Nuclear Engineering faculty and industry partner on senior design projects

Design projects provide senior nuclear engineering students with an opportunity to work on multifaceted projects under the direction of experts from industry, national laboratories, and faculty. For the 2021-22 academic year, these partners have included Copenhagen Atomics, and Westinghouse. Five design project teams will present on April 27 to department members, industry partners, and members of our Nuclear Engineering Undergraduate Committee (NEUC) and the Nuclear Engineering Department Advisory Council (NEDAC). 

Included on the teams are South Carolina State University (SCSU) nuclear engineering students. This academic year marks the seventh collaborative anniversary with SCSU, the only Historically Black College and University (HCBU) with an accredited nuclear engineering program. SCSU students collaborate remotely with their teams in the fall semester, relocating to NC State campus in the spring semester to complete these projects and take classes.

Current projects include –

Speed of Sound Measurement of Molten Salts 

Adviser: Dr. Alexander Bataller
Co-Adviser: Aslak Stubsgaard, Copenhagen Atomics
Design Team: Matthew Field; Christopher Williams; Hayden Bland; Miranda Moultrie (SCSU)


Design of Contingency Replacement Assemblies for a Westinghouse 2-Loop Core

Adviser: Drs. Kostadin Ivanov & Maria Avramova
Co-advisers: Baxter Durham & Blain Taylor (Westinghouse sponsorship – Stephanie Harsche)
Design Team: Parker Dickinson; Timothy Kiefer; Noah Higgins; Shia Jones (SCSU); and,
Romise Hillard (SCSU)


Uranium Core Design for Versatile Test Reactor (VTR) 

Adviser: Dr. Scott Palmtag
Design Team: Anna Isom; Andrew Taylor; Sedric Harris; Saoud Henzab, (SCSU); Jordan Page 


Preliminary Steps toward a Full Scope Dynamic Probabilistic Risk Assessment Framework 

Advisers: Dr. Mihai Diaconeasa
Design Team: Malek Abedrabouh; Veronica Heyl; Jaylen Jones; Noah Davis (SCSU)


Design of Contingency Replacement Assemblies for a Westinghouse 4-Loop Core

Advisers: Drs. Kostadin Ivanov & Maria Avramova
Co-advisers: Baxter Durham & Blain Taylor (Westinghouse sponsorship: of Stephanie Harsche)
Design Team: Shana Johnson; Robert McRobie; Abigail Davis; Luisa Marschhausen Bezerra dos Santos (SCSU)