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Major areas of research in nuclear engineering include: plasma science, fusion technology, space power, thermal hydraulics, radiation diagnostics and protection, nuclear criticality safety, reactor physics, radiation transport and radiation interactions with matter, and radioactive waste management. The department enjoys extensive interactions and collaborations with Los Alamos National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories, and the Air Force Research Laboratory, as well as with the UNM School of Medicine and high technology industries both locally and nationally.

The University of New Mexico (UNM), the flagship institution of higher learning in the State of New Mexico, is a Carnegie Doctoral/Research Extensive University and a Minority and Hispanic-Serving Institution. The Department has ABET- accredited B.S. degree programs and offers M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Nuclear Engineering with strong involvement of graduate and undergraduate students in ongoing research projects. On site facilities include an AGN-201M low-power, teaching reactor; a functioning Hot-Cell with material testing facilities; a Lead Loop; multiple high-temperature molten salt test facilities; a high-temperature, high-pressure helium test loop; and an Environmental measurements laboratory.

Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics

Mohamed El-Genk, Minghui Chen, Neven Ali

Nuclear Reactor Safety

Mohamed El-Genk, Minghui Chen

Small Modular and Molten Salt Reactors

Mohamed El-Genk, Minghui Chen

Radiation Detection, Instrumentation, and Diagnostics

Adam Hecht, Marek Flaska

Nuclear Nonproliferation and Safeguards, and Cybersecurity

Adam Hecht, Cassiano de Oliveira, Christopher M. Perfetti, Mohamed El-Genk, Marek Flaska

Neutral and Charged Particle Radiation Transport Methods and Applications

Cassiano de Oliveira, Christopher M. Perfetti, Marek Flaska