Nuclear Engineering
The Nuclear Engineering program strives to maintain faculty, curriculum, and supporting facilities that facilitate excellence in undergraduate teaching. The Nuclear Engineering program supports the Academy's mission by providing midshipmen with a broad education in nuclear engineering subjects and a knowledge of fundamental engineering principles that enhance their ability to understand and design naval systems and to supervise the operation of these systems. The program instills in its graduates a desire to maintain high ethical and professional standards and prepares them for continued success in naval service, professional training programs, graduate studies, and/or engineering careers.
The Nuclear Engineering program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, http://www.abet.org, under the commission's General Criteria and Program Criteria for Nuclear, Radiological, and Similarly Named Engineering Programs.
Within a few years (3-5 years) of graduation, we want our graduates to have:
- Attained warfare qualification.
- Successfully served in leadership positions in a technically complex environment typical of the Naval services.
Within five to nine years after graduation, we want our graduates to have:
- Successfully pursued forms of continuing education and professional development such as graduate education.
- Managed technical projects to successful completion, demonstrating competence as engineers and leaders who significantly contribute to overall mission effectiveness.
The Nuclear Engineering program is currently following the ABET program curricular outcomes of Criterion 3 (1-7) as our student outcomes.
- An ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics
- An ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors
- An ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences
- An ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts
- An ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives
- An ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions
- An ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.
Major Matrix
Nuclear Engineering Program
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours |
| EM221 | Mechanics for Nuclear Engineering | 3 - 2 - 4 |
| EM226 | Engineering Computation with MATLAB | 3 - 0 - 3 |
| ER301 | Fundamentals of Nuclear Engineering | 3 - 0 - 3 |
| ER312 | Nuclear Materials Science | 2 - 2 - 3 |
| EM319 | Engineering Thermodynamics | 3 - 0 - 3 |
| EM324 | Fluid Dynamics | 3 - 2 - 4 |
| ER327 | Applied Nuclear Physics | 3 - 0 - 3 |
| ER338 | Computational Tools for Nuclear Engineering | 0 - 4 - 2 |
| ER362 | Reactor Physics | 2 - 2 - 3 |
| ER371 | Nuclear Plant Design | 3 - 0 - 3 |
| EM414 | Heat Transfer | 2 - 2 - 3 |
| EM424 | Analytical Methods | 3 - 0 - 3 |
| ER463 | Radiation Engineering | 2 - 2 - 3 |
| ER468 | Nuclear Plant Engineering | 3 - 0 - 3 |
| EX401 | Interdisciplinary Capstone Design I | 2 - 2 - 3 |
| EX402 | Interdisciplinary Capstone Design II | 2 - 2 - 3 |
Electives List
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours* |
| ER460 | Intro to Health Physics | 3 - 0 - 3 |
| ER461 | Nuclear Weapons Effects | 3 - 0 - 3 |
*Note that all of the Mechanical Engineering electives can be used as Nuclear Engineering electives. Please visit the Mechanical Engineering Courses tab to view a complete course listing.
