Akram Batikh
Postdoctoral Research Scholar
Email: [email protected]
Office: BU 1115
Research Description
I am a Postdoctoral Research Scholar in the Department of Nuclear Engineering at North Carolina State University and a member of the Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) Group.
My research focuses on:
- Multi-hazard and external hazard probabilistic risk assessment.
- Hybrid methods for modeling dependencies in PRA.
- Uncertainty quantification and computational methods for fault tree and event tree analysis.
- Dynamic PRA and risk assessment methods for advanced reactors.
- Machine learning and surrogate modeling for nuclear safety and Fire PRA.
Background
I received my Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Nuclear Engineering from North Carolina State University and my B.S. in Nuclear and Radiation Engineering from Alexandria University.
My master’s research, conducted under Dr. Ayman I. Hawari, focused on transient analysis and the development of a benchmark for the Transient Reactor Test Facility (TREAT). My doctoral research, conducted under Dr. Mihai A. Diaconeasa, focused on probabilistic risk assessment and the development of Hybrid Causal Logic methods for multi-hazard risk analysis.
I have also conducted research at Idaho National Laboratory on seismic resilience of electric-power infrastructure and on the effects of aging and material degradation on the seismic fragility of nuclear containment structures. Other research has included fire PRA, machine-learning methods for nuclear safety, microreactor transportation risk, reactor transient analysis, and development of computational tools for PRA.
Education
Nuclear Engineering
North Carolina State University
Nuclear Engineering
North Carolina State University
Nuclear Engineering
Alexandria University
Awards
- Graduate Merit Award (GMA) from the NC State College of Engineering, 2026
- ANS Saul Levine Memorial Scholarship, 2025–2026
- Best Student Paper, ANS Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Analysis Conference, 2023
- Honorable Mention Paper, ASME Safety Engineering and Risk Analysis Division, 2023
Teaching
- Co-Instructor for NE 350, Applied Mathematics in Nuclear Engineering, 2026
- Grader for NE 460/560, Probabilistic Risk Assessment and Management of Nuclear Systems, 2023-2026
- Grader for NE 400/500, Nuclear Reactor Energy Conversion, 2023-2026
- Teaching Assistant for NE 235, Nuclear Reactor Operation Training, 2020-2021
- Teaching Assistant for NE 202, Radiation Sources, Interaction and Detection, 2020-2021