Nuclear Engineering
R. A. Borrelli, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Nuclear Engineering, Graduate Faculty
208-533-8122
Campus: Idaho Falls
Courses: Principles of Nuclear Engineering, Master's Research and Thesis, Risk Assessment
Areas of Expertise: Advanced fuel cycle analysis, Open source scientific computing, Pyroprocessing, Safeguards- and security-by-design, Geologic repository design, Neutronics, Nuclear hybrid energy systems analysis, Cybersecurity, plant modernization, digital I&C, Risk assessment, management
Indrajit Charit, Ph.D., P.E.
Department Chair, Director of Materials Science and Engineering, Professor
McClure Hall 405D
208-885-5964
Campus: Moscow
Courses: Physical Metallurgy, Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Radiation Effects on Materials, Fundamentals of Nuclear Materials, Microstructures and Defects
Areas of Expertise: Processing-Microstructure-Property Correlations, Nuclear Materials, Structural Materials, High Temperature Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Advanced Manufacturing
Samrat Choudhury, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
McClure Hall 303C
208-885-7085
Campus: Moscow
Courses: Electronic Materials
Areas of Expertise: Structure-property relationship in materials, Multi-scale modeling of materials, Materials informatics, Nuclear materials, Energy materials, Multi-functional materials
Richard Christensen, Ph.D.
Director, Nuclear Engineering
Michael Haney, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Center for Advanced Energy Studies 259
208-533-8209
Campus: Idaho Falls
Courses: Network Security, Computer and Network Forensics, Advanced Information Assurance Concepts, Special Topics
Areas of Expertise: computer and network security, forensics, applied cryptography; critical infrastructure protection including: SCADA and industrial control system protocols for power, water and nuclear systems, resilient system design; situation awareness; incident detection by IDS and honeypot systems
Donald McEligot, Ph.D.
Visiting Professor
208-533-8120
Campus: Idaho Falls
Areas of Expertise: Fluid dynamics: complex turbulent and transitional shear flow, entropy generation; convective heat transfer; experimental, analytical and computational approaches/thermal hydraulics
Michael McKellar
Assistant Research Professor
Campus: Idaho Falls
Krishnan Raja, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate Professor
McClure Hall 407A
208-885-1693
Campus: Moscow
Courses: Ceramic Materials, Instrumental Analysis, Metallic Materials, Nuclear Degradation Mechanisms, Nuclear Component Inspection
Areas of Expertise: Energy Conversion Materials, Energy Storage Materials, Nuclear Materials, Electrochemical Synthesis of Nanomaterials
Vivek Utgikar, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor
Buchanan 312
208-885-6970
Campus: Moscow
Areas of Expertise: thermal-hydraulics advanced heat transfer & power conversion systems, fuel cycle waste forms & treatment, used nuclear fuel disposition/management, energy storage, bioremediation, life cycle assessment.
Haiyan Zhao, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate Professor
Center for Advanced Energy Studies 257
208-533-8123
Campus: Idaho Falls
Areas of Expertise: catalysis for environment and fuels, electrochemistry, corrosion, molten salts/ionic liquids, pyroprocessing, fuel cycle, waste form.