Members
Faculty
Dr. Xu Wu
Associate Professor of Nuclear Engineering
CV
xwu27@ncsu.edu
Graduate Students
Christopher Brady
PhD Student
CV
clbrady@ncsu.edu
Lauren Kohler (UNLP Graduate Fellow)
Distance PhD Student, GE Vernova Nuclear Edison Engineering Development Program
CV, lakohler@ncsu.edu
Joel Khristy
Distance PhD Student, ORNL Nuclear Nonproliferation Division
CV, jjkhrist@ncsu.edu
Aidan Furlong
PhD Student
CV
ajfurlon@ncsu.edu
Jason Clifford
PhD Student
CV
jpcliffo@ncsu.edu
Alexandra Akins (NSF Graduate Fellow)
PhD Student
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agakins@ncsu.edu
Jaden Palmer (NSF Graduate Fellow)
PhD Student
CV
jspalme2@ncsu.edu
Undergraduate Students
Oliver Maynard (NCSU, NE)
Undergraduate (class of 2027)
CV
oamaynar@ncsu.edu
Mason Mines (UNC Chapel Hill, CS)
Undergraduate (class of 2028)
CV
mmines@unc.edu
Evan Hong (NCSU, NE)
Undergraduate (class of 2027)
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ephong@ncsu.edu
Audrey Schmal (NCSU, NE)
Undergraduate (class of 2028)
CV
acschmal@ncsu.edu
Jackson Dunderman (NCSU, NE)
Undergraduate (class of 2028)
CV
jadunder@ncsu.edu
Ipsitha Vasipalli (NCSU, NE)
Undergraduate (class of 2029)
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isvasipa@ncsu.edu
Alumni
| PhD | PhD Dissertation Titles | Defense | First Jobs After PhD |
| Farah Alsafadi | Deep Generative Modeling-based Data Augmentation to Address the Data Scarcity Issue in Nuclear Engineering (2025 NCSU COE “Doctoral Scholar of the Year” for Scholarly Achievements) |
2025/04
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Postdoc, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), Switzerland
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| Ziyu Xie | Machine Learning-based Mathematical Representation of Model Uncertainty for Bayesian Inverse Uncertainty Quantification |
2024/09
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Tenure-Track Assistant Professor, Harbin Engineering University, China
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| Lesego Moloko |
Integrated Neutronics Simulation and Machine Learning with Uncertainty Quantification for Reactor Core Monitoring and Safety
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2024/09
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Senior scientist, South African Nuclear Energy Corporation, South Africa
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| Chaitee Godbole |
Machine Learning-based Prediction of Power at which Departure from Nucleate Boiling Occurs (co-advised with Prof. Maria Avramova)
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2023/03
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Postdoc, Idaho National Laboratory, USA
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| Parth Patel |
Simulating Damage and Degradation in Concrete Structures (co-advised with Prof. Abhinav Gupta, Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering)
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2022/12
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Postdoc, NCSU Center for Nuclear Energy Facilities and Structures, USA
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| MS |
MS Thesis (MSNE) or Report (MNE) Titles
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Defense |
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Lauren Kohler
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Bayesian Calibration and Machine Learning-based Validation of Distributed Fiber Optic Sensors for Advanced Temperature Sensing in Nuclear Reactors
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2025/03
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Alexandra Akins
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Development of a Long Short-Term Memory Autoencoder Anomaly Detection Algorithm for a Liquid Sodium Thermal-Hydraulics System
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2025/03
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Aidan Furlong
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Prediction of CIPS Susceptibility in PWR Assemblies Using 3D Convolutional Neural Networks
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2024/03
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Mahmoud Yaseen
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Uncertainty Quantification in Deep Neural Network Models for Nuclear Reactor Benchmarks
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2024/03
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Farah Alsafadi
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Deep generative modeling-based data augmentation with demonstration using the BFBT benchmark void fraction datasets
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2023/12
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Chris Brady
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Criticality Safety Analysis of a Spiral Plate Heat Exchanger for Molten Salt Reactors
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2023/05
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Ricky Pfrogner
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CTF PWR Core Modeling and Validation Applicable to High Burnup High Enrichment (HBHE) Fuel
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2023/03
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Halil Ibrahim San
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Sensitivity Analysis of Core Reflood Phenomena with Deep Learning
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2022/08
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Jennifer Baglio
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Analysis of Spent Fuel Pool Shielding for BWRX-300
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2021/08
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