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