Education and Training
ANEI Education Program
The Advanced Nuclear Energy Initiative is establishing an advanced nuclear energy subspecialization within the Masters of Engineering Energy Systems Specialization of the Electrical and Computer Engineering graduate program. Initially, plans are to offer a MEng (course based) and research based MSc & PhD programs with courses in both nuclear fission and fusion. Three graduate level courses, “Applied Nuclear Energy,” “Advanced Fission Reactor Engineering,” and “Instrumentation and Control for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems” are currently being offered and the subspecialization will ramp up to include 4 – 5 graduate level courses.
New Courses for ANEI Graduate Specialization
An overview course “Applied Nuclear Energy” is offered as ECE 730 B3
Topics: Atoms and Nuclei, Radioactivity, Nuclear processes, Radiation and Materials, Fission and Fusion, Neutron Chain Reactions, Nuclear Heat Energy, Nuclear Power Plants, Introduction to Reactor Theory, Time Dependent Reactor Behaviour, SMR and Breeder Reactors, Fusion Reactor.
A reactor & materials course “Advanced Fission Reactor Engineering” is offered as ECE 730 850
Topics: Review of Basics of Fission Power, Basics of Operating Power Reactors, Modularity and Modularization, Generation IV Reactors and Inherent and Passive Safety, Advancement in Reactor Materials, Innovative Reactor Mechanisms.
An instrumentation & controls course “Instrumentation and Control for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems” is offered as ECE 730 A03
Topics: I&C System Architecture and Reactor Safety, Regulatory Framework (CNSC/CSA), Sensors and Actuators, PID Control Theory, Plant Instrumentation, Digital I&C Systems and Reactor Kinetics, Reactivity Control Mechanisms, Automatic Generation Control and Nuclear–Renewable Hybrid Power Systems, Intelligent Control, Digital Twins and AI-Assisted Operation, Functional Safety (IEC 61508) and Cybersecurity of Plants.
A radiation detection & safety course “Radiation Diagnostics and Radiation Safety”
Topics: Review of radiation protection procedures and regulations; theory and use of alpha, beta, gamma, and neutron detectors; applications in imaging and dosimetry; gamma-ray spectroscopy; design and operation of automated data acquisition experiments using virtual instruments.
A multi-subject course “Selected Topics in Advanced Nuclear Energy”
Topics (tentative): Fusion & fission, Full cycle analysis; Safety & risk assessment; Reliability and lifetime analysis; Nuclear energy applications.
Selected Existing Courses for ANEI Graduate Specialization
Electrical Systems/Renewal Energy/Control systems
- ECE 633 Modeling and Simulation of Electromagnetics Transient in Electrical Circuit
- ECE 530 Power Quality & Distribution Analysis
- ECE 625 Power Converter Renewable Energy System
- ECE 560 Modern Control Theory
- MECE 643 Renewable Energy Engineering and Sustainability
Machine Learning/Data Analysis
- ECE 635 Data Analysis and Knowledge Discovery
- ECE 720 Robot Learning: Principles and Advances
Plasma/Fusion/Nuclear
- ECE 675 Plasma Engineering
- ECE 770 Laser Plasma Interactions
- ECE 770 Plasma Diagnostics
- PHYS 635 Statistical Theory of Plasmas
- PHYS 495/595 – Special Topics in Physics: Nuclear Physics
Electromagnetics/Photonics/Nanotechnology
- ECE 576 Advanced Engineering Electromagnetics
- ECE 570 Computation Electromagnetics
- ECE 571 Optical & Quantum Electronics
- ECE 572 Nonlinear Optics
- ECE 558/559 Microfabrication & Nanofabrication I & II
Metallurgy/Welding
- MAT E 673 Welding Metallurgy
- MAT E 630 Special Topics in Process Metallurgy
Radiopharmacy
- ONCOL 475/575 Fundamentals of Radiopharmaceutical Sciences
- CHEM 405/669 Nuclear Chemistry and Radiochemistry