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SoTeRiA Lab set to co-host international conference on AI and risk analysis
NPRE News | September 18, 2023
Heuser talks Fukushima wastewater in radio interview
NPRE News | August 29, 2023
Bachmann talks nuclear and green energy
PhD student Amanda Bachmann recently spoke to a National Public Radio affiliate in Jacksonville, FL to discuss nuclear energy's future and to answer Floridians' questions.
Di Fulvio quoted in ABC News story on radioactive capsule
NPRE assistant professor Angela Di Fulvio recently lent her expertise to a report about a lost (since recovered) capsule of radioactive material in Australia. The capsule was lost during transportation from the Rio Tinto mine in north Newman to the northeastern suburbs of Perth, an 870-mile journey.
Ruzics establish named professorship at Carle Illinois College of Medicine
The Carle Illinois College of Medicine (CI MED) has announced Wawrzyniec Dobrucki as the inaugural Neil and Carol Ruzic Faculty Scholar. Dobrucki is a Health Innovation Professor at CI MED and is also the first named professor for the medical school. Established by Carol Ruzic and her son, NPRE professor David Ruzic, the Neil and Carol Ruzic Carle Illinois College of Medicine Fund honors the vision and spirit of Carol’s late husband and David’s father, Neil Ruzic.
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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Magdi Ragheb
Associate Professor
Professor Magdi Ragheb has research interests that include the generalized formulation of monte carlo estimators over terminating markov chains, dissociating gases for fusion reactors cooling, and new fusion cycles including TT fusion. He has been presented multiple awards for teaching excellence.