The Graduate Program in Nuclear Engineering Faculty

Christou, Aris
Program Director
Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
IEEE Fellow
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1971
Room 2309A Chemical and Nuclear Engineering Building
E-mail: christou@umd.edu
Phone:
(301) 405-5208
Research Interests: Radiation effects in microelectronics, radiation hard design methodologies and the physics of failure of compound semiconductors in space applications. Research in materials degradation, radiation induced defects in metals, corrosion effects and high pressure induced transformations in steels and iron alloys. Web Site »
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Al-Sheikhly, Mohamad
Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Director, Biophysical and Polymer Radiation Laboratory
Ph.D., University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, 1981
Room 2309F Chemical and Nuclear Engineering Building
E-mail: mohamad@umd.edu
Phone:
(301) 405-5214
Research Interests: Polymers, radiation engineering, electronic packaging materials, environmental effects. Homepage »
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Cumings, John
Assistant
Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley, 2002
Room 1246 Kim Engineering Building
E-mail: cumings@umd.edu
Phone:
(301) 405-0789
Research Interests: Nanoelectronics, nanodevices, microscopy. Homepage »
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Modarres, Mohammad
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1979
Room 0151C Glenn L. Martin Hall
E-mail: modarres@umd.edu
Phone: (301) 405-5226
Research Interests: Probabilistic risk assessment, Probabilistic modeling of failure mechanisms, Reliability analysis of complex engineering systems, nuclear safety analysis. Web Site »
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Mosleh, Ali
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Ph.D., University of California at Los Angeles, 1981
Room 0151F Glenn L. Martin Hall
E-mail: mosleh@umd.edu
Phone: (301) 405-5215
Research Interests: Risk and safety assessment, reliability analysis, and decision analysis. Homepage »
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Pertmer, Gary
Associate Dean, A. James Clark School of Engineering
Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1978
Room 1124 Glenn L. Martin Hall
E-mail: pertmer@umd.edu
Phone: (301) 405-3936
Research Interests: Reliability engineering, nuclear power systems design and analysis.
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Youn, Byeng Dong
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Ph.D., University of Iowa, 2001
Room 0158 Glenn L. Martin Hall
E-mail: bdyoun@umd.edu
Phone: (301) 405-7004
Research Interests: System risk assessment and design (multiphysics, multicomponent, and multiscale systems); prognostic health monitoring; Verification & Validation (V&V); Bayesian Information Toolkit (BIT); Bayesian reliability analysis and design. Web Site »
