Syed Bahauddin Alam

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Education

• Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 2011
• University of Cambridge, MPhil in Nuclear Energy, 2013
• University of Cambridge, PhD in Nuclear Engineering, 2018

Biography

Dr. Syed Bahauddin Alam is an Assistant Professor of Nuclear, Plasma and Radiological Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). He leads MARTIANS (Machine Learning & ARTficial Intelligence for Advancing Nuclear Systems) Lab [https://sbahauddin.tech/]. Dr. Alam received several Awards and Honors for his research and teaching. He received the Outstanding Teaching Award from Missouri S&T in 2021. He was awarded the Most Exemplary Graduate Fellow Award on “Nuclear Nonproliferation Fellowship 2017” by the Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Tech (KAIST). He was also the winner of the ANS Best Student Paper Award in recognition of the “Exceptional Quality of the Paper” (ICAPP 2016), Nominated for the Young Generation/Student Award for the Outstanding Paper (ICAPP 2017), and ANS Best Technical Poster Award (NURETH-16). He was also awarded the Cambridge Philosophical Society “Research Studentships Award” (2017) during his Ph.D. at Cambridge University.

Research Thrusts:

Thrust 1: Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Machine Learning (ML) applications for nuclear systems
Thrust 1A: Intelligent Digital Twins for Nuclear Plant Asset Monitoring with Explainable AI
Thrust 1B: Structural Health Monitoring of Nuclear Components

Thrust 2: Multiphysics modeling for advanced nuclear system
Thrust 2A: Multi-Scale & Coupled Multiphysics (Neutronics/Thermal-Hydraulics/Fuel Performance)  
Thrust 2B: Multiscale Modeling with Uncertainty Quantification and Robust Optimization
Thrust 2C: Modeling of Advanced Nuclear/Reactor System Design with Optimization 

Thrust 3: Cross-cutting & system decision-making for nuclear systems
Thrust 3A: Verification & Validation of Multiphysics Model
Thrust 3B: Zero-Trust: Next-Generation Cyber Threats
Thrust 3C: Instrumentation, Controls, & Natural Language Processing

Academic Positions

• 2023-Present, Assistant Professor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Nuclear Plasma and Radiological Engineering (100% FTE)
• 2023-Present, Assistant Professor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, National Center for Supercomputing Applications (0% FTE)
• 2020-2023, Assistant Professor, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Science

Research Interests

• Advanced Nuclear/Reactor System Design with Instrumentation & Controls
• Coupled Multiphysics (Neutronics/Thermal-Hydraulics/Fuel Performance) with Predictive Algorithms
• Multiscale Modeling with Uncertainty Quantification and Robust Optimization
• Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning-Driven Digital Twin for Nuclear Systems