• Professor, Nuclear Engineering and Mechanical Engineering
  • Member, National Academy of Engineering
  • L.F. Peterson '36 Chair II Professor
  • University Distinguished Professor
  • Regents Professor
  • Director, Center for Advanced Small Modular and Microreactors (CASMR)
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Yassin A. Hassan

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

    • Computational & Experimental Thermal Hydraulics
    • Reactor Safety
    • Fluid Mechanics
    • Two-Phase Flow
    • Turbulence & Laser Velocimetry
    • Imaging Techniques

Certifications & Memberships

  • Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • Fellow, American Nuclear Society
  • Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Awards & Honors

  • Editor-in-chief, Journal of Nuclear Engineering and Design
  • Associate editor, Journal of Verification, Validation and Uncertainty Quantification
  • Research Impact Award, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station(TEES) – 2018-2019
  • Association of Former Students Distinguished Research Award – 2018-2019
  • American Nuclear Society Seaborg Medal – 2008
  • James N. Landis Medal, American Society of Mechanical Engineers – 2017
  • Inaugural Flow Visualization Competition and Prize, Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting, Fluid Engineering Division of American Society of Mechanical Engineers – 2017
  • Akiyama Medal, International Nuclear Engineering Conference (ICONE 24) – 2016
  • Gold Medal Award, George Westinghouse – 2003
  • Arthur Holly Compton Award, 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
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