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Introduction to plasmas covering collective phenomena, waves, instabilities, and kinetic theory with applications to fusion and materials processing.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Historical reviews of Oliver Schmitz: The course was rated as difficult, with a difficulty rating of 4, reflecting the challenges of the material and the online format during the pandemic.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026Covers plasma wave theory, damping mechanisms, MHD equilibria, instabilities, and nonlinear processes.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2025 · limited sampleThis seminar covers current topics in plasma physics.
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Fall 2022–Spring 2026 · limited sampleCovers the design, performance, and analysis of electric power plants using various fuel sources.
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Historical reviews characterize homework as fairly simple, noting that hints are emailed for problem sets.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025 · limited sampleCovers physical and biological aspects of ionizing radiation use, including shielding, waste disposal, and biological effects.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025 · limited sampleNuclear Engineering Materials covers the fundamentals of fuel and cladding behavior, focusing on thermal, chemical, and radiation damage properties.
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Historical reviews of Adrien Couet: The course involves a non-trivial amount of work; students must be prepared to treat it as a four-credit course and put in effort outside of class to learn the material.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025Principles of Corrosion covers thermodynamics, kinetics, and prevention of metallic corrosion.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025 · limited sampleNE 1 is a cooperative education program providing full-time workplace experience to apply engineering theory and practical knowledge.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
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Covers fundamentals of nuclear engineering including nuclear structure, radioactivity, reactions, fission, and neutron moderation.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Historical reviews indicate homework involves a lot of math, while exams are conceptual with usually one big math problem.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025NE 411 covers reactor heat generation, removal, conduction, and core thermal design.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Homework and exams are reported as fair in difficulty by historical reviewers.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025 · limited sampleNuclear Materials Laboratory covers practical applications of materials issues for nuclear systems, including welding, microscopy, and understanding radiation damage and corrosion.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026A laboratory course covering experiments in nuclear instrumentation, counting, and data analysis.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026NE 428 is the Nuclear Reactor Laboratory, focusing on experiments involving reactor operation, flux measurement, and parameter measurement using a pool type reactor.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026 · limited sampleNE 489 is an undergraduate research and senior honors thesis course in nuclear engineering.
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NE 536 introduces the main aspects of fusion power plants, covering plasma physics, materials, and design feasibility.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025 · limited sampleAdvanced nuclear power engineering focusing on thermodynamic cycles, reactor types, and plant economics.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2024 · limited sampleNE 699 is an advanced independent study course where students engage in directed study projects arranged with an instructor.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited sampleNE 790 is a Master's Research and Thesis course involving directed study projects arranged with an instructor.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
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NE 890 is a research course for Ph.D. students conducting work before becoming dissertators.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
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Special Topics in Plasma Physics covering advanced subjects in the field.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025 · limited sampleNE 990 is a flexible research and thesis course where students conduct directed study projects arranged individually with an instructor.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
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Offering snapshots currently cover Fall 2026. Earlier grade records do not provide a complete offering history.