NPRE 598

Fall 2026 All Classes

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Credit: 2 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.

May be repeated in the same or separate terms if topics vary.

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NPRE 598 class schedule data for fall 2026
	Status		CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
			72374	Lecture	CP	9:00AM -10:50AM	MW	3038 Campus Instructional Facility	Curreli, D	Availability: Open (Restricted) Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/24/26-12/09/26 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Computational Plasma Physics Section Info: This course will cover computational methods and codes used to describe matter in the state of plasma. The course will include hands-on computational examples and projects. Topics will include: particle models such as initial value problems, finite-difference schemes in time, error quantification, Von Neumann stability analysis for particle in electric and magnetic fields. Methods for collisional processes in plasmas and for plasma-surface interactions. Fluid plasma models: diffusion-advection-reaction problems, plasma chemistry problems. Kinetic methods: particle-in-cells, Vlasov solvers, Boltzmann solvers. Recommended prerequisite: NPRE 421 or instructor approval. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.