TAMU Nuclear Engineering

09/02/2026

Welcome to Aggieland, new nuclear engineering graduate students! 👍 We're excited to see all the great things you'll do!

08/27/2026

Reminder: Join us for food and ice cream with your fellow Aggie Nukes tomorrow afternoon!

Save the date, nuclear engineering students: Celebrate your first week of the fall semester with your nuclear engineering peers next Friday! We're welcoming back our Aggie Nukes with free food and ice cream in the quad on Friday, August 28 from 4 to 6 p.m.

08/26/2026

Former Marathon Oil CEO and Texas A&M University chemical engineering graduate Lee Tillman ’84 recently established faculty endowments in nuclear engineering, emphasizing the role nuclear energy will play in the world’s future.

Read more about Tillman's ties to Aggieland and the Tillman Family Endowed Nuclear Engineering Professorship and Faculty Felowships: tx.ag/x7ruC9v

08/24/2026

Welcome back to class, Aggies! Wishing you all a great fall semester 👍 ⚛️

08/21/2026

Nuclear engineering students: Commemorate your first day of class with a photo on Monday morning! Join us in AIEN M111 between 9:30 and 10:30 a.m. to grab a doughnut and have your picture taken.

08/20/2026

What a great two days of discussing the present and future of AI in nuclear! 👍

Today, Division Director of Scientific Computing & AI Christopher Ritter from Idaho National Laboratory delivered a keynote presentation about the Genesis Mission. Throughout the day, scientists, faculty, and industry representatives discussed the perspective of national laboratories, academia, and nuclear companies on using artificial intelligence to bring nuclear engineering advancements to deployment.

Stay tuned for more photos and information about this week's AI in Nuclear Summit!

08/19/2026

Day 1 of the AI for Nuclear Summit is in the books 👍

University of Michigan Professor Dr. Karthik Duraisamy delivered today's keynote, presenting on the current status and promising future of artificial intelligence and machine learning in the physical sciences. Then, today featured a series of talks from Texas A&M faculty and scientists from national laboratories about AI in physics-rich domains, using data and AI in nuclear engineering, and a panel discussion about leveraging foundational AI breakthroughs for nuclear research and development. At lunch, students shared their AI-related nuclear engineering research with peers, faculty, and summit attendees during a lively poster session.

Stay tuned for highlights from tomorrow's sessions!

08/18/2026

Understanding how the physics of an active nuclear reactor behaves is crucial for safety, efficiency and the development of new technology. But high-fidelity computer simulations of these systems can be complex and computationally intensive, making it difficult for them to run fast enough for real-time applications. Researchers are proposing artificial intelligence tools to enhance physics simulation software to solve this problem.

Nuclear engineering professor Dr. Yang Liu leads a research project that was selected for a Nuclear Research and Development award through the U.S. Department of Energy’s Nuclear Energy University Program in 2026. These awards support the development of innovative nuclear energy technology.

Liu’s project will focus on integrating a form of artificial intelligence into physics simulation software to improve real-time modeling of changing systems.

Read more here: tx.ag/XasPixt

08/17/2026

Save the date, nuclear engineering students: Celebrate your first week of the fall semester with your nuclear engineering peers next Friday! We're welcoming back our Aggie Nukes with free food and ice cream in the quad on Friday, August 28 from 4 to 6 p.m.

08/14/2026

What are our Atomic Aggies up to this summer? Vincenzo Zingales, Ph.D. student and graduate research assistant, is an engineering intern at Aalo Atomics. He is supporting the system thermal-hydraulic design of the Aalo-X reactor. His work spans using the Phenomena Identification and Ranking Table (PIRT), scaling, integral test facility design, and safety analysis using the reactor analysis software RELAP5-3D, building on his strong background in nuclear system thermal-hydraulics.

"One of the highlights of this summer was being present when the Aalo Critical Test Reactor went critical on July 4th," Vincenzo said, referring to the reactor pictured here behind him. "I feel privileged to have witnessed that milestone firsthand."