• Adjunct Professor, Nuclear Engineering

Educational Background

  • Ph.D., Nuclear Engineering, University of Idaho – 2009
  • M.P.S., Renewable Energy and Sustainability Systems, Pennsylvania State University – 2019
  • M.Eng., Engineering Management, University of Idaho – 2013
  • M.S., Nuclear Engineering, Oregon State University – 2004
  • B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Wilkes University – 2002

Awards & Honors

  • Landis Young Member Engineering Achievement Award, American Nuclear Society – 2019
  • President Citation Award, American Nuclear Society – 2019
  • Young Member Excellence Award, American Nuclear Society – 2013
  • New Faces of Engineering National Award, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) – 2011

Selected Publications

  • Siahpush, A., O’Brien, J.E., Crepeau, J., and Sabharwall, P., “Experimental and Scale Analysis of a Solid/Liquid Phase Change Thermal Energy Storage System,” Journal of Heat Transfer Engineering, 2018.
  • Wu, X., Shi, S., Zhang, S., Arcilesi, D., Christensen, R., Sabharwall, P., and Sun, X., “Mass Transport Analysis for Tritium Removal in FHRs,” Annals of Nuclear Energy, 121, 2018.
  • Yoon, S., O’Brien, J.E., Sabharwall, P., Wegman, K., and Sun, X., “Study on Effects of Heat Loss and Channel Deformation on the Thermal-hydraulic Performance of the Semi-circular Straight Channel Printed Circuit Heat Exchangers,” Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications, 2018.
  • Chen, M., Sun, X., Christensen, R.N., Skavdah,I., Utgikar, V., and Sabharwall, P., “Dynamic Behavior of a High Temperature Printed Circuit Heat Exchanger: Numerical Modeling and Experimental Investigation,” Applied Thermal Engineering 135, 2018
  • Anderson, N., and Sabharwall, P., “Effect of Non-Condensable Gases and Improvement on Condensation Heat Transfer Model,” Journal of Heat Transfer, 2017