http://www.engr.uiuc.edu/news/ Provides the latest news from the College of Engineering. Copyright 2012 en-us http://www.engr.uiuc.edu/support/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 699 Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0500 We’re still growing. For Fall 2011, NPRE has again broken records, with 207 undergraduates. This year’s undergraduate enrollment is five times that of the enrollment a dozen years ago. Graduate student enrollment remains stable, at 62. “Our growing enrollment reflects an expandinghttp://www.engr.uiuc.edu/news/rss.php?xId=0637081607420784 http://www.engr.uiuc.edu/news/rss.php?xId=0637081607420784 Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Tomasz Kozlowski, an expert in the simulation of nuclear reactor accidents, will join NPRE in October 2011 as an assistant professor. Kozlowski researches advanced methods in deterministic safety analysis, such as coupled thermal-hydraulics and neutron-kinetic simulations, to accuratelyhttp://www.engr.uiuc.edu/news/rss.php?xId=0637081607420798 http://www.engr.uiuc.edu/news/rss.php?xId=0637081607420798 Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0500 NPRE will have available a total of $600,000 for the next three years to support costs of hiring new faculty. Department Head Jim Stubbins said the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has awarded NPRE a $300,000 grant for the purpose. The NRC will make another $150,000 available, with a matchhttp://www.engr.uiuc.edu/news/rss.php?xId=0637081607420770 http://www.engr.uiuc.edu/news/rss.php?xId=0637081607420770 Fri, 02 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0500 NPRE researchers share in a $538,000 Department of Energy grant to study materials that can withstand very high temperatures and resist corrosion in nuclear reactors. Department Head Jim Stubbins, principal investigator in the project, said such materials would allow for more efficient energyhttp://www.engr.uiuc.edu/news/rss.php?xId=0637081607420742 http://www.engr.uiuc.edu/news/rss.php?xId=0637081607420742 Sat, 27 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0500 NPRE undergraduate Kristin Schoemaker is among the first females selected to join the Navy’s submarine program. Due to a recent change in policy, the Navy will begin allowing females to serve on submarines. Kristin Schoemaker has been accepted into the Navy Nuclear Propulsion Officer Candidatehttp://www.engr.uiuc.edu/news/rss.php?xId=0637081607420728 http://www.engr.uiuc.edu/news/rss.php?xId=0637081607420728 Fri, 26 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0500 A group of 33 students visiting from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in the People’s Republic of China took NPRE’s Energy Systems (NPRE 201) class over a two-week period during the summer of 2011. Profs. Rizwan Uddin and James Stubbins co-taught the class. Mona Raithatha, an NPRE undergradhttp://www.engr.uiuc.edu/news/rss.php?xId=0637081607420714 http://www.engr.uiuc.edu/news/rss.php?xId=0637081607420714 Nuclear Fri, 05 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0500 We encourage NPRE alumni and friends to send their congratulations to Prof. Barclay G. Jones, whose retirement becomes official this August. Please join others who have offered their good wishes via an online form at https://illinois.edu/fb/sec/9467985 . To view what other alumni and friendshttp://www.engr.uiuc.edu/news/rss.php?xId=0637081607420700 http://www.engr.uiuc.edu/news/rss.php?xId=0637081607420700 Nuclear Thu, 04 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Faculty from the Department of Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will offer two short courses on nuclear power in Singapore in August. The courses are sponsored by the University of Illinois and are co-organized by the Departments ofhttp://www.engr.uiuc.edu/news/rss.php?xId=0637081607420686 http://www.engr.uiuc.edu/news/rss.php?xId=0637081607420686 Nuclear Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Congratulations to the University of Illinois American Nuclear Society Student Chapter for winning the national ANS Samuel Glasstone Award! The Glasstone Award recognizes the outstanding student ANS section of the past year, and this is the first time in the honor’s 41-year history that Illinoishttp://www.engr.uiuc.edu/news/rss.php?xId=0637081607280784 http://www.engr.uiuc.edu/news/rss.php?xId=0637081607280784 Nuclear Wed, 06 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Professor Barclay G. Jones’ name has been synonymous with nuclear engineering at Illinois since the program’s beginnings over 50 years ago. He has made seminal contributions to many aspects of nuclear reactor science, and has kindly shepherded nearly every NPRE student through thehttp://www.engr.uiuc.edu/news/rss.php?xId=0637081607280798 http://www.engr.uiuc.edu/news/rss.php?xId=0637081607280798 Nuclear Wed, 06 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Alumni, students and faculty of the Department of Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering will come together Friday, September 30, during NPRE 2011 Interchange. The Homecoming event’s purpose is to bring alumni back to campus to share with students information on jobs and careers inhttp://www.engr.uiuc.edu/news/rss.php?xId=0637081607420672 http://www.engr.uiuc.edu/news/rss.php?xId=0637081607420672 Nuclear Wed, 06 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Several NPRE faculty members have served as experts in providing national and international media with analysis of the nuclear crisis arising from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan. NPRE alumni also have played important roles in responding to and mitigating the situation. The NPREhttp://www.engr.uiuc.edu/news/rss.php?xId=0637081607280700 http://www.engr.uiuc.edu/news/rss.php?xId=0637081607280700 Nuclear Thu, 16 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0500 NPRE undergraduate Peter R. Fiflis of Indian Head Park, Illinois, has won an honorable mention in the Barry M. Goldwater scholarship competitions for the 2011–12 academic year. Fiflis is concentrating his studies in plasma and fusion science and engineering. Also a University of Illinoishttp://www.engr.uiuc.edu/news/rss.php?xId=0637081607280770 http://www.engr.uiuc.edu/news/rss.php?xId=0637081607280770 Nuclear Wed, 15 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0500 NPRE graduate student Brian R. Kleinfeldt has gained national recognition for his leadership in guiding the American Nuclear Society Student Chapter at Illinois. Awarded during the ANS student convention in April, the commendation from the American Nuclear Society Student Sectionshttp://www.engr.uiuc.edu/news/rss.php?xId=0637081607280714 http://www.engr.uiuc.edu/news/rss.php?xId=0637081607280714 Nuclear Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0500 NPRE Prof. Rizwan Uddin and Adjunct Professor William R. Roy have been honored with the 2011 American Nuclear Society Student Chapter Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. NPRE Department Head James F. Stubbins has been honored with the Engineering Council Award for Excellence inhttp://www.engr.uiuc.edu/news/rss.php?xId=0637081607280756 http://www.engr.uiuc.edu/news/rss.php?xId=0637081607280756 Nuclear Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0500
