Facts & Figures

Degrees Offered

  • Nuclear Engineering & Radiological Sciences | BSE, MS, MSE, PhD
  • Engineering Physics | BSE

Degrees Granted, Academic Year 2022–2023

  • 33 BSE (includes 17 Engineering Physics)
  • 6 MS/MSE
  • 14 PhD

Fall 2023 Enrollments

  • 130 graduate students (106 PhD students and 24 MS students)
  • 112 undergraduate students (includes 54 Engineering Physics undergraduate students)

Faculty

  • 26 tenured and tenure-track faculty
  • 16 research faculty
  • 19 postdoctoral fellows
  • 11 emeritus faculty
  • 12 adjunct faculty
  • 1 research investigator

Research Areas

  • Fission Systems & Radiation Transport
  • Plasmas & Nuclear Fusion
  • Materials & Radiation Effects
  • Radiation Measurements & Imaging
  • Policy & Climate

Research Priorities

  • Clean, Affordable, and Reliable Nuclear-Inclusive Energy Systems
  • Nuclear Security and Homeland Defense
  • Environment and Health
  • Scientific Discovery

Research Funding

  • $31.6M research expenditures, fiscal year 2023 external sponsored and internal research

Research Facilities

  • Applied Nuclear Science Instrumentation Lab
  • Artificial Intelligence and Multiphysics Simulations Lab
  • Detection for Nuclear Nonproliferation Lab
  • Experimental and Computational Multiphase Flow Lab
  • Extreme Robotics Lab
  • Gérard Mourou Center for Ultrafast Optical Science
  • High-Resolution TH Imaging Lab
  • High-Temperature Corrosion Lab
  • Irradiated Materials Testing Complex
  • Materials in High Temperatures and Extreme Environments Lab
  • Materials Preparation Lab
  • Metastable Materials Lab
  • Michigan Center for Microstructure Characterization
  • Michigan Ion Beam Lab
  • Neutron Science Lab
  • Nuclear Measurements Teaching Lab
  • Nuclear Plant Simulation Lab
  • Nuclear Reactor Design and Simulation Lab
  • Plasma Science and Technology Lab
  • Plasma, Pulsed Power, and Microwave Lab
  • Position-Sensing Semiconductor Radiation Detector Lab
  • Radiation Effects and Nanomaterials Lab
  • Radiological Health Engineering Lab
  • Thermal Hydraulics Lab
  • Z Lab