Grainger VIP Impact Report

GRAINGER PROFESSORSHIP IN NUCLEAR ENGINEERING

Over the last year, the Grainger professorship has supported the following activities:

• nuclear engineering education leadership • nuclear engineering program development • student support and publication costs

NUCLEAR ENGINEERING EDUCATION LEADERSHIP I served as the immediate past chair of the nation’s Nuclear Engineering Department Heads Organization (NEDHO) and member of the executive committee. This organization represents nuclear engineering departments and programs from around the country, primarily in their various interactions with the federal government and the nuclear industry. Support from the Grainger professorship enabled travel to important events organized by NEDHO under my leadership, including a roundtable discussion with reactor vendors about building new university research reactor facilities. I also represent the U.S. fusion research and development community on the International Energy Agency’s subcommittee on fusion neutronics. The Grainger professorship enabled me to travel to an international meeting on fusion nuclear technology to participate in meetings of this subcommittee. NUCLEAR ENGINEERING PROGRAM OUTREACH Following a year of restructuring, the Department of Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics planned a number of activities to highlight its renewed focus on nuclear energy from fission and fusion, including increased participation in Nuclear Science Week in October. The Grainger professorship supported two of these events, which engaged a broad public audience with a range of topics about the role and future of nuclear energy.

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