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No. 6
overall ranking among graduate nuclear engineering programs in the nation
U.S. News & World Report, 2024 Rankings
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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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.
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Featured Faculty
Caleb Brooks
Associate Professor
An experimentalist who focuses on multiphase flow and heat transfer, Professor Brooks believes his modeling and experimental work will be a complement in developing and validating the equations that computer experts use in nuclear reactor system simulations. The work that Brooks does also can have applications for fusion energy, where extreme heat fluxes present challenges in cooling components; aerospace, in which microgravity conditions complicate traditional approaches to heat transfer; and oil and gas transport, in which fluid fluctuations and build-up of gas in pipes impacts system effectiveness and structural integrity.