UTEP Receives $1.4 Million to Increase Focus on Nuclear Engineering

The University of Texas at El Paso, an NSSC MSI Research Institution, was awarded a $1.4 million grant to establish new courses in nuclear engineering and to conduct research on next-generation materials for nuclear reactors. The four-year grant will fund multiple internships for UTEP students to participate in nuclear energy research at the University of … Read more

In Memoriam: Stanley Prussin, NSSC Berkeley PI

Professor Stanley Prussin died at home in Kensington, California on August 20, 2015 after a lengthy illness. He received his B.S. (1960) from MIT, and his M.S. (1962) and Ph.D. (1964) from the University of Michigan, all in Chemistry.  After postdoctoral work at LBNL, he joined the Nuclear Engineering Department at Berkeley in 1966, where … Read more