Wednesday, May 16, 2012
NPRE congratulates three of our students on recently earning scholarships from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the American Nuclear Society (ANS).
Friday, May 11, 2012
NPRE faculty have secured over $1 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Nuclear Energy Universities Program (NEUP).
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
The College of Engineering at Illinois has recognized NPRE alumnus Bernard H. “Bud” Cherry with the 2012 Alumni Award for Distinguished Service.
Friday, April 13, 2012
NPRE students who are members of the American Nuclear Society student chapter join other members from across the country for the 2012 ANS Conference in Las Vegas this week.
Friday, March 30, 2012
Eric Loewen, president of the American Nuclear Society (ANS), visited the NPRE Department on Tuesday, March 27, to chat with faculty members and present seminars for undergraduate and graduate students.
Monday, March 12, 2012
Ping pong balls flying from sprung mousetraps modeled a nuclear reaction, while plasma materials glowed in the dark as part of American Nuclear Society (ANS) exhibits during Engineering Open House 2012 March 9 and 10.
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
The Engineering Council Awards Committee recently has chosen four NPRE undergraduates as Engineers of the Week.
Friday, February 24, 2012
Nine students from University High School in Urbana, Illinois, learned to maneuver 3-D computer modeling software this week in a course that NPRE Prof. Rizwan Uddin made available.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
David Gay, coordinator for the National Atmospheric Deposition Program (NADP), and researcher Christopher Lehmann talk about the study they conducted concerning radioactive fallout in this country from the March 2011 nuclear disaster in Japan.
Monday, February 20, 2012
Peter Mast, an NPRE alumnus with over 30 years experience in national labs and industry, will explore new safety initiatives resulting from the nuclear disaster that devastated Japan a year ago.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Dismantlement of the TRIGA reactor on the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus is well underway, with completion expected this summer.
Monday, January 23, 2012
NPRE’s Nuclear Materials Group shares in a $4.5-million Department of Energy grant to research the aging of stored, used nuclear fuel.
Monday, January 23, 2012
Congratulations to NPRE alumni P.K. Doshi and Kenneth L. Peddicord, winners of the 2011 and 2012 NPRE Distinguished Alumni Awards, respectively.
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
NPRE undergraduate and graduate students are urged to apply for this year’s rounds of scholarships and fellowships available through the American Nuclear Society (ANS) and the Department of Energy Nuclear Energy University Programs (DOE NEUP).
Friday, November 18, 2011
NPRE Prof. David N. Ruzic was invested as a Bliss Professor in the College of Engineering on, Friday, November 11, in the auditorium of the Beckman Institute of Science and Technology.
