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WYSE Camp Applications Open Now for Summer 2025!

Campers will explore NPRE through lectures and discussions, hands-on activities, computer programming and simulations, demonstrations, lab tours, and field trips. 

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Dr. Katy Huff on StarTalk

Katy Huff, an associate professor in the Department of Nuclear, Plasma & Radiological Engineering, was recently a guest on Neil DeGrasse Tyson's StarTalk podcast discussing the present and future of nuclear energy.

No. 6

overall ranking among graduate nuclear engineering programs in the nation
U.S. News & World Report, 2024 Rankings

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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Looking for a Postdoc opportunity?

NPRE has multiple positions open for postdoctoral research.

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Energize Your Future Faculty Career, Here.

Join our highly-ranked department. NPRE is currently hiring for multiple open-rank faculty positions.

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James F. Stubbins

Featured Faculty

James F. Stubbins

Donald Biggar Willett Professor

Professor Stubbins heads The Materials Group which is dedicated to the investigation of a wide variety of topics within the realm of materials research including corrosion studies, mechanical properties, microstructural evaluations, radiation damage investigations, and modeling. He is currently a member of four different professional societies including the American Nuclear Society as well as the American Society of Engineering Education.