Additive manufacturing, powder metallurgy, wear and corrosion resistant alloys, high temperature materials, aerospace materials, nuclear materials, and heat treating

High fidelity nuclear systems design and modeling, advanced fuel cycles, radioactive waste management and nuclear systems safety

Energy, nuclear materials, plasma material interactions, hydrogen in materials, radio electromechanical effects and nanotechnology

Radiation effects in ceramics, radiation solid interactions, nuclear fuel properties and nuclear waste forms 

Two-phase flow experiments and modeling, nuclear reactor thermal hydraulics, heat transfer and fluid mechanics

 Helium mobility and its effects on the microstructure/physical properties of different advanced
ultra-high temperature ceramics (TiC, ZrC and TiN), for their possible use in BISO (Bi-structural
isotropic)/TRISO (Tri-structural isotropic) fuel forms for Gen. IV reactors

Radiation transport, radiation protection, radioactive waste management

Reactor Engineering, Transport-Kinetic Integration, Advanced Measurement and Computational Techniques, Clean and Alternative Energy and Environment, Multiphase Reaction Engineering, and Advanced Measurement Techniques

Multiscale & Multiple Modeling, digital twin, explainable and trustworthy AI, uncertainty quantification, robust optimization

Computational Mechanics and Material Science, Applied Mathematics, Phase-Field Modeling (Crack Propagation, Solidification, Oxidation), Phase-Field Crystal Modeling, Finite Element Method, and Fracture Mechanics

High-resolution displacement detection and instantaneous frequency detection, Photoacoustic gas sensing, Quantum entanglement in few-mode and multimode fibers,  and High-resolution ultrafast time-stretch spectroscope.

Nuclear, plasma and beam science, Material science in extreme environments

Hybrid energy systems, Fuels combustion and gasification, Industrial gas flare design, operation, and regulation, Process modeling, monitoring, control, and operation, and Coal/biomass gasification

Development and fabrication of advanced materials such as bulk nanostructured alloys, high entropy alloys and bulk metallic glasses with dramatically improved mechanical properties and irradiation resistance than conventional materials, Microstructure characterization of materials using transmission electron microscopy and atom probe tomography, Mechanical behavior and deformation mechanisms of materials, Application of advanced materials in energy, transportation and defense, Nuclear fuels and structural materials designed for current and next generation nuclear reactors, and Irradiation effects in materials

Nuclear materials, Radiation effects, Mechanical properties

Nuclear power safety, Particle bed heat transfer, Space nuclear power, Radioactive waste minimization, Packed bed characterization, Radial porosity, Analytical solutions, and Subatomic particle interactions