University of Missouri-Columbia
Nuclear Science and Engineering Institute
(Data for 2010 Overview)

Degrees Offered

• PhD in Nuclear Engineering
• MS in Nuclear Engineering with emphasis in Nuclear Power, Medical Physics or Health Physics
• Graduate certificate in Nuclear Engineering
• Undergraduate minor in Nuclear Engineering, Medical/Health Physics, and Radioenvironmental Sciences.

Enrollment

• 64 graduate students: 30 Ph.D. students and 34 M.S. students

Degrees granted

• 6 PhD degrees
• 11 MS degrees

Faculty

• 5 tenure track faculty: 4 Professors and 1 Associate Professor
• 3 Emeritus faculty
• 66 Affiliated faculty: 35 in other departments, 11 in National Labs, 14 in other Universities, and 6 in industry

Research Funding

• FY2010: $2,065,886

Distance Education Program

• Courses on Homeland Security
• Nuclear Engineering Courses through Big 12 consortium

Academic Laboratories

• Nuclear Reactor Engineering: University of Missouri Research Reactor, Missouri S&T Nuclear Reactor
• Radiation detection and radiochemistry laboratory

Research Facilities/Laboratories

• Particulate Systems Research Center: Particulate production; Aerosol mechanics, dynamics and interactions
• Nuclear safety and Very High Temperature Reactor (VHTR) fuels.
• University of Missouri Research Reactor
• Chemical, Biological and Radiation sensor research center
• 128 node cluster computer
• Scanning and Transmission Electron microscopy, x-ray microanalysis.
• @Washington University – Research in Radiation treatment modalities: IMRT (linacs and tomotherapy), 3D CRT, Brachytherapy, 4D CT, Functional/Biological Imaging.

Contact

Mark A. Prelas, Professor and Chair
Nuclear Science and Engineering Institute
University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211
http://nsei.missouri.edu/index.html
Ph: (573) 882-9691, Fax: (573) 884-4801, Email: prelasm@missouri.edu

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