PURDUE UNIVERSITY

School of Nuclear Engineering

1290 Nuclear Engineering Building

West Lafayette, IN 47907-1290

TEL: (765) 494-5739 / FAX: (765) 494-9570

http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/NE

NE Graduates

 

Graduate Student Enrollment: 12 Masters (N.E.)/25 Ph.D.

[B.S., M.S., M.S.N.E., Ph.D.]

ABET Accreditation: B.S.(N.E.)

 

Lefteri H. Tsoukalas, Head and Professor of Nuclear Engineering, (765-494-5742); [nehead@ecn.purdue.edu] or [tsoukala@ecn.purdue.edu]; Ph.D. University of Illinois 1989; Fuzzy, neural and other artificial intelligence approaches to existing and future-generation reactor systems with emphasis in modeling, diagnostics and control, complex systems theory and application to the power grid.

Arden L. Bement, David Ross Distinguished Professor of Nuclear Engineering, currently Director, National Institute for Standards and Technology (on indefinite leave from Purdue University), Gaithersburg, MD (301-975-2300); [arden.bement@nist.gov]; Ph.D. University of Michigan, 1963; Ferroelectric ceramics, high-temperature superconductors, thin films, textures, microstructures, ferroelectric fatigue, electro-transport properties, microscopy, and energy policy and management.

Chan K. Choi, Professor of Nuclear Engineering, (765-494-6789); [choi@purdue.edu]; Ph.D. Southern Illinois University 1973; Inertial confinement fusion, target material interface instabilities, fast-ion slowing and alpha-particle heating, magnetic fusion, compact tori kinetic transport, and fusion space propulsion.

Thomas J. Downar, Professor of Nuclear Engineering (765-494-5752); [downar@ecn.purdue.edu]; Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1984; Computational methods in reactor physics and fluid dynamics, parallel computing, reactor physics, and fuel cycle analysis.

Mamoru Ishii, Walter H. Zinn Distinguished Professor of Nuclear Engineering, and Director, Institute of Thermal-hydraulics (765-494-4587); [ishii@ecn.purdue.edu]; Ph.D. Georgia Institute of Technology 1971; Thermal-hydraulics, two-phase flow modeling and experiment, multiphase flow instrumentation, advanced reactor safety, light water reactor safety and fast reactor safety.

Tatjana Jevremovic, Assistant Professor of Nuclear Engineering (765-494-4480); [tatjanaj@purdue.edu]; Ph.D. University of Tokyo 1993; Numerical modeling in reactor physics, neutron transport, reactor core design, radiation protection, environmental issues and nuclear medicine.

Martin A. Lopez de Bertodano, Associate Professor of Nuclear Engineering, (765-494-9169); [bertodan@ecn.purdue.edu]; Ph.D. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1991; Fluid mechanics, experimental two-phase flow, turbulence and MHD, computational models for multidimensional two-phase flow.

Shripad T. Revankar, Associate Professor of Nuclear Engineering (765-496-1782); [shripad@ecn.purdue.edu]; Ph.D. Karnatak University, India 1983; Experimental two-phase flow and heat transfer, two-phase flow diagnostics, integral system testing, nuclear reactor safety, multiphase transport in porous media, and thermal modeling of composite fuels.

Alvin A. Solomon, Professor of Nuclear Engineering and Director of Energy Materials Laboratory (765-494-5753); [solomon@ecn.purdue.edu]; Ph.D. Stanford University 1968; Mechanical and physical properties of metals, ceramics and ceramic and metal matrix composites, safety-related behavior of nuclear fuels, radiation effects in metals and ceramics, reactor lifetime extension, and radioactive waste management.

Karen M. Vierow, Assistant Professor of Nuclear Engineering, ANS Faculty Advisor (765-494-5746); [vierow@ecn.purdue.edu]; Ph.D. University of Tokyo 1999; thermal hydraulic research of light water reactor safety issues, focusing on containment pressure response to various design basics, accident LOCA events and ex-vessel steam explosions, specific interests include passive cooling systems, accident analysis, and experimental investigations of condensation and other heat transfer phenomena.

Other Faculty

Robert S. Bean, Director of Radiation Laboratories (765-496-7897/494-5763); [bean@purdue.edu]

Denis E. Beller, Adjunct Professor of Nuclear Engineering; [denis@ecn.purdue.edu]

Franklyn M. Clikeman, Professor Emeritus of Nuclear Engineering (765-496-3437); [clikeman@ecn.purdue.edu]

Jean-Marc Delhaye, Adjunct Professor of Nuclear Engineering; [delhaye@ecn.purdue.edu]

Owen Gailar, Professor Emeritus of Nuclear Engineering; [mud2@ix.netcom.com]

Paul S. Lykoudis, Professor Emeritus of Nuclear Engineering; [lykoudis@ecn.purdue.edu]

Karl O. Ott, Professor Emeritus of Nuclear Engineering (765-494-5751); [ott@ecn.purdue.edu]

Victor H. Ransom, Professor Emeritus of Nuclear Engineering (765-496-3437); [ransom@ecn.purdue.edu]

Alexander Sesonske, Professor Emeritus of Nuclear Engineering; [alses@compuserve.com]