- Professor, Nuclear Engineering and Mechanical Engineering
- L.F. Peterson '36 Chair II Professor
- University Distinguished Professor
- Regents Professor
- Director, Center for Advanced Small Modular and Microreactors (CASMR)
- Member, National Academy of Engineering
- Joint Faculty in: Mechanical Engineering
- Phone: 979-218-4417
- FAX: 979-845-6443
- Email: y-hassan@tamu.edu
- Office: AI Engineering Building (AIEN) M203
- Website: Thermal-Hydraulics Research Laboratory
Educational Background
- Ph.D., Nuclear Engineering, University of Illinois - 1980
- M.S., Nuclear Engineering, University of Illinois - 1975
- B.S., Engineering, University of Alexandria in Egypt - 1968
Research Interests
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- Computational & Experimental Thermal Hydraulics
- Reactor Safety
- Fluid Mechanics
- Two-Phase Flow
- Turbulence & Laser Velocimetry
- Imaging Techniques
Groups:
Certifications & Memberships
- Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Fellow of the American Nuclear Society
- Fellow of the the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Awards & Honors
- Editor-in-chief of the Journal of Nuclear Engineering and Design
- Associate editor of the Journal of Verification, Validation and Uncertainty Quantification
- TEES Research Impact Award 2018 - 2019
- Association of Former Students Distinguished Research Award 2018 - 2019
- American Nuclear Society Seaborg Medal (2008)
- James N. Landis Medal of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2017
- Fluid Engineering Division of American Society of Mechanical Engineers Inaugural Flow Visualization Competition and Prize at FEDSM 2017
- Akiyama Medal for the best paper at the International Nuclear Engineering Conference (ICONE 24), 2016
- George Westinghouse Gold Medal Award (2003)
- Arthur Holly Compton Award of the American Nuclear Society, 2003
- Thermal Hydraulics Technical Achievement Award (2004)
- Glenn Murphy Award of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (2001)
- Honorary professor in the School of Computer Science and Engineering at Bangor University in the United Kingdom