Research Themes
- Radiation tolerant cladding materials
- Advanced fuel fabrication methods
- Advanced radiation detector
- Advanced neutron generator
- Nuclear waste behavior, monitoring
and processing - Aerosol research
- Multi-scale modeling of materials degradation under extreme conditions
Accomplishments
- Developing fabrication methods and evaluating the performance of novel nuclear fuel forms
- Alloys: U-Zr and U-Mo
- Ceramic: UO2-BeO composite
- Dispersion: Metal matrix alloys and barrier coating methods
- Characterized the metallurgy of U-Zr and U-Mo alloy fuels
- Developed swelling resistant metallic and ceramic materials
- Developed multi-scale modeling codes to understand damage evolution caused by fission fragments
- Developed bendable neutron detection sheets
Faculty
Karim Ahmed
- Associate Professor, Nuclear Engineering
- Affiliated Faculty, Materials Science & Engineering
- Office: AIEN M205C
- Phone: 979-847-6192
- Email: karim.ahmed@tamu.edu
William H. Marlow
- Professor Emeritus, Nuclear Engineering
- Office: AIEN M403
- Phone: 979-845-2271
- Email: w-marlow@tamu.edu
Sean M. McDeavitt
- Associate Vice Chancellor for National Laboratories
- Professor, Nuclear Engineering
- Office: AIEN M205A
- Phone: 979-862-1745
- Email: mcdeavitt@tamu.edu
Michael Nastasi
- Department Head, Nuclear Engineering
- Sallie and Don Davis '61 Professor
- Division Director, Nuclear Engineering Division of the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station
- Affiliated Faculty, Materials Science & Engineering
- Affiliated Faculty, Multidisciplinary Engineering
- Office: AIEN M210F
- Phone: 979-862-2636
- Email: nuen-dh@tamu.edu
Lin Shao
- Director, Undergraduate Program, Nuclear Engineering
- Professor, Nuclear Engineering
- Regents Professor
- Robert Cochran University Professor
- TEES Senior Faculty Fellow
- Affiliated Faculty, Materials Science & Engineering
- Office: AIEN M205E
- Phone: 979-845-4107
- Email: lshao@tamu.edu
