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2025-2026 University Catalog 
    
2025-2026 University Catalog

School of Nuclear Engineering (Graduate)


Website: https://engineering.purdue.edu/NE/academics/graduate/Grad_index

Department/School Head

Seungjin Kim

Faculty by Rank

Professor
Associate Professor
Assistant Professor
Emeritus Faculty
Chan Choi
Allen Garner
Ahmed Hassanein
Mamoru Ishii
Hany Abdel-Khalik
Seungjin Kim
Shripad Revankar
Rusi Taleyarkhan
Lefteri Tsoukalas
Hitesh Bindra
Xiaoyuan Lou
Stylianos Chatzidakis
Yunlin Xu
Arden Bement
Victor Ransom
Alvin Solomon
Takashi Hibiki

Academic Programs

Master’s and Ph.D. Programs
The School of Nuclear Engineering at Purdue University has students from a variety of undergraduate preparations which include other branches of engineering, various fields of science, and mathematics.  This diversity in conjunction with an open stance on interdisciplinary research enables us to accommodate the interests of our graduate students in exploring new opportunities and challenges in the rapidly broadening field of nuclear engineering advanced technologies as fission and fusion power generators, new medical technologies and procedures, improved food safety, advanced materials processing, advanced imaging, and the safe treatment and disposal of spent nuclear fuel.
Concentrations (Areas of Study)
  • Applied Intelligent Systems
  • BioElectrics and ElectroPhysics (BEEP)
  • Materials Under Extreme Environment 
  • Nuclear Fusion and Fusion Technology
  • Fuel Cycle and Waste Management
  • Hydrogen and Fuel Cell
  • Nuclear Materials
  • Nuclear Systems Simulation
  • Radiation and Neutron Detection and Interrogation
  • Reactor Physics
  • Thermal Hydraulics and Reactor Safety
  • Nuclear Nonproliferation

Programs

    DoctoralMaster’s

    Courses

      Nuclear Engineering