Nuclear Engineering Program

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Nuclear Engineering Program
COL Mark Visosky Program Director Briefing to
the Classes of 2009 and 2010
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Nuclear Engineering Study at USMA (for Class of
2010 and later)

• Nuclear Engineering Major
• 17 Courses, 9 taught by the department
• Nuclear Engineering Science Major
• 13 Courses, 8 taught by the department
• Nuclear Engineering Core Engineering Sequence
• 3 Courses, all taught by
• the department

NE496 visit to USS Alexandria
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Nuclear Engineering Major (NEN0)(Class of 2009)
(NES0)
Courses Specific to the major CE300 Fundamentals
of Engineering Mechanics and Design CE364 Mechan
ics of Materials EE301 Fundamentals of Electrical
Engineering EV385 Introduction to
Environmental Engineering MA364 Eng
ineering Mathematics ME311 Thermal-Fluid Systems
I ME312 Thermal-Fluid Systems II ME370 Computer
Aided Design ME480 Heat Transfer NE300 Nuclear
Reactor Analysis NE355 Advanced Nuclear Reactor
Design NE400 Nuclear Engineering
Seminar NE456 Nuclear Weapons and Weapons
Effects NE452 Instrumentation and Shielding
NE496 Advanced Nuclear System Design Project
II PH365 Modern Physics PH374 Medical Radiation
Physics
Technical Elective
Note 1 For cadets in the nuclear engineering
major, the PH252 core laboratory program will
have a nuclear science component..
Courses in the major taught in the Physics
Department
Core courses
Courses in the major taught outside Physics
Department
Courses not taken by NES0
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Nuclear Engineering Major (NEN0)(Class of 2010)
(NES0)
Courses Specific to the major CE300 Fundamentals
of Engineering Mechanics and Design CE364 Mechan
ics of Materials EE301 Fundamentals of Electrical
Engineering MA364 Engineering
Mathematics ME311 Thermal-Fluid Systems
I ME312 Thermal-Fluid Systems II ME370 Computer
Aided Design ME480 Heat Transfer NE300 Nuclear
Reactor Analysis NE355 Advanced Nuclear Reactor
Design NE400 Nuclear Engineering
Seminar NE450 Nuclear Weapons and Weapons
Effects NE452 Instrumentation and Shielding
NE495 Advanced Nuclear System Design Project
I NE496 Advanced Nuclear System Design Project
II PH365 Modern Physics PH374 Medical Radiation
Physics
Note 1 For cadets in the nuclear engineering
major, the PH252 core laboratory program will
have a nuclear science component..
Courses in the major taught in the Physics
Department
Core courses
Courses in the major taught outside Physics
Department
Courses not taken by NES0
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Learning Model
Multi-disciplinary!
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Nuclear Engineering Program Threads
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Nuclear Engineering Major Statistics

• Number of NE majors (NEN0NES0) per class year

Indian Point

• 14 of 14 NE majors from the Class of 2008
• passed the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam

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Nuclear Engineering CES Statistics

• Number of NE CES cadets per class year

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Program Activities
National Ignition Facility
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Program Activities
Mobile Reactor
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Program Activities
High Altitude Nuclear Effects
NE355 visit to Indian Point
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Nuclear Engineering Major (NEN0)(Class of 2011)
(NES0)
Courses Specific to the major CE300 Fundamentals
of Engineering Mechanics and Design CE364 Mechan
ics of Materials EE301 Fundamentals of Electrical
Engineering MA364 Engineering
Mathematics ME311 Thermal-Fluid Systems
I ME312 Thermal-Fluid Systems II ME370 Computer
Aided Design ME480 Heat Transfer NE300 Nuclear
Reactor Analysis NE355 Advanced Nuclear Reactor
Design NE400 Nuclear Engineering
Seminar NE450 Nuclear Weapons and Weapons
Effects NE452 Instrumentation and Shielding
NE495 Advanced Nuclear System Design Project
I NE496 Advanced Nuclear System Design Project
II PH365 Modern Physics PH374 Medical Radiation
Physics
Note 1 For cadets in the nuclear engineering
major, the PH252 core laboratory program will
have a nuclear science component..
Courses in the major taught in the Physics
Department
Core courses
Courses in the major taught outside Physics
Department
Courses not taken by NES0