NPRE 498

Spring 2015 All Classes

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Special Topics

Credit: 1 TO 4 hours.

Subject offerings of new and developing areas of knowledge in nuclear, plasma, and radiological engineering intended to augment the existing curriculum. See Class Schedule or departmental course information for topics and prerequisites.

1 to 4 undergraduate hours. 1 to 4 graduate hours. May be repeated in the same or separate terms if topics vary.

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NPRE 498 class schedule data for spring 2015
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
59909	Lecture-Discussion	A4	ARRANGED	n.a.	Location Pending	Roy, W	Part of Term: B Date Range: 03/16/15-05/06/15 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Spent Nuc Fuel Storage Bedrock Section Info: Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage in Bedrock. Course will include five meeting hours on Campus in Spring with discussion comparing U.S. and Swedish approaches to management of nuclear reactor fuel discharges. Enrollment in course requires attendance at one week of lectures and one week of field work in Stockholm, Sweden at the Royal Institute of Technology June 8 - 18. Lectures and field work in Sweden will be on geologic storage in Precambrian bedrock. Topics include petrology and mineralogy, plate tectonics, metamorphism, quaternary geology, hydro geology in soil, hydrogeology in fractured bedrock, hydrogeochemistry, planning and policy, and mapping. Prerequisites: a relevant course in geology, nuclear waste management, or civil engineering, or upper division standing in science or engineering. Contact instructor for full course description. Students registered in the course will be required to submit an application to International Programs in Engineering to attend the study abroad component.
62344	Lecture	DC	12:00PM -1:50PM	F	ARR Talbot Laboratory	Sullivan, C	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/15-05/06/15 Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Adv Rad Detector Concepts Section Info: Advanced Radiation Detector Concepts. The special topics course will be taught as a hands-on lab covering the step-by-step construction and evaluation of a complete radiation detector based on the Raspberry Pi architecture. Students will construct a complete detector system by the end of the course. Radiation detector system design areas will be covered. Prerequisite: NPRE 451 or instructor approval. This course meets in 225 Talbot Laboratory
62530	Lecture-Discussion	HDR	4:00PM -4:50PM	M	225A Talbot Laboratory	Andruczyk, D	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/15-05/06/15 Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Fusion Device Operations Section Info: Fusion Device Operations. Course covers issues relating to construction of a fusion reactor and running of fusion experiments. Cooling, magnetic, vacuum, electrical diagnostics, plasma facing components, control systems etc. will be elucidated. A toroidal fusion device, HIDRA, will be a focus of the course where students will have the opportunity to get hands on experience building a fusion device. Class will include a one hour lecture/discussion and a three hour lab with time TBA. Prerequisites: Junior, Senior, or Graduate standing in College of Engineering; NPRE 421 or equivalent.
62396	Lecture	NM1	2:00PM -3:20PM	TR	100H Talbot Laboratory	Curreli, D	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/15-05/06/15 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Numericl Method-Plasma Physics Section Info: Numerical Methods for Plasma Physics. This course will cover numerical methods used to describe the matter in the state of plasma. Topics will include: particle methods such as initial value problems, finite-difference schemes in time, error quantification, Von Neumann stability analysis. Fluid plasma methods: diffusion-advection-reaction problems, MHD, Braginskii models. Kinetic methods: particle-in-cells, Fokker-Planck, quadratures. Recommended prerequisite: NPRE 421 or instructor approval. Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
62397	Lecture	NM4	2:00PM -3:20PM	TR	100H Talbot Laboratory	Curreli, D	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/15-05/06/15 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Numericl Method-Plasma Physics Section Info: Numerical Methods for Plasma Physics. This course will cover numerical methods used to describe the matter in the state of plasma. Topics will include: particle methods such as initial value problems, finite-difference schemes in time, error quantification, Von Neumann stability analysis. Fluid plasma methods: diffusion-advection-reaction problems, MHD, Braginskii models. Kinetic methods: particle-in-cells, Fokker-Planck, quadratures. Recommended prerequisite: NPRE 421 or instructor approval. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
62398	Lecture	PR1	10:00AM -10:50AM	MWF	106B6 Engineering Hall	Mohaghegh Ahmadabadi, Z	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/15-05/06/15 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Probabilistic Risk Assessment Section Info: Probabilistic Risk Assessment. Survey of multidisciplinary issues of risk, safety, and reliability of complex systems. State-of-the-art techniques in Probabilistic Risk Assessment, which provides input for risk-informed decision-making for design, operation, and regulatory oversight in a variety of fields including nuclear power plants, aviation, space, chemical processes, oil and gas industry, and healthcare. Topics: Probability and statistics for risk analysis; Systems scenario modeling; Treatment of failure dependencies; Uncertainty propagation; Probabilistic physics of failure; Human reliability, Failure causal modeling, and Data analytics. Software codes for risk analysis, uncertainty treatment, and Bayesian analysis will be introduced for assignment. Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
62400	Lecture	PR4	10:00AM -10:50AM	MWF	106B6 Engineering Hall	Mohaghegh Ahmadabadi, Z	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/15-05/06/15 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Probabilistic Risk Assessment Section Info: Probabilistic Risk Assessment. Survey of multidisciplinary issues of risk, safety, and reliability of complex systems. State-of-the-art techniques in Probabilistic Risk Assessment, which provides input for risk-informed decision-making for design, operation, and regulatory oversight in a variety of fields including nuclear power plants, aviation, space, chemical processes, oil and gas industry, and healthcare. Topics: Probability and statistics for risk analysis; Systems scenario modeling; Treatment of failure dependencies; Uncertainty propagation; Probabilistic physics of failure; Human reliability, Failure causal modeling, and Data analytics. Software codes for risk analysis, uncertainty treatment, and Bayesian analysis will be introduced for assignment. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.