{"id":1546,"date":"2025-01-24T19:38:28","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T19:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/futureengineers\/?page_id=1546"},"modified":"2026-07-01T18:49:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T18:49:24","slug":"nuclear-engineering","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/futureengineers\/nuclear-engineering\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuclear Engineering"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class=\"purdue-home-cta-banner purdue-home-teritary-hero \">\n            <div class=\"image\">\n                            <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"nuclear\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/futureengineers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/reactor1-e1737745836781.png\"\/>\n                    <\/div>\n        <div class=\"section has-image-background has-padding-top-large has-padding-bottom-large \">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n            <h1 class=\"second-level-page-heading purdue-home-teritary-hero__header\">Nuclear Engineering<\/h1>\n            <div class=\"purdue-home-teritary-hero__content\">\n                \n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n                            <ul  class=\"purdue-home-button-list\">\n                                                                    <li class=\"\">\n                            <a class=\"purdue-home-button purdue-home-button--black\" href=\"https:\/\/engineering.purdue.edu\/NE\/academics\/undergraduate\" target=\"_blank\">\n                                VISIT WEBSITE                            <\/a>\n                        <\/li>\n                                                                    <li class=\"\">\n                            <a class=\"purdue-home-button purdue-home-button--white\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.purdue.edu\/preview_program.php?catoid=19&amp;poid=34770&amp;returnto=25484\" target=\"_blank\">\n                                EXPLORE PLAN OF STUDY                            <\/a>\n                        <\/li>\n                                                                    <li class=\"\">\n                            <a class=\"purdue-home-button\" href=\"https:\/\/engineering.purdue.edu\/Engr\/Academics\/Undergraduate\/Majors\/2024-25\/majors\/NE_curriculum_map\" target=\"_blank\">\n                                view DEGREE MAP                            <\/a>\n                        <\/li>\n                                    <\/ul>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"purdue-color-hero has-gold-background \">\n    <div class=\"section has-padding-top-large has-padding-bottom-large\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n            <div class=\"purdue-color-hero--body\">\n                            <h1 class=\"second-level-page-heading purdue-color-hero--header\">about nuclear engineering <\/h1>\n                                <p class=\"purdue-color-hero--subtext\"><strong><em>LOCATION: WEST LAFAYETTE<\/em><\/strong><br><strong><em><br><\/em><\/strong>Nuclear engineering has demonstrated vast potential for growth in power generation, medicine, industrial processes, plasmas, space technologies and national defense. The field will become even more important and diverse in the future. Nuclear engineers will contribute to advanced technologies such as advanced fission and fusion power generators, nuclear medicine, more powerful computational methods, deep-space probes and propulsion systems, semiconductor device processes, improved food safety, advanced materials processing and characterization, advanced imaging, the safe treatment and disposal of spent nuclear fuel, and new forms of industrial gauges.<br><br>Contact Info:<br><a href=\"mailto:aaeugrad@purdue.edu\"><\/a><a href=\"mailto:ne@purdue.edu\">ne@purdue.edu<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n                                <ul class=\"purdue-home-button-list\">\n                                <li class=\"\">\n                    <a class=\"purdue-home-button purdue-home-button--black\" href=\"https:\/\/engineering.purdue.edu\/NE\/academics\/undergraduate\" target=\"_self\">\n                        MORE about Nuclear engineering                    <\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                                    <li 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       <\/span>\n                                                                    <p class=\"purdue-color-hero--stats-wrapper--box--source has-text-white\">\n                                in industry or graduate school                             <\/p>\n                                            <\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>   \n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div  class=\"section has-black-background  page-layout-wide page-layout-two-column\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n                <div class=\"tagged-header-container tagged-header-container--content-block tagged-header-container-gold\">\n            <h2 class=\"tagged-header tagged-header--gold\">TOPIC AREAS in Nuclear engineering<\/h2>\n        <\/div>\n                \n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns page-layout-columns columns is-multiline is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column 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