Core Faculty
Michael Atzmon
ProfessorFundamental studies of mechanical behavior and phase transformations in nonequilibrium metallic materials.
Alex Bielajew
ProfessorMonte Carlo methods, electron transport, dosimetry, dose calculation, cancer therapy
Thomas Downar
ProfessorComputational nuclear reactor physics, nuclear reactor dynamics, and the development of coupled neutronics and thermal-hydraulics methods for power reactor safety analysis.
John E. Foster
Associate ProfessorAdvanced space propulsion, plasmas in liquids, and nonequilibrium aerospace-related plasmas
Ronald Gilgenbach
Chair and Chihiro Kikuchi Collegiate ProfessorPulsed-power-driven fusion plasmas, intense e-beams & high power microwaves
Michael R. Hartman
Assistant ProfessorApplication of neutron scattering techniques to study the underlying physical properties of matter; development of high-capacity, reversible, hydrogen storage materials
Zhong He
ProfessorRoom-temperature semiconductor gamma-ray detectors and gamma-ray imaging devices.
James Holloway
ProfessorStudies computational radiation transport theory, especially optimization, uncertainty quantification, and inverse problems.
Kimberlee Kearfott
ProfessorRadiation safety, detection, dosimetry, and dose assessment; environmental radioactivity; explosives detection; homeland security; imaging.
Mark Kushner
ProfessorApplied electromagnetics; Optics and Photonics; Quantum Science and Engineering; Plasma Science and Engineering; Energy and Power.
Edward Larsen
ProfessorAnalytic and numerical methods for describing radiation interactions with matter
Yue Ying Lau
ProfessorPlasma and beam physics, high power radiation sources, vacuum microelectronics.
Annalisa Manera
Associate ProfessorExperimental two-phase flow, thermal-hydraulics, computational fluid dynamics, and multiphysics methods for power reactor safety analysis.
William Martin
ProfessorComputational methods development for solution of the neutron transport equation
Sara A. Pozzi
Associate ProfessorDevelopment of new methods for nuclear materials identification and characterization for nuclear nonproliferation and homeland security applications.
Alexander Thomas
Assistant ProfessorHigh-power laser-plasma interactions, particle accelerators, radiation sources, kinetic plasma computation
Lu-Min Wang
ProfessorIon beam modification of materials, transmission electron microscopy, nanocrystalline materials, and nuclear materials.
Gary Was
Walter J. Weber, Jr. Professor of Sustainable Energy, Environmental and Earth Systems EngineeringRadiation and environmental effects on materials, ion implantation, nuclear fuels
David Wehe
ProfessorRadiation detection and imaging for medical, industrial, and security applications
