Minor in Nuclear Engineering
About the Minor
Note: The Nuclear Engineering minor is not accepting new students until further notice. Please contact one of our advisors for additional information.
The field of nuclear engineering covers topics from fundamental particle physics to nuclear power. Example commercial applications where nuclear engineers are utilized are power, medicine, oil exploration, and testing of materials. The nuclear engineering minor familiarizes students with terminology, mathematical applications, theory, and ethics corresponding to common nuclear engineering topics. This minor is open to all engineering, physics, and chemistry majors.
The minor assumes that students will have a background in mathematics and physics equivalent to that covered in the first two years of the engineering curriculum. In mathematics, this would include calculus (MATH 121 - MATH 122) and dynamic engineering systems (ENGR 232). The physics requirements are PHYS 101, PHYS 102 and PHYS 201. In addition, CHEM 101, ENGR 220, and ENGR 231 are needed. Courses taken to meet these requirements will not count toward the minor.
Program Requirements
| Required Courses | ||
| ECEP 371 | Introduction to Nuclear Engineering | 2.0 |
| or MEM 371 | Introduction to Nuclear Engineering I | |
| ECEP 372 | Radiation Detection and Measurement | 3.0 |
| ECEP 402 | Theory of Nuclear Reactors | 4.0 |
| ECEP 406 | Introduction to Radiation Health Principles | 3.0 |
| PHYS 330 | Introduction to Nuclear Physics | 2.0 |
| Select 12.0 credits from any of the following principal areas | 12.0 | |
| Electrical Engineering Courses | ||
| Electric Motor Control Principles | ||
| Energy Management Principles | ||
| Nuclear Power Plant Design & Operation | ||
| Power Systems I | ||
| Power Systems II | ||
| Mechanical Engineering Courses | ||
| Fluid Mechanics I | ||
| Heat Transfer | ||
| Power Plant Design | ||
| Fundamentals of Plasmas I | ||
| Fundamentals of Plasmas II | ||
| Applications of Thermal Plasmas | ||
| Applications of Non-Thermal Plasmas | ||
| Materials Science Courses | ||
| Fundamentals of Materials II | ||
| Defects in Solids | ||
| Structure and Characterization of Crystalline Materials | ||
| Mechanical Behavior of Solids | ||
| The Nuclear Fuel Cycle & Materials | ||
| Chemical Engineering Courses | ||
| Fluid Mechanics | ||
| Heat Transfer | ||
| Mass Transfer | ||
| Civil Engineering Courses | ||
| Introduction to Fluid Flow | ||
| Physics Courses | ||
| Computational Physics I | ||
| Computational Physics II | ||
| Total Credits | 26.0 | |
Additional Information
More information about this minor is available on the ECE Department website.
For advising questions, please contact the ECE advisor.
