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NPRE currently has openings for multiple full-time tenure-track faculty positions. Qualified candidates at all ranks will be considered, but those at the Assistant Professor level are especially encouraged to apply.
Abstract submissions open for upcoming PSAM Topical Conference
NPRE News | March 14, 2023
Microreactor project featured on local news
NPRE News | February 22, 2023
Mohaghegh appointed to another National Academies committee
NPRE News | February 21, 2023
Grunloh joins NPRE as microreactor research scientist
NPRE News | November 29, 2022
Bachmann talks nuclear and green energy
PhD student Amanda Bachmann recently spoke to a National Public Radio affiliate in Jacksonville, FL to discuss nuclear energy's future and to answer Floridians' questions.
Di Fulvio quoted in ABC News story on radioactive capsule
NPRE assistant professor Angela Di Fulvio recently lent her expertise to a report about a lost (since recovered) capsule of radioactive material in Australia. The capsule was lost during transportation from the Rio Tinto mine in north Newman to the northeastern suburbs of Perth, an 870-mile journey.
Ruzics establish named professorship at Carle Illinois College of Medicine
The Carle Illinois College of Medicine (CI MED) has announced Wawrzyniec Dobrucki as the inaugural Neil and Carol Ruzic Faculty Scholar. Dobrucki is a Health Innovation Professor at CI MED and is also the first named professor for the medical school. Established by Carol Ruzic and her son, NPRE professor David Ruzic, the Neil and Carol Ruzic Carle Illinois College of Medicine Fund honors the vision and spirit of Carol’s late husband and David’s father, Neil Ruzic.
Nuclear-Powered UIUC
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, working with Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation, is working on a project that would bring a microreactor to campus.
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Nuclear, Plasma & Radiological Engineering (NPRE) Admitted Student Info Session
ADMITTED STUDENTS: Sign up below for an Admitted Student Info Sessions, where you can learn more about the department and how to prepare for your first semester. Registration links will go to your My Illini account. The links are calendar view, so you will get to choose which date to register for once in your My Illini account.
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Grainger Engineering's Plan a Visit (for admitted and prospective students)
Illinois Plasma Institute leads new era of translational research
Combining the best of both worlds, IPI provides a space where forward-thinking industrial partners are able to pair their own research and development staff with academic researchers closer to the underlying science behind a new technology.
COVID-19 Information
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Grainger College of Engineering Scholarship Application
Grainger Engineering Undergraduate Programs Office is accepting applications for available scholarships for the 2022-23 academic year.
See the Scholarships for Continuing Students website for more information and the link to the application.
The next application period runs mid-February thru early March of 2022.
Please contact engr-scholarship@illinois.edu for more information.
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NPRE has multiple positions open for postdoctoral research.
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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.