University of Missouri-Columbia
Nuclear Science and Engineering Institute
(Data for Academic Year 2008)

Fall 2008 Enrollments

• 63 graduate students (42 PhD students and 21 MS students)

Degrees granted

• 11 PhD degrees
• 9 MS degrees

Graduate student support

• 20 external fellowships
• 20 internal fellowships
• 8 graduate student instructors
• 15 graduate research assistantships

Faculty

• Current faculty headcount: 5 tenured faculty (Tushar K. Ghosh, Sudarshan K. Loyalka, William H. Miller, Mark A. Prelas, and Robert V. Tompson, Jr.)
  • 1 Associate Professor, 4 Professors
  • 3 Emeritus Faculty
  • A number of affiliated faculty who serve on committees, advise and/or teach courses

Research funding

• NSEI Research Expenditures for full time faculty of $3,088,948
  • Federal: $2,950,222
  • Other: $ 214,323
• The University of Missouri Research Reactor is administered separately with
  expenditures of ~$12,000,000

Brief history

• 1955: Nuclear Engineering Courses Taught in Mechanical Engr. and Chemical Engr.
• 1959: State Legislature Approves Funding for the University of Missouri-Research Reactor
• 1964: Nuclear Engineering Program officially established (Moved from ME and ChE)
• 1964: First MS Degree in Nuclear Engineering Awarded
• 1966: University of Missouri Research Reactor Went Critical
• 2002: Name Changed to Nuclear Science and Engineering Institute

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