A trip to France immerses students in unique, hands-on learning experience in nuclear fuel reprocessing
Embarking on the week-long visit to France, students visited the La Hague plant, the world's largest commercial scale nuclear reprocessing site, and the Melox plant, a uranium-plutonium mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel fabrication plant.
VCU Engineering professor Braden Goddard receives $1.08 million grant to develop advanced nuclear safety technology
Braden Goddard, Ph.D., associate professor of mechanical and nuclear engineering at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) receives a $1.08 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy to develop a computer model for a new radiation detection system.
Nuclear science summer program gives students introduction to isotope production and radiochemistry
Undergraduate students from Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia State University and Virginia Union University recently completed an intensive summer immersion program in nuclear science.
Nuclear engineering graduate program climbs three spots in U.S. News and World Report rankings
The nuclear engineering graduate program at Virginia Commonwealth University’s (VCU) College of Engineering climbed three ranks to secure the 18th spot in the nation, according to U.S. News and World Report.
VCU students score six wins at American Nuclear Society event
Competing against students from universities across the U.S. during the recent conference at Penn State University, the VCU College of Engineering sent more than two-dozen students, winning five Best Presentation awards and a Best Paper award.
American Nuclear Society presents College of Engineering students with academic scholarships
These awards are part of the organization’s investment in the future of engineering and reward members for their academics, service and leadership excellence.
Wright Engineering Access Scholarship Student Q and A: Landen Sabolski
Mechanical engineering sophomore and first-generation student, Landen Sabolski, aspires to ‘pay it forward.’
National Science Foundation funds training of future magnetics researchers
VCU to host the only Magnetics REU site in the country
Reactor simulator trains next generation of nuclear engineers at the VCU College of Engineering
“In the nuclear industry, simulators are a critical part of everyday work. Giving our students exposure to systems like the PWR simulator will give them an edge upon entering the workforce,” said James Miller.
Mechanical and nuclear engineering online program is again ranked top 50% by U.S. News and World Report
This comes just as the department added two new master’s concentrations in engineering management and aerospace engineering, both which can be completed online.
