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Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering

NPRE News
New plasma technique provides cleaner surfaces in computer...
A group from the Center for Plasma-Material Interactions has gained a patent on a non-contact method that uses plasma to clean very small dust and contamination particles from surfaces in the making of computer chips. The technique is used to remove contamination from semiconductor wafers and...
NPRE Recognizes Student Award Winners
The Department of Nuclear, Plasma and Radiologial Engineering recognized almost 90 students as well as several faculty members and alumni during the department’s 2009 Honors Banquet. Following is a list of students honored and their awards: • Carlos A. Altamirano of Davie, Florida: American...

Nuclear, plasma, and radiological engineering (NPRE) is a branch of engineering that is concerned with the development and use of nuclear energy and radiation sources for a wide variety of applications in energy production, in materials processing and science, and for biomedical and industrial uses. Areas of interest include the continued safe and reliable application of fission reactors as central electric power plant thermal sources; plasma processing applications and the longer term development of fusion reactors for electric power generation; and the use of radiation sources in such areas as materials, biological systems, medical treatment, radiation instrumentation, environmental systems, and activation analysis.