VCU engineering pioneer appointed director general of the World Nuclear Association
Sama Bilbao y León, Ph.D., longtime professor in VCU’s Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, has been appointed director general of the World Nuclear Association (WNA). Headquartered in London, England, the WNA is the largest international organization that supports the global nuclear industry.
VCU Engineering undergraduate and graduate students receive American Nuclear Society national scholarships
Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering students Sierra Tutwiler and Dimitris Killinger have received national scholarships from the American Nuclear Society (ANS) for 2020-21.
Supathorn Phongikaroon, Ph.D., to direct VCU’s nuclear engineering education program
The VCU College of Engineering has named Supathorn Phongikaroon, Ph.D., director of nuclear engineering. A nationally recognized expert on nuclear waste minimization, Phongikaroon is an associate professor in the College of Engineering’s Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering.
VCU’s Nuclear Engineering Program ‘most complete … in the commonwealth of Virginia’
The VCU School of Engineering’s response to an inquiry by Dominion three years ago about the possibility of creating a nuclear engineering program from scratch – and in a hurry! – shows what can be accomplished when opportunity calls and all hands are willing.