This program is available at the following location:

• Corvallis

The Nuclear Engineering program is designed to prepare students for careers involved with the many beneficial applications of nuclear energy, radiation, and radioactive materials. Nuclear engineering professions are essential to society’s well-being since they enable significant public benefits through energy security, national defense, medical health, and industrial competitiveness.

This undergraduate curricula is designed for students with professional interests in the field of nuclear engineering and technology. This specialized field involves an integrated study of the physical aspects of ionizing and nonionizing radiation, nuclear power and alternative technology development and application, through theoretical and methodologic development.

Competitive scholarships are available to incoming undergraduate students. The U.S. Department of Energy and National Academy for Nuclear Training support a number of scholarship programs each year.

World-class facilities are available for the instructional and research programs of the school. These are housed in the OSU Radiation Center and include a TRIGA Mark II nuclear reactor, the Advanced Thermal Hydraulic Research Laboratory, the Advanced Nuclear Systems Engineering Laboratory, and laboratories specially designed to accommodate radiation and the use of radioactive materials.

Minor Code: 327

Upon successful completion of the program, students will meet the following learning outcomes:

• Identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics.
• Apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors.
• Communicate effectively with a range of audiences.
• Recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts.
• Function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives.
• Develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions.
• Acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.
• Apply knowledge of atomic and nuclear physics to nuclear and radiological systems and processes.
• Apply knowledge of transport and interaction of radiation with matter to nuclear and radiation processes.
• Measure nuclear and radiation processes.
• Work professionally in one or more of the nuclear or radiological fields of specialization.

Students not majoring in nuclear engineering or radiation health physics may earn a Nuclear Engineering minor, which consists of the following courses:

 Minor Code: 327