Teledyne Brown to expand services, build new plant May 29, 2008
Teledyne Brown Engineering is expanding its nuclear engineering and manufacturing work, opening a 200,000-square-foot plant and landing a $92 million contract to make service modules that aid uranium enrichment. Teledyne expects to add about 200 employees to work at the plant, ranging from engineering to assembly to welding jobs. (AL.com)
Community: Bozeman couple biking across country May 27, 2008
Before starting at Heritage Christian four years ago, Gerry, who grew up in Wisconsin, spent 23 years in either nuclear engineering or financial management. He had two weeks of vacation, and I had to decompress the first three or four days, he said. (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
Bubble-fusion engineer sues other scientists May 2, 2008
Taleyarkhan is a professor in a department of nuclear engineering, and his degrees are in mechanical and nuclear engineering. 25 Apr, 2008. (Nature News Service)
Pittsburgh's schools churn out engineering students Apr 15, 2008
For example, Pitt recently added certificate programs in nuclear engineering in conjunction with experts from Westinghouse, Inc. and FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co.. "There's a great need for nuclear-trained engineers ... as this nation is preparing to build over 30 new nuclear power plants over the next decade," said Larry Foulke, director of Pitt's nuclear engineering program. (Pittsburgh Business Times, PA)
Full Story... Mar 30, 2008
and has a bachelor s in nuclear engineering from the University of Illinois. He has a master s and doctorate in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a medical doctorate from the University of Illinois, Chicago. (Albert Lea Tribune, MN)
Floating A Big Idea: Ancient Use Of Rafts To Transport Goods Demonstrated Mar 23, 2008
"It's a nontrivial engineering problem to get one of these to work properly," explained Dewan, who graduated last year with a double major in nuclear engineering and mechanical engineering ... "I just loved working on this project," she said, "being able to apply the mechanical engineering principles I've learned to a project like this, that seems pretty far outside the scope" of her work in nuclear engineering. (Science Daily)
A nuclear brain drain Mar 9, 2008
N.C. State has one of a few remaining nuclear engineering departments ... To keep up with job demand, university nuclear engineering departments have quadrupled enrollment in the past decade to about 2,000 students today ... N.C. State University's nuclear engineering department stuck it out through shrinking enrollments during the lean years and managed to avoid the fate of more than two dozen college nuclear departments that no longer exist. (News & Observer)
Michigan laser beam believed to set record for intensity Feb 16, 2008
Krushelnick is a professor in the departments of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and Physics. Yanovsky is a research scientist in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. (EurekAlert!)
Business and technology trailblazer Feb 4, 2008
With a resume that includes executive and management positions in nuclear engineering and technology, Ms. Butler is a role model to the firm's 62 employees ... Ms. Butler took his advice and majored in nuclear engineering. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Cell Phone Sensors Detect Radiation To Thwart Nuclear Terrorism Jan 25, 2008
Fischbach is working with Jere Jenkins, director of Purdue's radiation laboratories within the School of Nuclear Engineering. "It's the ubiquitous nature of cell phones and other portable electronic devices that give this system its power," Fischbach said. (Science Daily)
Aeronautics Associate Administrator Departs NASA for New Position Jan 10, 2008
Porter has a bachelor's degree in nuclear engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a doctorate in applied physics from Stanford University ... Porter has authored more than 25 publications in a broad range of technical disciplines, including nuclear engineering, solar physics, plasma physics, computational materials modeling, explosives detection and vibration control of flexible structures. (PR Newswire)
Portrait: Doug Crader leads New Year's Eve Prayer Service in Capitol Jan 1, 2008
My first shot at a major was going to be nuclear engineering, he recalled. And I was just so miserable, as time went on. (Jefferson City News Tribune, MO)
Wind Turbines Produce 'Green' Energy And Airflow Mysteries Dec 21, 2007
Meneveau and Cal are collaborating with Luciano Castillo, associate professor in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and Hyung S. Kang, an associate research scientist in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Johns Hopkins. The project s funding was provided through the National Science Foundation s Energy for Sustainability Program. (Science Daily)
Explosives At The Microscopic Scale Produce Shocking Results Dec 17, 2007
28, 2005) Bill Dunn, a K-State associate professor of mechanical and nuclear engineering, is working to develop a way to improve bomb detection without having to get in close proximity to suspicious. . (Science Daily)
Chinatown Left Behind Dec 3, 2007
Otto Lee, a Hong Kong native with a degree in chemical and nuclear engineering from UC Berkeley and a law degree from UC Hastings, holds the top elected office in Sunnyvale. San Jose's Kansen Chu, who hails from Taiwan, is the city's first Chinese American councilman. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Argonne bolsters efforts in security research Nov 29, 2007
The Vulnerability Assessment Team (VAT) moved to Argonne's Nuclear Engineering Division last month from Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). The VAT conducts multi-disciplinary research and development on physical security devices, systems and programs. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Areva's $11.9 billion deal could spark more sales in China Nov 28, 2007
PARIS French nuclear engineering company Areva SA hopes to sell as many as six additional third-generation nuclear reactors to China following its record $11 ... Luc Oursel, president and chief executive of Areva Nuclear Power, said the state-owned nuclear engineering company is in talks with Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam over deals that could be signed in three to five years. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
OSU prof talks up tiny nuclear plants Nov 27, 2007
Advocating for the safety of this scenario was Jos N. Reyes Jr., professor and head of Oregon State University s nuclear engineering and radiation health physics department. The featured speaker at the City Club s monthly meeting, Reyes shared how OSU researchers and engineers have helped design a self-contained, factory-built nuclear power reactor. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
City Club takes on nuclear energy talk Nov 25, 2007
The talk will feature Jos N. Reyes Jr., professor and head of Oregon State University s nuclear engineering and radiation health physics department. The City Club will meet at 11:45 a.m. Monday at the First United Methodist Church, 1165 N.W. Monroe Ave.. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Why Tech hates Georgia Nov 22, 2007
And Tech is educating these guys in engineering (pick a major which can help terrorists kill Americans nuclear engineering, computer programing, electrical engineering the list goes on and on) skills they can use to blow us all up. This is very frightening and really, you have to wonder why terrorists found it so easy to infiltrate Georgia Tech as opposed to MIT or Cal Poly. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Taking on Dr. James Watson: My Duty to Black People Everywhere Nov 4, 2007
Carruthers obtained a B.S. in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Illinois in 1961, going on to earn an M.S. in Nuclear Engineering in 1962 and a Ph. D. in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering in 1964. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Physicist Create Most Intense Operating Positron Beam Ever Oct 26, 2007
"There is a reactor in Munich, Germany, that has been generating those types of radiation beams for some time now, and our analysis of the data shows that we have exceeded what they have reported," said Dr. Ayman Hawari, associate professor of nuclear engineering and director of the Nuclear Reactor Program at NC State ... Now that the intense beam has been generated, members of NC State's nuclear engineering program and their collaborators will turn their focus to developing instrumentation such... (Science Daily)
Westinghouse in Agreement To Acquire Astare Sep 25, 2007
- French Engineering Company Further Expands Westinghouse Scope - Part of Ongoing Effort to Better Serve Worldwide Nuclear Industry PITTSBURGH, Sept. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Westinghouse Electric Company today announced it has reached agreement to acquire Astare, a French nuclear engineering company headquartered near Paris. Terms were not disclosed. (PR Newswire)
Westinghouse to acquire French nuclear engineering company Sep 25, 2007
Westinghouse Electric Co. this morning announced it has reached an agreement to acquire French nuclear engineering company Astare. Monroeville based Westinghouse, a unit of Japan's Toshiba Corp., did not disclose the terms of the agreement, scheduled to close Oct. 11. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Splitting atoms, fusing worlds Sep 25, 2007
"If you look at nuclear engineering around the nation it is on the rise, but at the same time there is a drain of the engineering experts in the nuclear field needed to operate plants.". Intended effect. (Freeport Journal-Standard, IL)
'Americans are blind' Aug 27, 2007
Having just graduated from college in nuclear and mechanical engineering, I know that there are huge plans for growth in not only the nuclear engineering field but the power industry as a whole. Groups such as the Electric Power Research Institute are predicting growth in all aspects of power production and are actually seeing a trending of new power production in the green energies. (CNN)
Biomass Plant Permit Given Boost Aug 24, 2007
Cohen's second expert was Jack Maddox, president of Maddox Engineering Services and vice president of WWPP. Maddox is responsible for planning, designing and developing several power plants in the state, including the Raton and Estancia biomass plants, and has a master's degree in nuclear engineering. He said the WWPP partners applied for an air quality permit for a similar biomass power plant in Raton, identical in size to the Estancia plant and also using natural gas as a start-up fuel. (Cedar Crest East Mountain Telegraph, NM)
Teen admits killing former professor with hammer in Tacoma Aug 8, 2007
Huynh was a Vietnamese immigrant and former professor with a degree in nuclear engineering who was engaged to be married. Trial is scheduled a week from today for Walrond's two codefendants, 19-year-old Daniel Demetrius Harris and 17-year-old Jarrell Maurice Marshall. (Longview Daily News, WA)
A&M serves nation by partnering with Lawrence Livermore National Security Aug 7, 2007
"This partnership brings increased national attention to the Texas Aersity System and increased awareness of our capabilities," said Marvin Adams, associate vice president for research and professor of nuclear engineering. "Texas Ahe only university outside of California to be chosen for such an affiliation.". (The Battalion, TX)
Nuclear engineering department appoints head Jul 18, 2007
Raymond Juzaitis has been appointed head of the Department of Nuclear Engineering, effective Aug. 15. Juzaitis will also act as director for the Nuclear Engineering Division of the Texas Engineering Experiment Station ... He received his bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from Princeton University and his master's and doctorate in nuclear engineering from the University of Virginia. (The Battalion, TX)
Post the First Comment Jul 18, 2007
Nuclear engineering department appoints head - News ... Nuclear engineering department appoints head ... Raymond Juzaitis has been appointed head of the Department of Nuclear Engineering, effective Aug. 15. (The Battalion, TX)
The ICRC has handed over the hostage to Chinese authorities in Agadez, a northern town of Niger near which he was kidnapped.• Chinese hostage released in Niger Jul 17, 2007
Zhang Guohua, accompanied by (ICRC) workers, arrived at the Societe Des Mines D'Agelik, a uranium prospecting company floated in Niger by the China Nuclear Engineering & Construction (Group) Corporation on Monday morning, the embassy said. On July 6, Zhang, deputy general manager of the Societe Des Mines D'Agelik, was taken hostage by unidentified gunmen in the region of Agadez, some 1,000 km north of the capital city Niamey. (Xinhuanet, China)
Rebel group abducts Chinese in Niger Jul 17, 2007
The hostage, identified as Zhang Guohua, was a deputy general manager of the Societe Des Mines D'Agelik, a uranium prospecting company floated in Niger by China Nuclear Engineering & Construction (Group) Corporation. About 20 to 30 rebels attacked Zhang's vehicle and took him hostage in the region of Agadez, some 1,000 km north of the capital city Niamey, at about 3:40 p.m. local time (1440 GMT) on Friday. (Xinhuanet, China)
Project Aims To Make Sodium-cooled Nuclear Reactors Safe, Efficient Jul 3, 2007
The K-State department of mechanical and nuclear engineering has received a three-year, approximately 550,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy's Nuclear Energy Research Initiative for the project "Experimental Development and Demonstration of Ultrasonic Measurement Diagnostics for Sodium Fast Reactor Thermohydraulics." Principal investigator Akira Tokuhiro, associate professor, along with Bruce Babin, assistant professor, Terry Beck, professor, and Mohammad Hosni, professor and... (Science Daily)
Egyptian convicted of spying Jun 26, 2007
Egyptian authorities became suspicious of Ali when he went to the Israeli embassy in Cairo in 1999 to ask for a grant to study nuclear engineering in Tel Aviv. The two foreigners were tried in absentia and Egypt has not said where they are. (Aljazeera.Net)
China cracks down on six banks for making illicit loans Jun 19, 2007
2 billion) of loans to China Nuclear Engineering Group and China Shipping Group, the banking regulator said yesterday ... The state-owned assets supervision and administration commission, which oversees the government's assets, will deal with China Shipping and China Nuclear Engineering ... China Nuclear Engineering, a builder of nuclear power plants, illegally used 87. (Business Report, South Africa)
Student not afraid to blow it at camp Jun 7, 2007
Worsey, an explosives expert, said the camp started as a way to recruit more students to UMR's mining engineering program, which also offers the nation's only minor in explosives engineering, according to Barbara Robertson, administrative assistant of the mining and nuclear engineering department. The explosives minor began in 2005. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Sales soar to new heights for wind turbine systems Jun 4, 2007
The 45-year-old holds a master's in energy engineering and a bachelor's in nuclear engineering. After 11 years running a project management consultation firm, he returned to his passion of energy conservation and in 2006 began providing solar and wind electricity generation, and solar water heating, systems to businesses and homes. (Boston Globe -- Business)
URS makes a giant deal May 29, 2007
6 billion purchase of construction firm Washington Group. " The purchase will turn URS into a formidable competitor for Bechtel Corp., another San Francisco construction and engineering powerhouse with extensive expertise in nuclear power. And yet, the two businesses also will be partners, because both Bechtel and Washington Group work with the University of California to manage two national laboratories. URS will give Washington Group stockholders $43.80 in cash and 0.772 shares of URS common... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
Pro-market Sarkozy in no rush to sell off French industrial jewels May 28, 2007
Sarkozy's new staff is largely mum about the biggest dossiers: a long-stalled merger between national gas company Gaz de France and utility giant Suez, and the selloffs of state stakes in Electricite de France, nuclear engineering giant Areva and airport operator Aeroports de Paris, known as ADP. ... At a news conference this month, Alstom Chairman and Chief Executive Patrick Kron said he sees "an interest" in forging closer ties with France's state-owned nuclear engineering firm, while... (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
Companies seek ways to keep younger workers May 27, 2007
A master's degree in nuclear engineering also is available via distance learning from Penn State ... An internship at the Beaver Valley Power Station piqued his interest in nuclear engineering while he was a student at Penn State, and he joined Westinghouse straight out of college. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
RPI students' idea is mushrooming May 23, 2007
"It is not just that it is green, it is also potentially less expensive and carries less energy cost to make it," said Swersey, who lectures on mechanical, aerospace and nuclear engineering. "We need to start considering total cost when we look at materials. Now when you buy something, it ends up years later in a landfill and that is expensive.". (Albany Times Union)
Purdue to continue review of 'bubble fusion' research May 13, 2007
A congressional subcommittee has asked Purdue to continue looking into allegations of misconduct related to sonofusion research in the university's School of Nuclear Engineering ... Taleyarkhan, a professor of nuclear engineering at Purdue, first reported creating the "bubble fusion" phenomenon at Oak Ridge National Laboratory where he was a distinguished scientist. (PhysOrg.com)
Purdue probes 'tabletop fusion' again May 13, 2007
The new probe announced Thursday night comes three months after an internal inquiry at Purdue found no evidence that Rusi Taleyarkhan, a professor of nuclear engineering, had engaged in research misconduct. An earlier investigation had looked only at whether Taleyarkhan acted improperly by not listing himself as an author of two scientific papers he touts as independent confirmation of his fusion findings. (Herald Online, SC -- Health)
Environmentally Friendly Organic Insulation Uses Mushroom Spores May 8, 2007
I applaud Eben for his vision and passion to use technology to create significant value for all, said Burt Swersey, a lecturer in Rensselaer s department of mechanical, aerospace, and nuclear engineering, and Bayer s teacher in Inventor s Studio. He had the creative skill to transfer information, and to see something in mushroom cultivation that was the inspiration for a wild, crazy, and wonderful new idea. (Science Daily)
Britain Probes Nuclear Worker Case Apr 19, 2007
Sellafield, operated by British Nuclear Fuels PLC, is one of the largest nuclear engineering centers in the world, with a power plant, fuel production and recycling facilities. Darling said medical records documented 65 cases in which the company had removed tissue for radiological analysis. (Houston Chronicle)
UMR women honored with all-day celebration Apr 19, 2007
Mattson, a graduate student studying Nuclear Engineering, agreed. Here, there is pressure to prove yourself as a woman, she said. (Rolla Daily News, MO)
Nuclear worker spied for Israel, Egypt claims Apr 18, 2007
A bizarre feature of the case is that the engineer, who took up his position in 1997, approached the Israeli embassy in Cairo in 1999 to ask for a grant to study nuclear engineering at Tel Aviv University. The visit aroused the suspicions of Egyptian authorities, who ordered Mr Ali not to go to the embassy without informing his superiors at work, the statement said. (Guardian Unlimited)
Report: Egyptian gave Mossad intel Apr 18, 2007
Sources in Cairo said Saber graduated from Alexandria University in 1994 with a BA in nuclear engineering and obtained a diploma in nuclear reactor physics from Cairo University in 1999 ... Two years later he visited the Israeli embassy in Cairo to apply for a grant to study nuclear engineering in an Israeli university. (Jerusalem Post)
RPI boosts nuke engineering program to meet shortfall Apr 18, 2007
Nuclear engineering students say RPI rep counts big in worker-starved industry - The Business Review (Albany) ... Nuclear engineering students say RPI rep counts big in worker-starved industry ... is powering up its nuclear engineering program to help meet a shortfall of skilled workers in a revitalized U.S. nuclear industry. (Albany Business Review, NY)
Media Advisory - Ontario Energy Minister Dwight Duncan to help open Ontario Power Generation Engineering building Mar 30, 2007
UOIT also offers Canada's only degree program in nuclear engineering. Who: Dwight Duncan, Ontario minister of Energy; Tom Mitchell, chief nuclear officer, OPG; Dr. Ronald Bordessa, president, UOIT; and Patrick McNeil, chair, UOIT Board of Governors. (Canada Newswire)
Nuclear conference lights up university Mar 30, 2007
Oregon State University graduate students Tony Elliott and Brian Collins have attended conferences for nuclear engineering students before, but this is their first time organizing such an event. OSU is hosting the 2007 American Nuclear Society Student Conference this week, bringing together between 300 and 350 nuclear engineering students, faculty and professionals from across the nation ... We truly are the center of the nuclear-engineering universe for the weekend, said Collins, who along with... (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Congress investigates Purdue scientist Mar 23, 2007
After other nuclear engineering professors at Purdue questioned that work, one of the students said he had nothing to do with the article and the second student would not say who wrote it, according to the congressional committee. Nature magazine last year published claims by professors that Taleyarkhan hampered efforts to try to replicate his work and blocked publication of negative results by Purdue colleagues. (USA Today -- Tech)
Environmental groups plan Uranium Summit Mar 15, 2007
She earned a doctorate in nuclear engineering and medical physics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and she has a master s degree in nuclear reactor safety from the University of Virginia. In January, the South Dakota Board of Minerals and Environment approved the first uranium-exploration permit issued for the Black Hills in at least 25 years. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Nampa High science students shine in competitions Mar 12, 2007
Neighbors: Science teams tackle nuclear engineering, biochemistry and other fields ... Topics include real-life problems in nuclear engineering, road design, alternative fuels and biochemistry. (Nampa Idaho Press-Tribune, ID)
World traveler settles here Mar 5, 2007
He is in nuclear engineering and works at the INL.. Less than two years ago, the Stones arrived in Pocatello. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
Compensation board's credibility questioned Feb 26, 2007
"When the White House called me and asked me to serve on this committee I said, 'No.' ... At that time my son and daughter did dose reconstruction," Poston said in a telephone interview Feb. 13 from Texas Are he is professor of nuclear engineering. Poston said he accepted the appointment to the board only after he had discussions with lawyers from the White House and the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health. (Las Vegas Review-Journal -- Nevada News)
Wooten: Bulldoze public housing Feb 16, 2007
I know a man who got a degree in Nuclear Engineering from Georgia Tech, served his country while commanding a nuclear powered submarine, and after leaving the military lived in public housing. He was elected governor of Georgia and president of the United States. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
MIT: Nanoengineered concrete could cut CO2 emissions Jan 30, 2007
He recently formed a research team with colleagues in physics, materials science and nuclear engineering to perform atomistic simulations, taking the work a step deeper into the structure of this ubiquitous material. The research was funded in part by the Lafarge Group. (EurekAlert!)
Risk confidence — By thinking the unthinkable, preparedness expert is ready for emergency Jan 28, 2007
The shelter was just a hole with a board over it, but if there had actually been a nuclear war, she says, "I would have had better protection than 95 percent of people in the U.S. today." When she grew up she received a master's degree in nuclear engineering from the University of Utah. She studied under Dr. Gary Sandquist, who is now secretary-treasurer of The American Civil Defense Association board. (Deseret News)
Jimmy Carter: Lets bridge the rich-poor gap Jan 11, 2007
Having been educated in naval and nuclear engineering, I have a great interest in the role of our profession in helping to meet the challenges and opportunities of the future. The safe and efficient use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes will inevitably be an important challenge for engineers, as will the development of renewable forms of energy. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Plugging into the sun Jan 5, 2007
"I'm not a hippie greenie," he said, pointing out that with a background in nuclear engineering, he strongly supports nuclear power. "But solar is certainly a way to get off foreign oil.". (AZCentral -- Home)
Oregon State’s pioneer of nuclear engineering dies Dec 27, 2006
Oregon State s pioneer of nuclear engineering dies. CORVALLIS Chih H. Wang, the founder and long-time director of Oregon State University s Radiation Center and its Department of Nuclear Engineering, died in early December, the university has reported ... Wang also established the Department of Nuclear Engineering in the College of Engineering at OSU in 1972, was an active participant at the state and national level in nuclear issues, and served on numerous committees and advisory boards. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
China to begin building its first high temperature gas cooled reactor Dec 26, 2006
China Huaneng Group, China Nuclear Engineering and Construction Corp. and signed an agreement on Monday to establish a nuclear power company in Shidaowan of Shandong Province ... China Huaneng Group, China Nuclear Engineering and Construction Corp. and Tsinghua University will respectively contribute 47. (People's Daily Online, China)
UMR administration restructuring plans under way Dec 23, 2006
Samuel Frimpong, professor of mining and nuclear engineering, then spoke on behalf of the Administrative Activities Planning Committee. He focused on the fact that department chairs will have a lot more responsibility under the new restructuring plan that will eliminate the four separate schools and each of their deans. (Rolla Daily News, MO)
