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No. 6
overall ranking among graduate nuclear engineering programs in the nation
U.S. News & World Report, 2024 Rankings
Four NPRE grad students named Mavis Future Faculty Fellows
- NPRE News
- October 3, 2024
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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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
David N. Ruzic
Abel Bliss Professor of Engineering
Professor Ruzic currently heads the Center for Plasma-Material Interactions (CPMI) whose primary objective is to study plasma-material interactions relevant to fusion, semiconductors, and plasma manufacturing through a combination of computational and experimental means. His research interests also include atomic properties of potential first-wall materials and modeling of edge-plasma atomic physics.