Jacob Eapen
Professor of Nuclear Engineering, Director of Nuclear Engineering Undergraduate Program, Professor of Physics,
- 919-515-5952
- jacob.eapen@ncsu.edu
- Burlington Laboratory 1114
Dr. Jacob Eapen’s interests are in science-based modeling and simulation of nuclear fuel for advanced reactors, nano-structured materials, plasma-material interactions, energy transport at nano-scales and interfaces, modeling of diffusion and viscosity in glass matrices for radioactive waste management.
Education
Nuclear Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Nuclear Engineering
North Carolina State University
Mechanical Engineering
University of Kerala, India
Research Description
Dr. Eapen's research interests are in science-based modeling and simulation of nuclear fuel for advanced reactors, nano-structured materials, plasma-material interactions, energy transport at nano-scales and interfaces, modeling of diffusion and viscosity in glass matrices for radioactive waste management.
Publications
- Design, Modeling, and Analysis of a Compact-External Electromagnetic Pumping System for Pool-Type Liquid Metal-Cooled Fast Reactors
- Shutayfi, M., Raj, A., Eapen, J., & Shannon, S. (2023), ANNALS OF NUCLEAR ENERGY, 193. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2023.109997r
- Design, Modeling, and Analysis of a Compact-External Electromagnetic Pumping System for Pool-Type Liquid Metal-Cooled Fast Reactors
- Shutayfi, M., Raj, A., Eapen, J., & Shannon, S. (2023), ANNALS OF NUCLEAR ENERGY, 193. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2023.109997
- Comparison of glancing-angle scatterings on different materials in a high aspect ratio plasma etching process using molecular dynamics simulation
- Du, Y., Kruger, F., Nam, S. K., Lee, H., Yoo, S., Eapen, J., … Shannon, S. (2022), JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY A, 40(5). https://doi.org/10.1116/6.0002008
- Corrosion resistance and mechanical properties of Armakap cement for nuclear applications
- Moneghan, D., Shkoukani, G., Eapen, J., Bourham, M., Mustafa, W., & Kilani, R. (2021), NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN, 374. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2021.111049
- Decoding ionic conductivity and reordering in cation-disordered pyrochlores
- Annamareddy, A., & Eapen, J. (2021), PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES, 379(2211). https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2019.0452
- Deducing Phonon Scattering from Normal Mode Excitations
- Raj, A., & Eapen, J. (2019), SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 9. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-43306-3
- Exact diagonal representation of normal mode energy, occupation number, and heat current for phonon-dominated thermal transport
- Raj, A., & Eapen, J. (2019), JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 151(10). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5099936
- Phonon dispersion using the ratio of zero-time correlations among conjugate variables: Computing full phonon dispersion surface of graphene
- Raj, A., & Eapen, J. (2019), COMPUTER PHYSICS COMMUNICATIONS, 238, 124–137. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpc.2018.12.008
- Approach to local thermodynamic equilibrium and the evolution to a glassy core following neutron/ion radiation impact
- Mei, X., Mohamed, W., & Eapen, J. (2018), PHILOSOPHICAL MAGAZINE, 98(29), 2701–2722. https://doi.org/10.1080/14786435.2018.1502482
- Computing Phonon Dispersion using Fast Zero-Point Correlations of Conjugate Variables
- Raj, A., & Eapen, J. (2018), MRS ADVANCES, 3(10), 531–536. https://doi.org/10.1557/adv.2018.288