Posts by Christina Castellanos
In Memory of Shane Matthew Guess
1980 – 2026 The College of Engineering and the Nuclear Engineering Department mourn the passing of Shane Matthew Guess, who died on September 11, 2026, at the age of 46…
Read MoreBerkeley PhD Student Agustina Jolly Advocates for Nuclear Power in International News
Incoming PhD student Agustina Jolly who received her UG in UCB as well is a tremendous advocate for Nuclear Power beyond Berkeley. Augustina published an article in a newspaper in her home country featuring…
Read MoreBerkeley team selected to lead a project in ARPA-E’s ROCKS Program
We are proud to announce that the team led by Prof. Igor Jovanovic, including collaborators from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, the University of Texas at Austin, and Baker Hughes Company,…
Read MoreCurrent and Former PhD Students Capture First-Place Awards at the American Association of Physicists in Medicine Northern California Young Investigators’ Symposium
At the 2026 Northern California Chapter of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Young Investigators’ Symposium, current student Jisu Park and former student Robin Peter each earned First…
Read MoreProfessor Peter Hosemann Receives Pioneering US-UK Breakthrough Award from UKRI
Professor Hosemann receives the Pioneering US-UK Breakthrough Award from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) at the UK Embassy for the project “Training the Next Generation of Nuclear Scientists Across the…
Read MoreBerkeley Welcomes Igor Jovanovic
The Nuclear Engineering Department at UC Berkeley is thrilled to announce that Professor Igor Jovanovic has joined its faculty on January 1st, 2026. Dr. Jovanovic is a world leading expert…
Read MoreNSSC awarded $25M renewal grant!
The Nuclear Science and Security Consortium (NSSC) was awarded a $25M, 5-year grant from the National Nuclear Security Administration to engage in research and development in collaboration with US DOE…
Read MoreFirst Metal Prints at UC Berkeley – A New Era of Advanced Manufacturing Begins
We are thrilled to announce a major milestone for UC Berkeley and the Department of Nuclear Engineering: the successful completion of our first stainless steel prints using the campus’s first…
Read MoreNew CAMPEP Accreditation of Graduate Program in Medical Physics
New CAMPEP Accreditation of Graduate Program in Medical Physics August 22, 2023 Our Nuclear Engineering graduate program has recently received the CAMPEP accreditation for medical physics. The new track within…
Read More“Future Directions for Nuclear Energy”
SPEAKER: Per F. Peterson Distinguished Professor William and Jean McCallum Floyd Endowed Chair Department of Nuclear Engineering DATE/TIME: FRI, 04/14/2023 – 3:00PM TO 4:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2023…
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