Fall 2026

Nuclear Reactor Engineering

NE 411 covers reactor heat generation, removal, conduction, and core thermal design.

offering recorded3 credits

Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Juliana Pacheco Duarte

Summary

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Homework and exams are reported as fair in difficulty by historical reviewers.

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Prerequisites

Course map

N E 305,M E 361, and (M E 363 and M E 364 or CBE 320) or graduate/professional standing, or member of Engineering Guest Students

- - NE 305
  - ME 361
  - - - ME 363
      - ME 364
      take all
    - CBE 320
    take one
  take all
- graduate/professional standing
- member of Engineering Guest Students
take one

NE 411 used by

NE 550

“Used by” includes alternatives; linked courses may have other requirements. This is a best-effort interpretation; check the catalog requirements above.

Prerequisite text tree

Any of
- All of
  - NE 305
  - ME 361
  - Any of
    - All of
      - ME 363
      - ME 364
    - CBE 320
- graduate/professional standing
- member of Engineering Guest Students

Professors

Fall 2026

Juliana Pacheco Duarte

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2022: 3.21 GPA, 41.7% A/AB (n=12 letter grades); Fall 2023: 3.40 GPA, 80.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.33 GPA, 57.1% A/AB (n=21 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

Historical review of Robert Witt describes him as an engaging professor who maintains student interest. Reviewers found his homework assignments and exams to be fair in difficulty. This feedback pertains to his past teaching terms.

JULIANA PACHECO DUARTE is recorded teaching in Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

ROBERT WITT is recorded teaching in Fall 2007, Fall 2008, Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Fall 2011, Fall 2012, Fall 2019. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Fall 2026

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Section	Mode	Enrolled / capacity	Waitlist
LEC 001	Classroom Instruction	20 / 30	0

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Student experience

the class

Historical reviews for Robert Witt describe engaging lectures and fair assessments, though engagement may require student interest.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.40 GPA, 80.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.03 GPA, 41.2% A/AB (n=17 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.33 GPA, 57.1% A/AB (n=21 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Homework and exams are reported as fair in difficulty by historical reviewers.

Historical reviews of Robert Witt: Lectures are considered interesting, particularly for students who care about the topic.

Topics

Reactor heat generation and removal.
Steady- and unsteady-state conduction in reactor elements.
Single phase, two-phase, and liquid metal cooling.
Core thermal design.

Skills

Reactor heat generation and removal analysis.
Steady- and unsteady-state conduction analysis in reactor elements.
Analysis of single phase, two-phase, and liquid metal cooling systems.
Nuclear reactor core thermal design.

Grades

Latest available · Fall 2025— not enough history to project Fall 2026.

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Grades over time

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Catalog & offerings

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Selected offering source records

NE 411 · Fall 2026

Nuclear Reactor Engineering

Recorded 2026-09-07

Raw records

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Model outputs & technical records

nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4

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Model & dataset provenance

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