{"id":81421,"date":"2025-06-04T16:01:42","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T20:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/?page_id=81421"},"modified":"2025-06-04T16:01:42","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T20:01:42","slug":"nuclear-engineering-at-uri","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/nuclear-engineering-at-uri\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuclear Engineering at URI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.34%\"><section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-boxout-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-boxout  \"><h1>Academic Programs<\/h1>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Undergraduate Certificate in Nuclear Engineering (15 credits)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/minors\/nuclear\/\">Minor in Nuclear Engineering <\/a>(18 credits)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/graduate-certificate-in-nuclear-engineering\/\">Graduate Certificate in Nuclear Engineering <\/a>(12 credits)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.34%\"><section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-boxout-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-boxout  \"><h1>On-Campus Research Nuclear Reactor<\/h1>\n\n<p>URI is home to one of the largest <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rinsc.ri.gov\/\">university-based research nuclear reactors<\/a> in the U.S.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-boxout-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-boxout  \"><h1>Strategic AUKUS Partner<\/h1>\n\n<p>AUKUS, a security partnership signed by the governments of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/05\/university-of-rhode-island-flinders-university-australia-formalize-partnership-in-support-of-aukus-agreement\/\">United States<\/a>, Australia, and the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-panel-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-panel  \"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/Nassersharif-with-nuclear-group.jpg\" srcset=\"\" alt=\"\"><\/figure><article>\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nuclear News<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>URI off to successful start in partnership in nuclear engineering with Flinders University. <\/p>\n\n\n<a class=\"cl-button  \" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2024\/10\/uri-off-to-successful-start-in-partnership-in-nuclear-engineering-with-australian-university\/\" title=\"\">uri nuclear news stories<\/a>\n<\/article><\/div><\/section>\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-quote-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-quote  \"><blockquote>We are honored that Flinders University chose URI as a partner in this critical initiative for the U.S. and Australia,\u201d said Anthony Marchese, URI dean of engineering.  \u201cIt makes perfect sense, of course. URI is strategically located in the epicenter of U.S. submarine manufacturing; 50% of our engineering faculty are funded by the Office of Naval Research to perform submarine-related research, and our campus is home to one of the largest university-based research nuclear reactors in the U.S<\/blockquote><cite>Anthony Marchese, URI Dean of Engineering<\/cite><\/div><\/section>\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-quote-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-quote  \"><blockquote>The University of Rhode Island is proud to be at the forefront of global partnerships like this, showcasing what is possible when we come together to advance new ideas with a shared vision,\u201d said University of Rhode Island President Marc Parlange. \u201cI am confident that this partnership will serve as a model for the kind of international collaborations we need to build now, more than ever, to address the most pressing challenges of our time, particularly around economic growth and security<\/blockquote><cite>University of Rhode Island President Marc Parlange<\/cite><\/div><\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5094,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-81421","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5094"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81421"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81421\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81426,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81421\/revisions\/81426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}