NE 710, Materials Requirements and Selection for Nuclear Engineering Applications - University of Kansas Selection and use of proper materials in nuclear environments for safe and long-term economical operation, including: available materials and their properties; critical properties required in materials for nuclear applications; materials typically selected for nuclear applications by usage area; selection criteria by application area with consideration for cost, safety, and maintenance; selection trade-offs; new and alternative materials for current and new generation reactors; and using NDT and other methods to monitor ongoing materials performance, degradation, and maintenance needs.
NE 712, Effects of Irradiation on Electronic Materials and Devices - University of Kansas This course is designed to discuss the effects of nuclear radiation on electronics which would be used in a nuclear environment, with an eye toward enhancing safe and long-term economical operation. The course will provide better knowledge of nuclear-related electronics.
NE 737, Intermediate Radiation Measurement Applications Prerequisites: NE 495 Elements of Nuclear Engineering* or equivalent This course is concerned with the principles used in medical and non-medical measurement applications of ionizing radiation. It will cover the theory of radio-gauging, radio-tracing, quantitative analysis, imaging, and scanning, as well as physical principles and mathematical modeling of measurement systems.
ME 760, Engineering Analysis I Prerequisites: MATH 240 Elementary Differential Equations or equivalent Methods of analysis employed in the solution of problems selected from various branches of engineering. Emphasis is on discrete systems.
NE 761, Radiation Measurement Systems Prerequisites: NE 612 Principals of Radiation Detection or equivalent Principles of systems used to measure radiation. Applications to radiation monitoring, dosimetry, and spectroscopy.
ME 777, Monte Carlo for Engineers Prerequisites: NE 495 Elements of Nuclear Engineering* or equivalent This course is concerned with the methods of Monte Carlo simulation. Approximately half the course will be devoted to developing the generic methods of Monte Carlo for estimation of integrals and for solving direct and inverse problems. The second half of the course will focus on application of Monte Carlo methods to solution of linear operator equations and particle transport.
NE 799, Special Topics in Nuclear Engineering Prerequisites: Graduate standing Topical material of importance in nuclear engineering, such as reactor operation, reactor dynamics, thermal hydraulics, controlled thermonuclear reactions, numerical analysis, effects of nuclear explosions, and so forth.
NE 802, Nuclear Reactor Engineering - University of Texas This online 3-credit course reviews the physics governing nuclear reactors and the design principles for commercial nuclear power plants. The course focus is on reactor designs currently operating in the power industry. However, Generation III and Generation IV reactor designs are also discussed. (Available for undergraduate or graduate credit.)
NE 806, Neutronics Prerequisites: NE 630 Nuclear Reactor Theory or equivalent Particle transport, theories of diffusion, numerical analysis of diffusion, transient core analysis.
ME 860, Engineering Analysis II Prerequisites: ME 760 Engineering Analysis I* or equivalent Continuation of Engineering Analysis I. Emphasis placed on continuous systems.