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Sakurahara awarded prestigious PRA fellowship
NPRE News | June 8, 2022
Alkhatib named Mavis Future Faculty Fellow for 2022-23
NPRE News | May 24, 2022
Morasca receives scholarship to continue PRA research
NPRE News | April 19, 2022
Zannoni wins prestigious early career grant
NPRE News | April 14, 2022
SoTeRiA Laboratory awarded grant to establish research hub
NPRE News | March 15, 2022
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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.
Mohaghegh serves on National Academies committee
NPRE associate professor Zahra Mohaghegh is currently serving as a member of the Committee on Transport Airplane Risk Assessment Methodology of the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. The consensus study report is now in the hands of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
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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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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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.