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The Institute for Space and Nuclear Power StudiesTwo Chemical and Nuclear Engineering Students Successfully Defend their DisertationsJack L. Parker: Jack L. Parker successfully defended his Ph.D. Dissertation entitled “Boiling of Dielectric Liquids on Porous Graphite and Extended Copper Surfaces,” and will graduate in a couple of weeks with a Ph.D. from the Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering at University of New Mexico (UNM). Jack is a Research Assistant with the Institute for Space and Nuclear Power Studies (ISNPS) which partially funded his Ph.D. research with the support of a DOE graduate fellowship. Jack’s Ph.D. Faculty advisor is Dr. Mohamed S. El-Genk, Regents’ Professor of Chemical, Nuclear and Mechanical Engineering and Director of UNM-ISNPS. Other members of Jack’s Dissertation Committee are Dr. Timothy L. Ward, Professor of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering, Dr. Dimiter Petsev, Associate Professor of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering, and Dr. Arsalan Razani, Professor of Mechanical Engineering. Several Refereed Journals articles and conference Proceedings full papers, based on the results of Jack’s Dissertation research, have been published. For listing visit: Devin W. Gray: Devin W. Gray successfully defended his Masters Thesis entitled “An Investigation of Gas Bubble Injection from Single Nozzles into Water and Liquid Metal Pools,” and will graduate in a couple of weeks with an M.S. from the Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering at University of New Mexico (UNM). Devin is a member of the technical staff at Los Alamos National Laboratory and his thesis Faculty advisor is Dr. Mohamed S. El-Genk, Regents’ Professor of Chemical, Nuclear and Mechanical Engineering and Director of UNM-ISNPS. Other members of Devin’s Thesis Committee are Dr. Timothy L. Ward, Professor of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering, Dr. Gary W. Cooper, Associate Professor of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering. New Fellow of the International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety (IAASS)Mohamed S. El-Genk, Regents’ Professor of Chemical, Nuclear, and Mechanical Engineering and the founding Director of the Institute for Space and Nuclear Power Studies at the University of New Mexico (http://www.unm.edu/~isnps/ ) has been elected Fellow of the International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety (IAASS) http://www.iaass.org/. IAASS is a non-profit organization dedicated to furthering international cooperation and scientific advancement in the field of space systems safety and it is a member of the International Astronautical Federation (IAF). Professor El-Genk is also a Fellow of the American Nuclear Society (ANS), the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), and an Associate Fellow of the American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). El-Genk is serving on the IASS Academic Committee to develop international education and training programs in collaboration with other universities in US and abroad in the areas of space power and propulsion technologies and the advancement of Space Safety. He is a member of the program committee of the IAASS Conference “Building a Safer Space Together” to be held in Rome, Italy, 21 – 23 October 2008 http://www.congrex.nl/07a02/. 2008: A year of celebrations2008 marks the 50th anniversary of NASA. Established on July 29, 1958 by the National Aeronautics and Space Act, NASA is responsible for the nation's public space program as well as long-term civilian and military aerospace research. The Institute of Space and Nuclear Power Studies would like to congratulate NASA on 50 years of pioneering space exploration. The Institute's own Space Technology and Applications International Forum, or STAIF as it is more commonly known, is also celebrating its 25th year in 2008. New Class for Spring 2008: Human Settlement of SpaceCHNE 499/PS 400: In this visionary course, students will work in teams to examine a host of scientific, technological, psychological, physiological, legal and economical issues. The course is limited to upper-class undergraduate students, particularly those from the following disciplines: engineering, science, education, business, political science, law, and humanities. For more information, please download the class flyer. From the Cosmic to the Microscopic...Whether it's power systems for a Lunar outpost or fast travel to distant planets, reducing nuclear waste here on Earth, or studying the passage of fluids through microchannels 1/20th the thickness of a human hair—crucial to the development of microsystems—the Institute for Space and Nuclear Power Studies is researching tomorrow's solutions today. Reliability and global value figure into the Institute's goal to design the next generation commerical nuclear reactors. Reactors small enough to be transported on a railroad car, will provide a dependable, cost-effective, efficient, long-life, and proliferation-proof source of electricity generation and process heat for industrial needs in underdeveloped countries without electrical grids, or with grids too small to meet current and future needs. These nuclear energy sources are designed to have an overall thermal utilization in excess of 90-percent....Text Continues Below Video...
Additional research at the Institute includes the study of immersion cooling of high-power electronics using pool boiling of dielectric liquids at heat flux in excess of 100 watt/cm2, advanced fuel cycle, neutronics, thermal-hydraulics and safety of space reactors, interaction and shielding of high energy protons and heavy charged particles, fluid flow and heat transfer in microchannels, dynamic and static energy conversion, transient modeling and simulation of space nuclear power systems, heat pipes for thermal management and heat ejection radiators. In looking to the heavens and space exploration, the objective is on improving launch safety of nuclear reactor payloads, and achieving power solutions for deep space missions where solar technology is not an option.
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