Dr. Roy A. Axford

Engineering at Illinois Engineering at Illinois

Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering

Dr. Roy A. Axford

Dr. Roy A. Axford

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

  • Reactor physics, safety, and risk assessment
  • Radiation hydrodynamics
  • Heat transfer
  • Optimal reactor control
  • Synthesis and nuclear fuel management
  • Hydrodynamic stability
  • Lie groups and systems of nonlinear differential equations
  • Plasma physics
  • Group invariant difference schemes.

EDUCATION:

  • B.A. Physics Williams College June 1952
  • S.B. General Science Massachusetts Institute of Tech. June 1952
  • S.M. Nuclear Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Tech. June 1955
  • Sc.D. Nuclear Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Tech. Feb. 1958

ACADEMIC POSITIONS HELD:

  • Associate Professor of Nuclear Engineering, Texas A & M University, 1960-1962
  • Professor of Nuclear Engineering, Texas A & M University, 1962-1963
  • Associate Professor of Nuclear Engineering, Northwestern University, 1963-1966
  • Associate Professor of Nuclear Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1966-1968
  • Professor of Nuclear Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1968 - present

MAJOR CONSULTING ACTIVITIES

  • Consultant - Los Alamos National Laboratory, 1963 to present
    (a) Chairman, Albino Consultants Panel, 1977, (Classified)
    (b) X-Division Panel for Review of Nuclear Weapons and Inertial
    Confinement Fusion Codes, 1980, (Classified)
  • Member, External Advisory Board, Defense Research Review, 1986-present (Classified)
  • Advisory Editor, Nuclear Science and Engineering, 1989-1997

HONORS AND AWARDS

  • Recipient, Finalist, Certificate of Recognition, Campus Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, University of Illinois, May 2, 1979
  • Recipient, Finalist, Certificate of Recognition, Campus Awrd for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, university of Illinois, May 6, 1981.
  • Recipient, Everitt Award for Teaching Excellence, College, University of Illinois, April 26, 1985.
  • Recipient, Distinguished Faculty Membership, Alpha Nu Sima Society, ANS, June 2, 1991.
  • Recipient, ANS Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award, 1990, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2008.
  • Recipient, Student Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, College of Engineering, University of Illinois, 2004.
  • Recipient, Graduate College Outstanding Mentor Award, University of Illinois, April 26, 2004.
  • Recipient, Rose Award for Teaching Excellence, College of Engineering, University of Illinois, April 25, 2008.

SELECT PUBLICATIONS:

ARTICLES IN JOURNALS
  • Axford, R.A., "Solutions of the NoH Problem for Various Equations of State Using Lie Groups," Laser and Particle Beams, 18, 93-100 (2000).
ARTICLES IN CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
  • Axford, R.A., "Group Theory of Invariant Flux and Slope Limiters," Proc. NECDC Conf., 1-14 (San Diego, CA, October, 1996).
  • Axford, R.A., "Lie Group Symmetry Properties of the Besnard-Harlow-Rawenzahn-Zemach Spectral Turbulence Transport Model," Proc. JOWOG Conf., (Los Alamos, NM, July, 1996), 1-14 (1996).
BULLETINS OR REPORTS
  • Axford, R.A., "Construction of Difference Equations Using LIE Groups," DOE Research and Development Report, LA-13499, 1-71, U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Springfield, Virginia (1998).
  • Axford, R.A., "Solutions of the NOH Problem for Various Equations of State Using LIE Groups," DOE Research and Development Report, LA-13497, 1-17, U. S. Dept. of Commerce, Springfield, Virginia (1998).
  • Axford, R.A. "Two-Dimensional Diverging Shocks in a Non-Uniform Medium," DOE Research and Development Report, LA-13498, 1-8, U. S. Dept. of Commerce, Springfield, Virginia (1998).
  • Axford, R.A. "Applications of LIE groups and Gauge Functions to the Construction of Exact Difference Equations for Initial and Two-Point Boundary Value Problems," DOE Research and+ Development Report, LA-13978, 1-35, U. S. Dept. of Commerce, Springfield, Virginia (2002).
  • Axford, R.A. "Notes on Methods for Deriving Green's Functions for the Klein-Gordon Operator," DOE Research and Development Report, LA-14164, 1-44, U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Springfield, Virginia (2004).
EDITORSHIP:
  • Advisory Editor, Nuclear Science and Engineering, 1989-1997
  • Member, External Advisory Board, Defense Research Review, 1986-present (classified)

SERVICE IN THE PAST THREE YEARS

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY
  • American Society of Mechanical Engineers - Member
  • American Institute of Aero. & Astronautics - Member
  • American Nuclear Society - Member
  • Program Committee of Mathematics and Computation Division, 1980-present

UNIVERSITY

ADMINISTRATION:
  • Member of Dean W. Schowalter's Forward Planning Committee, 1993-1997
COLLEGE:
  • College of Engineering Executive Committee, 1997-present
  • College of Engineering Honors Council, Chairman, 1992-1996
  • College of Engineering Coop Advisory Committee
  • College of Engineering Engr.-Math Liaison Committee, Chairman, 1993-1996, 1999-present.
DEPARTMENT:
  • Nuclear Engineering Advisory Committee
  • Nuclear Engineering Admissions Committee and Honors & Awards Committee
  • Nuclear Engineering Faculty and T.A. Development
  • Nuclear Engineering Affirmative Action Officer, 1984-87, 1991-present
  • Secretary for the Nuclear Engineering Executive Committee and Chairman for the Nuclear Engineering Committees that follow: Curriculum Committee, Graduate Standing Committee, Promotions Committee, Ph.D. Qualifying Exam Committee, Doctoral and Research Committee, Student Recruitment Committee, Undergraduate Probation Committee, Graduate Committee