Who Provides the Program?

University of Tennessee Nuclear Engineering faculty will teach most of the courses and supervise the research. Occasionally, adjunct faculty from the nearby Oak Ridge National Laboratory will also participate in course instruction and research supervision. 

Founded in 1957, the University of Tennessee Department of Nuclear Engineering is one of the oldest and most prestigious programs in the United States. The department's strengths include a well developed research program, close ties with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee Valley Authority, Duke Energy, international research collaboration, and attractive graduate assistantships. 

Research specializations include applied artificial intelligence, nuclear reactor analysis, fuel and waste management, nuclear criticality safety, nuclear reactor dynamics and control, maintenance and reliability engineering, reliability and risk assessment, radiological engineering (including health physics and medical physics), radiation transport and shielding, thermalhydraulics, and nuclear system design.