expenditures (research related)

RESEARCH FACILITIES

• Beckman Institute
• Blue Waters Sustained Petascale Computing
• Center for Plasma-Material Interaction
• Functional X-ray Imaging Lab (FXIL)
• Hybrid Illinois Device for Reserach and Applications
• Institute for Genomic Biology
• Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory
• Multiphase Thermo-fluid Dynamics Laboratory
• National Center for Supercomputing Applications
• Radiation Surface Science and Engineering Laboratory
• Seitz Materials Research Laboratory
• Virtual Education and Research Laboratory

INSTRUCTIONAL AND RESEARCH AREAS

• Production, transport and interactions of radiation with matter
• Applications of nuclear processes
• Nuclear fission for electric power production, operations and control
• Reactor safety analysis
• Probabilistic risk analysis
• Plasma sciences, applied plasma physics, fusion
• Plasma modeling, code development
• Plasma/material interactions
• Engineering design for global social impact
• Radiation detection, advanced detector systems and analysis
• Radiological science, health physics, and medical applications
• Materials science, nuclear fuels and structural materials
• Global energy, arms control, disarmament and security
• Nuclear reactor thermal hydraulics
• Experimental two-phase flow and heat transfer
• Resarch, development of small modular reactors
• Reactor physics, kinetics, simulation
• Space propulsion, power systems
• Alternate energy systems, energy analysis
• Advanced nanostructured biointerfaces for regenerative medicine