Conference Session

Partnerships in Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Marshall, North Carolina State University; Mohamed Bourham, North Carolina State University

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Nuclear and Radiological

on a nuclear engineering career. Strategies for implementation will be the focus ofthis paper.KeywordsNuclear engineering; K12 outreach; diversity programs; women in engineering; minorities inengineering; undergraduate programIntroduction Past issues of American Society of Engineering Education’s Prism and the AmericanNuclear Society’s Nuclear News highlight a concern about diversity within engineering andnuclear engineering.1 Referring to the Report of the Congressional Commission on theAdvancement of Women and Minorities in Science, Engineering and Technology Development,there is supporting evidence of a troubling trend: low diversity numbers in engineering andnuclear engineering.2 The number of Hispanic, Black, and Asian nuclear

Conference Session

Partnerships in Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Tulenko, University of Florida

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Nuclear and Radiological

AC 2007-480: A SUCCESSFUL PROTOTYPE FOR UNIVERSITY/NATIONALLABORATORY RESEARCH COOPERATIONJames Tulenko, University of Florida James S. Tulenko, a professor in the Department of Nuclear and Radiological Engineering at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Fl, is also the Director of the Laboratory for Development of Advanced Nuclear Fuels and Materials. He was Chairman of the Department of Nuclear and Radiological Engineering at the University of Florida for sixteen years. He is a Past President of the American Nuclear Society (ANS). Prior to his academic career, Professor Tulenko spent 23 years in the Nuclear Industry as Manager, Nuclear Fuel Engineering at Babcock and Wilcox; Manager

Conference Session

Partnerships in Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Rezak

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Nuclear and Radiological

nuclear power careers. If the US is toenjoy a resurgence of nuclear power, nuclear engineering education must step up with renewedvigor. Challenging and lucrative career opportunities will await graduates with expertise todesign, construct and operate these complex facilities.Conclusion Usage of electricity in the US now approaches generating capacity. The NRC has pre-approved construction and operating licenses for several nuclear plant designs. Performance ofnuclear plants has improved consistently for decades with no serious safety challenges. Utility Page 12.1115.6deregulation by the states is creating a more favorable environment for plant

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Delivery Modes in Nuclear Engineering

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erich Schneider

Tagged Divisions

Nuclear and Radiological

career and class - but we didn't get any emails asking fordeadline extensions or help. So, to summarize, I feel like [Distance Learner] didn't do aproportionate amount of work (ZERO calculations/analysis), and the work [he/she] diddo was not the best, and it was usually submitted too late for us to fully edit it.”“We all did equally poorly on project planning. I did poorly allotting enough time for thisproject in my schedule, but several other group members didn't finish their work andsections had to be redone at the last minute and it came out poorly throughout thesemester.”In spite of the negative aspects of the collaborative experience for the students, thequality of work produced was for the most part high. The students pulled together