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overall ranking among graduate nuclear engineering programs in the nation
U.S. News & World Report, 2025 Rankings
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Nuclear-Powered UIUC
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is working to bring a microreactor to campus for research and educational purposes.
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Featured Faculty
David N. Ruzic
Professor Emeritus
Professor Ruzic currently heads the Center for Plasma-Material Interactions (CPMI) whose primary objective is to study plasma-material interactions relevant to fusion, semiconductors, and plasma manufacturing through a combination of computational and experimental means. His research interests also include atomic properties of potential first-wall materials and modeling of edge-plasma atomic physics.