Academics

Curriculum: Graduate | Undergraduate, Minor

The purpose of the graduate program in Nuclear Engineering is to educate engineers who will develop and manage the resurgent nuclear industry in research, design, and operation.

The program objectives are to develop graduate level engineers who have the ability to lead and sustain the future growth of the nuclear industry, to develop new concepts of reactor design, fuel management and waste management, and to develop non-traditional applications of nuclear energy.

Curriculum: Graduate

Degrees offers through our Nuclear Engineering Program are:

ME (without thesis), MS (with thesis), and PhD. (semester course is typically offered)

Core Classes

• EMCH 552: Introduction to Nuclear Engineering (Fall)
• EMCH 553: Nuclear Fuel Cycles (Spring)
• EMCH 755: Advanced Nuclear Engineering (Spring)
• EMCH 757: Radiation Shielding (Fall)
• EMCH 758: Reactor Systems (Spring)

(at least 2 for MS or at least 4 for ME upon approval by your advisor and program of study)

• EMCH 555: Radiation Detection and Instrumentation (Spring)
• EMCH 561-03: Introduction to Nuclear Safeguards (Fall 2013)
• EMCH 561F: Nuclear Chemical Engineering (Summer)
• EMCH 770: Predictive Modeling: Combining Experiments with Computations (Spring)
• EMCH 573: Introduction to Nuclear Materials (OR: EMCH 772: Nuclear Materials) (Fall)
• EMCH 754: Thermal Hydraulic Design of Nuclear Reactors (Fall)
• EMCH 756: Safety Analysis of Energy Systems (Summer)
• EMCH 759: Waste Management
• EMCH 774: Radiation Damage in Materials (Spring)

(up to 1upon approval by your advisor and program of study)

• Any NE elective (from above)
• A math course (should be advised as which would be most appropriate)
• Any Engineering course at 500 level or higher.
• GEOL 650: Microscopy & Microanalysis

• All above subject to 700 rule (half courses at 700 level).

Current and prospective graduate students should consult the Mechanical Engineering Department website for graduate students and in particular the graduate student handbook.

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• Curriculum: Undergraduate, Minor
  (semester course is typically offered)
  
  

Required/Core Classes

• EMCH 552: Introduction to Nuclear Engineering (Fall)
• EMCH 553: Nuclear Fuel Cycles (Spring)
• EMCH 557: Introduction to Radiation Shielding and Sources (Fall)
• EMCH 558: Introduction to Reactor Systems (Spring)

Any College of Engineering and Computing Departmental or Technical Elective courses with a particular nuclear energy emphasis as approved by the nuclear engineering curriculum committee in the Department of Mechanical Engineering:

• EMCH 555: Radiation Detection and Instrumentation (Spring)
• EMCH 561F: Nuclear Chemical Engineering (Summer)
• EMCH 556: Introduction to Risk Analysis and Reactor Safety (Summer)
• EMCH 561-03: Introduction to Nuclear Safeguards (Fall 2013)
• EMCH 573: Introduction to Nuclear Materials (Fall)

• PHYS 307: Intro Modern Physics
• PHYS 511: Nuclear Physics

**(Revised Fall 2012 - Previous courses listed and completed prior to Spring 2013 are valid for the minor)

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