Undergraduate Nuclear Engineering Curriculum - North Carolina State
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| Audience/Grade: | College Freshman-Graduate |
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Nuclear Engineering |
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Teaching - Curriculum |
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| Description: | Download PDF file of the undergraduate program and curriculum. "Nuclear engineers are in high demand. Utility companies, government energy and defense agencies, national laboratories, nuclear plant designing firms and other private companies employ our graduates. They tackle issues in consumer and industrial power, space exploration, water supply, food supply safety, health and transportation. As nuclear engineers, you may develop designs for nuclear power plants, apply radiation in the diagnosis and treatment of disease, support nuclear energy systems to reduce environmental pollution from fossil fuels, or develop power systems to fuel satellites and deep space probes. Our Department of Nuclear Engineering operated the nations' first nuclear reactor and established the first university nuclear engineering educational curriculum. We now operate a one-megawatt PULSTAR reactor for design and operation courses, as well as for service and research activities. Other facilities include several plasma applications research labs, radiochemistry labs, numerous high power engineering graphic workstations and high-speed data systems. The department's educational objectives include: * Preparation of students for successful careers in nuclear engineering, emphasizing the mastery of engineering fundamentals, the ability to solve engineering problems and the creative process of engineering design. * An understanding of the professional and ethical responsibility to perform engineering tasks at a high level and to be accountable for the social and environmental impact of engineering practices. * The establishment of an educational environment in which students participate in cross-disciplinary activities. * A curriculum that provides students the opportunity to become broadly educated engineers and life-long learners, with a solid background in the basic sciences, engineering sciences and mathematics. * An understanding, and an appreciation for, the humanities and social sciences. Students perfect written and oral communication skills. * Exposure to advances in engineering practice and research and preparation for opportunities in graduate and professional education are achieved. * Attainment of institutional support and financial resources to recruit, develop and retain faculty who are committed to the educational and research mission. We acquire, maintain and operate facilities and laboratories appropriate to our engineering program." |
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Top rated program. US News has not rated undergraduate nuclear engineering programs since 2003. It rated NCSU's graduate program as #6 in 2006. |
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| Publication Date: | January 2007 |
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WWW |
| Cost: |
Free |
| Download URL: | http://www.ne.ncsu.edu/academics/undergraduate-studies.html |
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IEEE LOM Record |
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NEEDS
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