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Why You Should Consider a Degree in Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering

SoTeRiA Laboratory leads DOE project to create risk-informed methodologies for automation trustworthiness in nuclear power plants

NPRE News | October 8, 2021

Mohaghegh appointed to National Academies committee

NPRE News | September 17, 2021

SoTeRiA Laboratory presents risk-informed policy making for nuclear safety at WYSE camp

NPRE News | September 16, 2021

RESEARCH

AI simulates molten salts, evaluates nuclear power applications

Which molten salt is best to use in a nuclear reactor? A team of researchers at Beckman Institute and NPRE are asking this question — and answering it. They used AI to simulate the properties of a molten salt compound called FLiNaK; their model can be used to evaluate additional compounds, saving the time and resources demanded by real-world experiments and advancing our knowledge about safe, efficient nuclear power.

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Professor Huff goes to Washington

NPRE assistant professor Kathryn Huff has been tapped to be the new Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (PDAS) for the Office of Nuclear Energy in the U.S. Department of Energy. We at NPRE are proud of her and wish her the best on this new chapter. 

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iSEE Nuclear Energy Forum

Click the above icon to view the September 10, 2020 forum discussing the UIUC micro-reactor proposal.

COVID-19 Information

Learn more about projects related to COVID-19      Campus updates

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Grainger College of Engineering Scholarship Application

Grainger Engineering Undergraduate Programs Office is accepting applications for available scholarships for the 2021-22 academic year.

See the Scholarships for Continuing Students website for more information and the link to the application. 

Please contact engr-scholarship@illinois.edu for more information.

Engineering undergraduates with at least one semester of grades received in engineering at the University of Illinois.  Students should not be graduating in May or summer. Scholarships are for the next academic year (Fall 20-Spring 21).

Scholarships for engineering undergraduate students are merit-based but looking for well-rounded students, both academically and professionally.

 

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Zahra Mohaghegh

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Zahra Mohaghegh

Assistant Professor

Director of the Socio-Technical Risk Analysis (SoTeRiA) Research Laboratory, Professor Mohaghegh focuses on Probabilistic Risk Assessment and Management; Socio-technical Risk Analysis, Big Data Analytics for Risk Assessment; Probabilistic Physics of Failure; Component and System Reliability; Predictive Causal Modeling of Failure Mechanisms; Risk-informed Decision Making and Regulation; Human Reliability; Safety Culture; and Organizational Influences on Technical System Risk.

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