Jacob Eapen

Professor of Nuclear Engineering, Director of Nuclear Engineering Undergraduate Program, Professor of Physics,

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  • Burlington Laboratory 1114

Dr. Jacob Eapen’s interests are in science-based modeling and simulation of nuclear fuel for advanced reactors, nano-structured materials, plasma-material interactions, energy transport at nano-scales and interfaces, modeling of diffusion and viscosity in glass matrices for radioactive waste management.

Education

D.Sc. 2006

Nuclear Engineering

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

M.S. 1998

Nuclear Engineering

North Carolina State University

B.Tech. 1991

Mechanical Engineering

University of Kerala, India

Research Description

Dr. Eapen's research interests are in science-based modeling and simulation of nuclear fuel for advanced reactors, nano-structured materials, plasma-material interactions, energy transport at nano-scales and interfaces, modeling of diffusion and viscosity in glass matrices for radioactive waste management.

Publications

Design, Modeling, and Analysis of a Compact-External Electromagnetic Pumping System for Pool-Type Liquid Metal-Cooled Fast Reactors
Shutayfi, M., Raj, A., Eapen, J., & Shannon, S. (2023), ANNALS OF NUCLEAR ENERGY, 193. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2023.109997r
Design, Modeling, and Analysis of a Compact-External Electromagnetic Pumping System for Pool-Type Liquid Metal-Cooled Fast Reactors
Shutayfi, M., Raj, A., Eapen, J., & Shannon, S. (2023), ANNALS OF NUCLEAR ENERGY, 193. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2023.109997
Comparison of glancing-angle scatterings on different materials in a high aspect ratio plasma etching process using molecular dynamics simulation
Du, Y., Kruger, F., Nam, S. K., Lee, H., Yoo, S., Eapen, J., … Shannon, S. (2022), JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY A, 40(5). https://doi.org/10.1116/6.0002008
Corrosion resistance and mechanical properties of Armakap cement for nuclear applications
Moneghan, D., Shkoukani, G., Eapen, J., Bourham, M., Mustafa, W., & Kilani, R. (2021), NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN, 374. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2021.111049
Decoding ionic conductivity and reordering in cation-disordered pyrochlores
Annamareddy, A., & Eapen, J. (2021), PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES, 379(2211). https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2019.0452
Deducing Phonon Scattering from Normal Mode Excitations
Raj, A., & Eapen, J. (2019), SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 9. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-43306-3
Exact diagonal representation of normal mode energy, occupation number, and heat current for phonon-dominated thermal transport
Raj, A., & Eapen, J. (2019), JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 151(10). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5099936
Phonon dispersion using the ratio of zero-time correlations among conjugate variables: Computing full phonon dispersion surface of graphene
Raj, A., & Eapen, J. (2019), COMPUTER PHYSICS COMMUNICATIONS, 238, 124–137. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpc.2018.12.008
Approach to local thermodynamic equilibrium and the evolution to a glassy core following neutron/ion radiation impact
Mei, X., Mohamed, W., & Eapen, J. (2018), PHILOSOPHICAL MAGAZINE, 98(29), 2701–2722. https://doi.org/10.1080/14786435.2018.1502482
Computing Phonon Dispersion using Fast Zero-Point Correlations of Conjugate Variables
Raj, A., & Eapen, J. (2018), MRS ADVANCES, 3(10), 531–536. https://doi.org/10.1557/adv.2018.288

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Grants

Nuclear Energy University Programs - Fellowship and Scholarship Support
US Dept. of Energy (DOE)(8/01/21 - 8/31/33)
Advancing the Technical Readiness of FeCrAl alloys and ODS Steels under Extreme Conditions for Fast Reactor Fuel Cladding
US Dept. of Energy (DOE)(10/01/22 - 9/30/25)
Quantifying the Dynamic and Static Porosity/Microstructure Characteristics of Irradiated Graphite through Multi-technique Experiments and Mesoscale Modeling
US Dept. of Energy (DOE)(10/01/21 - 9/30/25)
High Resolution Scanning Acoustic Microscopy System for High Throughput Characterization of Materials and Nuclear Fuels
US Dept. of Energy (DOE)(10/01/21 - 9/30/23)
Novel Miniature Creep Tester for Virgin and Neutron Irradiated Clad Alloys with Benchmarked Multiscale Modeling and Simulations
US Dept. of Energy (DOE)(10/01/19 - 9/30/23)
Metal Hydride Moderator Atomistic Simulations
Idaho National Laboratory(5/03/23 - 8/14/23)
(20-21572) Development of an In-Situ Testing Laboratory for Research and Education of Very High Temperature Reactor Materials
US Dept. of Energy (DOE)(10/01/20 - 9/30/22)
Mechanisms of Retention and Transport of Fission Products in Virgin and Irradiated Nuclear Graphite (Work Scope Identifier: RC-2)
US Dept. of Energy (DOE)(10/01/17 - 9/30/21)
Evaluation of the Performance of ArmaKap Ceramic Cement as a Radiation Shielding Materials with Experiments and Simulations
ArmaKap Technologies(9/01/17 - 12/31/20)
Consortium for Advanced Simulations for Light Water Reactors (CASL) - Oak Ridge National laboratory (Start up 8/16/10 to 2/17/11)
US Dept. of Energy (DOE)(11/16/10 - 12/01/20)