The Graduate Program in Nuclear Engineering Faculty
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Program Director

Briber, Robert M.
Professor and Chair, Materials Science and Engineering
APS Fellow
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1984
Room 2141 Chemical and Nuclear Engineering Building
Phone: (301) 405-7313
E-mail: rbriber@umd.edu
Research Interests: X-ray and neutron scattering, thermodynamics and structure of polymers. Homepage »
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Program Faculty

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
Affiliate Faculty
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
Affiliate Faculty
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 »
