Thomas J Dolan

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Education

• Doctorate of Philosophy, Nuclear Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1970
• Masters of Science, Nuclear Engineering, University of Illionis at Urbana-Champaign, 1965
• Bachelor of Science, Engineering Mechanics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1961

Academic Positions

• Guest Professor, Seoul National University, summer, 2018
• Guest Lecturer, National Nuclear Research University, Moscow June 2014
• Guest Professor, Nuclear Engineering Department, Seoul National University, Korea, Fall 2011
• Guest Professor, Institute for Plasma Research, Gandhinagar, India, Fall 2010
• Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Arkansas Tech University, 2009-2010
• Guest Professor, Southwests Institute of Physics , Chengdu, China, Summer 2009
• Guest Professor, Institute for Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, summer-fall 2008
• Adjunct Professor, Department of Nuclear, Plasma and Radiological Engineering, University of Illinois, 2007 – present
• Guest Professor, Engineering Physics Department, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, Spring 2006
• Guest Professor, National Institute for Fusion Sciences (NIFS), Toki, Japan, 2003 - 2004
• Visiting Professor, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan 1977-78 (sabbatical leave)
• Summer faculty, INRS-Energie, Universite du Quebec, 1972-1973
• Professor, Nuclear Engineering Department, University of Missouri-Rolla, 1971-1989
• Novosibirsk State University and Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, USSR (postdoc)

Other Professional Employment

• Head, Physics Section, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna, Austria, 1995-2001
• Consulting Scientist, Idaho National Laboratory, 1989-2006
• Principle Project Physicist, Phillips Petroleum Company 1984-1985
• Assistant Engineering Officer, USS BARRY, DD-933 (US Navy) 1961-1963

Resident Instruction

• NPRE 421 Plasma and Fusion Sciences, 2007-2013

Research Interests

• low energy nuclear reactions
• nuclear fusion technology
• molten salt fission reactors
• liquid fuel thorium reactors

Books Authored or Co-Authored (Original Editions)

• T. J. Dolan, Molten Salt Reactors and Thorium Energy (Elsevier 2017)
• T. J. Dolan et al, Magnetic Fusion Technology (Springer, 2013)
• T. J. Dolan, Fusion Research, Pergamon Press, 1982

Chapters in Books

• T. J. Dolan, "Nuclear Fusion", Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology (Springer Verlag, 2015).

Selected Articles in Journals

• T. J. Dolan, (2012) Lithium deuteride / lithium tritide pellet injection, Fusion Science and Technology 61, 240- 247.
• T. J. Dolan, "Influence of scrap-off layer on plasma confinement", Physics of Plasmas 18, 032509 (2011)
• T. J. Dolan, K. Yamazaki, and A. Sagara, "Helical fusion power plant economics studies," Fusion Science and Technology 47, 60-72 (2005)
• T. J. Dolan, review article, "Magnetic electrostatic plasma confinement," Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 36, 1539-1593 (1994).

Other Honors

• Nobel Peace Prize (awarded to the International Atomic Energy Agency, of which I was one of 2000 members) (2005)