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Dr. Xu Wu<\/a>
Associate Professor of Nuclear Engineering
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Graduate Students<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Christopher Brady
PhD Student
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Lauren Kohler (UNLP Graduate Fellow)
Distance PhD Student, GE Vernova Nuclear Edison Engineering Development Program
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Joel Khristy
Distance PhD Student, ORNL Nuclear Nonproliferation Division<\/a>
CV<\/a>, jjkhrist@ncsu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Aidan Furlong
PhD Student
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Jason Clifford
PhD Student
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Alexandra Akins (NSF Graduate Fellow)
PhD Student
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Jaden Palmer (NSF Graduate Fellow)
PhD Student
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Undergraduate Students<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Oliver Maynard (NCSU, NE)
Undergraduate (class of 2027)
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Mason Mines (UNC Chapel Hill, CS)
Undergraduate (class of 2028)
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Evan Hong (NCSU, NE)
Undergraduate (class of 2027)
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Audrey Schmal (NCSU, NE)
Undergraduate (class of 2028)
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Jackson Dunderman (NCSU, NE)
Undergraduate (class of 2028)
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Ipsitha Vasipalli (NCSU, NE)
Undergraduate (class of 2029)
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Alumni<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
PhD<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nPhD Dissertation Titles<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nDefense<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nFirst Jobs After PhD<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Farah Alsafadi<\/td>\nDeep Generative Modeling-based Data Augmentation to Address the Data Scarcity Issue in Nuclear Engineering (2025 NCSU COE \u201cDoctoral Scholar of the Year\u201d for Scholarly Achievements<\/span>)<\/td>\n\n
2025\/04<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Postdoc, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), Switzerland<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ziyu Xie<\/td>\nMachine Learning-based Mathematical Representation of Model Uncertainty for Bayesian Inverse Uncertainty Quantification<\/td>\n\n
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Tenure-Track Assistant Professor, Harbin Engineering University, China<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lesego Moloko<\/td>\n\n
Integrated Neutronics Simulation and Machine Learning with Uncertainty Quantification for Reactor Core Monitoring and Safety<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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2024\/09<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Senior scientist, South African Nuclear Energy Corporation, South Africa<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chaitee Godbole<\/td>\n\n
Machine Learning-based Prediction of Power at which Departure from Nucleate Boiling Occurs\u00a0 (co-advised with Prof. Maria Avramova)<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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2023\/03<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Postdoc, Idaho National Laboratory, USA<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Parth Patel<\/td>\n\n
Simulating Damage and Degradation in Concrete Structures (co-advised with Prof. Abhinav Gupta, Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering)<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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2022\/12<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Postdoc, NCSU Center for Nuclear Energy Facilities and Structures, USA<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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MS Thesis (MSNE) or Report (MNE) Titles<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Defense<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Lauren Kohler<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Bayesian Calibration and Machine Learning-based Validation of Distributed Fiber Optic Sensors for Advanced Temperature Sensing in Nuclear Reactors<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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2025\/03<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Alexandra Akins<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Development of a Long Short-Term Memory Autoencoder Anomaly Detection Algorithm for a Liquid Sodium Thermal-Hydraulics System<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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2025\/03<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Aidan Furlong<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Prediction of CIPS Susceptibility in PWR Assemblies Using 3D Convolutional Neural Networks<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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2024\/03<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Mahmoud Yaseen<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Uncertainty Quantification in Deep Neural Network Models for Nuclear Reactor Benchmarks<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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2024\/03<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Farah Alsafadi<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Deep generative modeling-based data augmentation with demonstration using the BFBT benchmark void fraction datasets<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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2023\/12<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Chris Brady<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Criticality Safety Analysis of a Spiral Plate Heat Exchanger for Molten Salt Reactors<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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2023\/05<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Ricky Pfrogner<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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CTF PWR Core Modeling and Validation Applicable to High Burnup High Enrichment (HBHE) Fuel<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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2023\/03<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Halil Ibrahim San<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Sensitivity Analysis of Core Reflood Phenomena with Deep Learning<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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2022\/08<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Jennifer Baglio<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Analysis of Spent Fuel Pool Shielding for BWRX-300<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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