EGMN-203: Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Practicum II (Spring Semesters)Semester course; 3 laboratory hours; 1 credit. Students will perform a sequence of laboratory modules designed to provide practical hands-on exposure to important topics, equipment and experimental methods in mechanical and nuclear engineering. Topics covered include additive manufacturing, radiation detection and measurement, radiation shielding, data acquisition and computer interfacing, coding for instrumentation control. EGMN-303: Thermal System Design (Fall Semesters) [Course Syllabus] Semester course; 3 lecture hours; 3 credits. Fundamentals of heat transfer, thermodynamics and fluid mechanics applied to the analysis, design, selection and application of energy conversion systems. This is a project design course. (Textbook: S. G. Penoncello, Thermal Energy Systems: Design and Analysis, 2nd Edition, CRC Press, 2019) EGMN-321: Numerical Methods (Fall Semesters) [Course Syllabus] Semester course; 3 lecture hours. 3 credits. A study of numerical algorithms used in error analysis, computing roots of equations, solving linear algebraic equations, curve fitting, numerical differentiation and integration, numerical methods for ordinary differential equations and a brief introduction to numerical methods for partial differential equations. MATLAB computing and programming are heavily involved along with homework, exam, and project assignments. The course content is tailored for mechanical and nuclear engineering applications. (Textbook: Steven Chapra and Raymond Canale, Numerical Methods for Engineers, 8th Edition, McGraw-Hil, 2021) EGMN-352: Nuclear Reactor Theory – Undergraduate Level (Spring Semesters) [Course Syllabus] Semester course; 3 lecture hours; 3 credits. This course introduces the fundamental properties of the neutron, the reactions induced by neutrons, nuclear fission, the slowing down of neutrons in infinite and finite media, diffusion theory, the 1-group or 2-group approximation, point kinetics, and fission-product poisoning. Provides students with the nuclear reactor theory foundation necessary for reactor design and reactor engineering problems. (Textbook: Elmer E. Lewis, Fundamentals of Nuclear Reactor Physics, Academic Press, 2008) EGMN-620: Reactor Theory – Graduate Level (Summer/Fall Semesters) Semester course; 3 lecture hours; 3 credits. The neutronics behavior of fission reactors, primarily from a theoretical, one-speed perspective. Criticality, fission product poisoning, reactivity control, reactor stability and introductory concepts in fuel management, followed by slowing-down and one-speed diffusion theory. (Textbook: J. J. Duderstadt and L. J. Hamilton, Nuclear Reactor Analysis, Wiley & Sons, 1979) EGMN-401/501: Capstone Senior Design (Spring & Fall Semesters)The Capstone Design course was created to immerse senior engineering students in the hands-on processes of solving practical “real world” problems. As a prerequisite to attaining a Bachelor’s degree, the Capstone Design course presents each student with the challenge of working in a team to tackle actual engineering problems within and across multidisciplinary engineering fields. In all cases teams learn and apply the engineering design process: defining functional requirements, conceptualization, analysis, identifying risks and countermeasures, selection, prototyping and testing. The list of former supervised projects: An innovative stationary molten salt reactor design (2023 – 2024) Veteran Woodworker (2022 – 2023) New Ridge Engineering Collab Project – Sanger Hall Pumping System Analysis (2022 – 2023) 3D Part Sorting System for Robotic Automation (2021 – 2022) Space Reactor Design for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (2020 – 2021) Core Design and Optimization for Small Modular PWR with HALEU Fuels (2019 – 2020) Loose Mail In Sleeve Detection System Design (2018 – 2019)