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Nuclear and Radiological Division Technical Session 1

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Masoud Naghedolfeizi, Fort Valley State University; Sanjeev Arora, Fort Valley State University; Nabil A. Yousif, Fort Valley State University

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c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Developing a Minor Program in Nuclear Science and EngineeringAbstractThe Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Fort Valley State University (FVSU)has recently developed an academic minor program in Nuclear Science and Engineering forstudents majoring in science, technology, mathematics, and engineering (STEM).The minor program is structured around four courses that will feature progressively moreadvanced topics, and hands-on laboratory-based projects and experimental analysis. Thesecourses are: a two-course sequence in Nuclear Science and Engineering with laboratorycomponents, a course in nuclear radiation, and an introductory course in health physics.This paper describes

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Nuclear and Radiological Division Technical Session 2

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yoonjo Jo Jo Lee, University of Missouri; Matthew Paul Simones, Nuclear Science and Engineering Institute, University of Missouri; John C. Kennedy, University of Missouri; Hakan Us; Philip F. Makarewicz, University of Missouri; Janese Annetta Neher, Nuclear Science and Engineering Institute-University of Missouri Columbia; Mark A. Prelas, University of Missouri, Columbia

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that this underfunded researchwould resurface 30 years later for actualization and hopefully, commercialization. From the perspective of thorium advocates, MSBRs have clearly become a top choice fornuclear fission reactors and a key concept for Next Generation Nuclear Plants with hydrogenproduction facilities (NGNPs). The technological and engineering advantages of a single-fluidthorium molten salt breeder reactor include fluoride liquid fuel, the ability to breed fissionablespecies at a constant and high ratio, online chemical reprocessing of nuclear fuel, better wastemanagement and the potential for small modular construction. In addition, “[t]he use of a232 Th/233U breeder reactor cycle results in high-level waste with a very low

Conference Session

Nuclear and Radiological Division Technical Session 2

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bryndol A. Sones, U.S. Military Academy

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Paper ID #10877Repurposing MCNP use for nuclear engineering demonstrations while apply-ing Physics Education Research (PER) best practicesProf. Bryndol A. Sones, U.S. Military Academy Bryndol Sones is Colonel in the US Army and serves as an Academy Professor at the United States Military Academy at West Point where he directs the Nuclear Engineering Program. He has a Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institutes (RPI). Page 24.1040.1 c American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

Nuclear and Radiological Division Technical Session 2

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mark A. Prelas, University of Missouri, Columbia; Matthew L. Watermann, NSEI - University of Missouri; Denis Alexander Wisniewski; Janese Annetta Neher, Nuclear Science and Engineering Institute-University of Missouri Columbia; Charles Lyndell Weaver III, University of Missouri - Columbia

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Paper ID #10774A Review of Nuclear Pumped Lasers and Applications (Asteroid Deflection)Prof. Mark A. Prelas, University of Missouri, Columbia Professor Mark Prelas received his BS from Colorado State University, MS and PhD from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is a Professor of Nuclear Engineering and Director of Research for the Nuclear Science and Engineering institute at the University of Missouri-Columbia. His many honors include the Presidential Young Investigator Award in 1984, a Fulbright Fellow 1992, ASEE Centenial Certificate 1993, a William C. Foster Fellow (in Bureau of Arms Control US Dept

Conference Session

Nuclear and Radiological Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ye Li, Univ of Illinois; Rizwan Uddin, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Xuefeng Zhu; Imran Haddish

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Engineering University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801 haddish1@gmail.com, yeli4@illinois.edu, rizwan@illinois.eduIntroductionEffective utilization of new computer technologies is essential to furthering engineering education andto encourage youth to pursue studies in STEM fields. Laboratories are a very important part of suchtraining. Recent increase in the student population in nuclear engineering programs has put strains onlaboratory resources. This increase in student population, constraints on resources and qualitativeimprovements in gaming technology have led researchers in the field of radiological and nuclearengineering to explore virtual, game-like models to provide the needed