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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)
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
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 due to be published in summer 2022.
Registration now open for WYSE summer camps!
WYSE Summer Camps at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s Grainger College of Engineering (taking place in June and July 2022) are designed to provide STEM-interested students the opportunity to experience advanced curricula at one of the best engineering schools in the nation and the world.
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.
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 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.
Looking for a Postdoc opportunity?
NPRE has multiple positions open for postdoctoral research.
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Join our top-ranked department. NPRE is currently hiring for an open-rank faculty position.
Featured Faculty
Ling-Jian Meng
Professor
The Radiation Detection and Imaging Group under Professor Meng takes a systematic approach to develop advanced radiological imaging techniques that help to tackle some of the most challenging diseases that we are facing today, such as diabetes, brain cancer, cardiac diseases, and neurodegenerative diseases. The group develops and applys ultrahigh performance gamma ray imaging sensors for demanding SPECT and PET applications as well as studys advanced image formation techniques to improve the tradeoffs between spatial resolution and sensitivity.