Nuclear fuels and materials is the study of material behavior in radiation and reactor environments, including defect formation and evolution, fission product behavior, environmental degradation, and high-temperature behavior. At UF, we apply experimental and computational approaches to investigate oxidation and corrosion, light-water reactor (LWR) and advanced fuel behavior, radiation damage in 2D and functional materials, and radiation behavior of structural materials. We use advanced facilities at UF, including microscopy facilities for radioactive materials and the HiperGator supercomputer.
Faculty
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
Ph.D., 2010, Chalmers, University of Technology, Sweden
Research Interests: Nuclear Security and Detection, Nuclear Fuels and Materials, Reactor Physics and Thermal Hydraulics, Nuclear Fusion, Machine Learning and AI, Engineering Education
Lab Website: Enqvist Research Group
Ph.D., 1985, University of Florida
Research Interests: Computational Modeling and Simulation, Nuclear Fuels and Materials, Energy Materials, Metallurgy, Ceramics
Lab Website: Phillpot Research Group
Research interests: Computational Materials Science, Materials in Harsh Environments, Nuclear Materials, Reactor Kinetics and Dynamics, Neutronics, Thermal Hydraulics, Multiphysics Simulation, Advanced Numerical Methods, Advanced Code Coupling Techniques, High Performance Computing, Astronuclear Systems
Ph.D., 2008, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Research Interests: Computational Modeling and Simulation, Nuclear Fuels and Materials, Ceramics, Electronic Materials, Energy Materials, Machine Learning and AI, Materials Processing, Metallurgy, Nanomaterials, Nuclear Security and Detection, Radiochemistry
Lab Website: Tonks Research Group
Ph.D. 2001, Florida State University
Research Interests: Radiochemistry, Nuclear Fuels and Materials, Engineering Education, Nuclear Security and Detection
Ph. D., 2005, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Research Interests: Nuclear Fuels and Materials, Advanced Materials Characterization, Metallurgy, Machine Learning and AI, Materials Processing; 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: Nuclear Materials Degradation Research Group (NuMad)