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Professor Huff goes to Washington
NPRE assistant professor Kathryn Huff has been tapped to be the new Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (PDAS) for the Office of Nuclear Energy in the U.S. Department of Energy. We at NPRE are proud of her and wish her the best on this new chapter.
A Q&A with new NPRE research scientist Madicken Munk
NPRE News | June 1, 2021
Remembering Dr. Roy Axford
NPRE News | May 7, 2021
NPRE Students Research Impacts of Nuclear Plant Closures
A recent report by NPRE researchers and students takes a look at the economic and carbon impacts of potential nuclear power plant closures in Illinois.
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Grainger College of Engineering Scholarship Application
Grainger Engineering Undergraduate Programs Office is accepting applications for available scholarships for the 2021-22 academic year.
See the Scholarships for Continuing Students website for more information and the link to the application.
Please contact engr-scholarship@illinois.edu for more information.
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Featured Faculty
Yang Zhang
Associate Professor
Professor Zhang heads the Zhang Laboratory, whose research focuses on the study of liquids and glassy materials using integrated neutron and synchrotron light experimental probes and atomistic modeling and simulation. The structure and dynamics of these systems are either inherently complex or driven far from equilibrium by extreme conditions: rapid change of temperature or pressure, intense irradiation, high mechanical load, and so on. Such studies shed light on a class of fundamental and technical problems involving phenomena emerging from self-organization, rare events, and symmetry breaking, and may lead to countless pivotal applications.