Nuclear Engineering » People

Photo of Assel Aitkaliyeva Assel Aitkaliyeva Associate Professor
(352) 846-3778

Ph.D., 2012, Texas A&M University

Research Interests: Nuclear Fuels and Materials, with emphasis on characterization and property evaluation; Mechanical and Thermal properties of materials; Reactor Irradiation; Radiation damage in materials; Ion Implantation; Kinetics; Composites; Nanostructured materials; Multi-Scale simulation of nuclear fuel.

Lab Website: MAterials for Nuclear Advancement and Technology in Extreme Environments (MANATEE) Group

Photo of James Baciak James Baciak Professor, Florida Power and Light Professor
(352) 273-2131

Research Interests: Applied aspects of cargo monitoring, detector testing and characterization for gamma-ray spectroscopy, as well as development and analysis of techniques for environmental sampling and surveys related to on-site inspections.

Photo of Andreas Enqvist Andreas Enqvist Florida Power and Light Professor, Associate Professor
(352) 294-2177

 

Education: Ph.D., 2010, Chalmers, University of Technology, Sweden

Research Interests: Nuclear safeguards. Nuclear fuel cycle. Non-proliferation. Radiation detector characterization. Neutron physics & detectors. Neutron noise signals. Radiation signal analysis. Nuclear training. Radiation detection applications. and Materials Control and Accountability.

Lab Website: Enqvist Research Group

Photo of Ira Harkness Ira Harkness Instructional Assistant Professor
352-846-3329

 

Education: Ph.D., 2018, University of Florida

Research Interests: Engineering education; Monte Carlo methods; nuclear policy; workforce development

Photo of Kyle C. Hartig Kyle Hartig NE Research Coordinator, Associate Professor
(202) 270-4721

 

Education: Ph.D., 2016, Pennsylvania State University

Research Interests: Remote Sensing, Machine Learning, Radiation Interaction and Detection, Nuclear Nonproliferation, Forensics, Security, and Policy.

Lab Website: Hartig Research Group

Photo of Chris McDevitt Chris McDevitt Associate Professor
(352) 846-3785

 

Education: Ph.D., 2008, University of California San Diego

Research Interests: Computational plasma physics, magnetic fusion, tokamak disruptions, scientific machine learning, plasma-material interaction.

Lab Website: McDevitt Lab

Photo of Jyothier Nimmagadda Jyothier Nimmagadda Research Assistant Scientist
(352) 294-2102

Ph.D., 2015, Idaho State University
 
Research Interests: Reactor Physics Experiments, Non-destructive radiation imaging, Monte-Carlo Methods, Pre and Post Irradiation Analysis, Medical Imaging, Radiation Detection

Photo of DuWayne Schubring DuWayne Schubring Instructional Professor
(352) 294-7870

Ph.D., 2009, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Research Interests: Two-phase flow, nuclear reactor thermal hydraulics, quantitative visualization, nuclear reactor safety, computational and numerical methods including coupled codes, advanced nuclear power systems

Photo of Michael Tonks Michael Tonks Interim Department Chair, Professor, Alumni Professor of Materials Science & Engineering
(352) 846-3779

Ph.D., 2008, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Research Interests: Computational materials science, Computational mechanics, Coevolution of microstructure and properties, Materials in Harsh Environments, Mesoscale modeling and simulation, Nuclear materials, Numerical methods

Lab Website: Tonks Research Group

Photo of Don Wall Don Wall Director, UF Training Reactor (UFTR), Professor of Practice
(352) 273-2662

Ph.D. 2001, Florida State University

Photo of Nathalie Wall Nathalie Wall Interim Nuclear Engineering Program Director
(352) 273-0279

Ph.D., 1993, University of Paris, XI

Research Interests: Radiochemistry, Nuclear Wastes, Nuclear Forensics, Nuclear Fuel Cycle, Environmental Behavior of Radionuclides

Lab Website: Wall Research

Photo of Justin Watson Justin Watson Associate Professor
(352) 273-0241

Ph.D., 2010, Penn State University

Research Interests: Reactor Kinetics and Dynamics, Neutronics, Thermal Hydraulics, Multiphysics Simulation, Advanced Numerical Methods, Applied Mathematics, Advanced Code Coupling Techniques, Scientific Software Development, High Performance Computing

Lab Website: Florida Advanced Multiphysics Modeling and Simulation (FAMMoS) Lab

Photo of Yong Yang Yong Yang NE Graduate Coordinator, Associate Professor
(352) 846-3791

Education: Ph. D., 2005, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Research Interests: structural and fuel materials for nuclear energy systems; LWRs sustainability and aging management; advanced fabrication and joining technologies; used fuel dry storage and disposition.

Lab Website: MAterials for Nuclear Advancement and Technology in Extreme Environments (MANATEE) Group