Prof. Dean R Price

Assistant Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering

Primary DLC

Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering


Areas of Interest and Expertise

Computational Reactor Physics
Scientific Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence
Multiphysics Simulation
Reactor Dynamics and Control
Verification and Validation

Research Summary

Professor Price joined the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering as the Atlantic Richfield Career Development Professor in Energy Studies and an assistant professor in September. His work focuses on the simulation and control of advanced reactors, with expertise in uncertainty quantification, scientific machine learning, and artificial intelligence for nuclear applications. Previously, he was the Russell L. Heath Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow at Idaho National Laboratory. He earned his BS in nuclear engineering from the University of Illinois and his PhD in nuclear engineering from the University of Michigan.

Recent Work