Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences

(734) 615-9002

downar@umich.edu

ACADEMIC RANK:
Professor of Nuclear Engineering & Radiological Sciences

DEGREES, WHERE AND WHEN CONFERRED:
B.S. U.S. Military Academy, West Point, N.Y., 1974
M.S. (Nuc. Engr.), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1975
Ph.D. (Nuc. Engr.), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1984

FIELD OF SPECIALIZATION AND AREAS OF INTEREST:
Computational nuclear reactor physics, nuclear reactor dynamics, and the development of coupled neutronics and thermal-hydraulics methods for power reactor safety analysis.

Nuclear Reactor Safety Analysis Group
http://www.engineering.purdue.edu/parcs