Nuclear Engineering Division

The ASME Nuclear Engineering Division (NED) focuses on the design, analysis, development, testing, operation and maintenance of reactor systems and components, nuclear fusion, heat transport, nuclear fuels technology and radioactive waste.  Currently, NED supports the following conferences:

International Conference on Nuclear Engineering (ICONE)
International Conference on Environmental Remediation and Radioactive Waste Management® (ICEM)
Conference for Advanced Reactor Deployment (CARD)
POWER Conference 
Asset Integrity Management of Critical Infrastructure (AIM-CI)

In addition to these conferences, NED also supports the Journal of Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Science.  Each conference committee needs paper reviewers, session chairs and/or conference organizing committee members each year.  The NED Executive Committee is also seeking volunteer leaders to help with subcommittees as follows:

• Administrative Committees:
  • Young Members & Early Career Committee
  • Path-Forward Committee
  • Honor's & Awards Committee
  • Newsletter Editor
  • Outreach Committee (white papers, ASME position papers & focus areas, additional visibility, and public awareness)
  • Membership Committee
  • Nomination Committee
  • Program Committee
• Technical Committees:
  • Advanced Reactors
  • Codes & Standards
  • Thermal hydraulics (TH)
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Verification & Validation (V&V)

To learn more about the Nuclear Engineering Division, please see the slide deck from the All Members Meeting.  If you have interest in contributing to the Nuclear Engineering Industry with an active role in a Nuclear Engineering Division Subcommitite, please contact Jamie Hart (hartje@asme.org) for more information.


 

The Nuclear Engineering Division sponsors several important awards. Information about each award is given below.

Society Awards

• James N. Landis Medal
• Bernard F. Langer Nuclear Codes & Standards Award
• Prime Movers Committee Award
• George Westinghouse Medals

Division Awards

• Distinguished Service Award
• M. Sacid (Sarge) Ozker Award
• Service Recognition Award

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Important Award Information For Recipients of Monetary Awards

Please note that honorariums cannot be distributed without receipt of applicable tax forms. If you are a recipient of a monetary award, you will be contacted by ASME staff regarding tax forms you will need to complete, as well as how to submit them to us.

Yassin Hassan
Chair | July 2024 – June 2025

Guoqiang Wang
Vice Chair | July 2024 – June 2025

Rosa Lo Frano
Secretary | July 2024 – June 2025
CARD Committee Chair | July 2024 – June 2025

Tom Vogan
Treasurer | July 2024 – June 2025
C&S Division Liaison | July 2024 – June 2025

Asif H Arastu
Immediate Past Chair  | July 2024– June 2025

Richard Schultz
ASME TEC Liaison | July 2024 – June 2025
C&S Division Liaison | July 2024 – June 2025

Keli Bell-Cole
Staff Contact | August 2018 – OPEN

Jamie Hart, Senior Manager
Technical & Engineering Communities (TEC) Operations at the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Staff Contact | May 2021 – OPEN

Links to helpful online resources related to the division are below. If you have suggestions for other resources, please contact the division chair or ASME staff.

• ASME Landmarks Program
  Landmarks, sites and collections of historic importance to mechanical engineering are designated by ASME through its History and Heritage Landmarks Program.
• ASME History and Heritage
  ASME fosters the preservation of mechanical engineering innovations used in a wide range of applications through its History and Heritage program.

Other Links of Interest

• U.S. Department of Energy
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
• International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
• Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management
• Argonne National Laboratory Technology Transfer
• Brookhaven National Laboratory Technology Transfer
• Department of Defense (DoD) Technology Transition
• Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer
• Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory Tech Transfer
• Oak Ridge National Laboratory Technology Transfer
• RadWaste.org
• Frontline: Nuclear Reaction: Why Do Americans Fear Nuclear Power?
• Is Nuclear Power Making a Comeback?
• Nuke-Energy.com
• Fact Sheet: Nuclear Power Plant Emergency
• International Nuclear Safety Center
• Nuclear Energy Institute
• Virtual Nuclear Tourist

Conference Activities

ICONE Encourages Students to enter the Nuclear Field!

The ICONE student program has several purposes:

• Encourage students to submit papers on nuclear engineering
• Give students a forum to present their work
• Allow them to interact with practicing and experienced engineers
• Encourage them to pursue careers in the nuclear field

To be eligible for this program, students must submit a technical paper on a topic in nuclear power. All the papers then undergo peer review, and the top papers are selected for presentation at ICONE. This year there will be approximately 45 reviewed papers in the student track. Of these, 15 are from the Americas, 15 from Europe, and 15 from Asia. The students will present their papers at stand-up and poster sessions at the conference.

For information and questions about the ICONE student program, contact:

USA/North and South America
Prof. Yassin A. Hassan
Tel: 1-979-845-7090
y-hassan@tamu.edu

Japan/Asia/Others
Prof. Yasuo Koizumi
Tel: 81-426-28-4184
koizumiy@cc.kogakuin.ac.jp

Europe/Africa
Prof. Vladimir Stevanovic
Tel: 381-11-3370-561
estevavl@eunet.yu

Ms. Marie-France Robbe
Tel: 33-1-6908-8749
robbe@aquilon.cea.fr