Latest Publications

El-Genk, M.S., T.M. Schriener, Lightweight Heat Pipe Radiator for Nuclear Reactor Power Systems on Lunar Surface. Nuclear Technology, 2024. 1-29
Schriener, T.M., M.S. El-Genk, Armored Lightweight Heat Rejection Radiator for Lunar Surface Nuclear Reactor Power Systems. Proceedings ANS 2024 Nuclear and Emerging technologies for Space (NETS 2024), 2024.
El-Genk, M.S., T. Schriener, Lightweight Heat Pipe Radiator Panel for Lunar Surface Fission Power Systems. Proceedings AIAA ASCEND Conference, 2024.
El-Genk, M.S., Designs of Space Nuclear Reactor Power Systems for the Avoidance of Single Point Failures, Launch Safety, and a Long Operation Life. Proceedings AIAA ASCEND Conference, 2024.
El-Genk, M.S, T.M. Schriener, R. Altamimi, A. Hahn, Pumping Options for Versatile Test Reactor Molten Lead In-pile Test Cartridge. J. Nuclear Science and Engineering, 2023. 197 3082-3109
Altamimi, R., M.S. El-Genk, Equivalent Circuit Model for Predicting the Performance Characteristics of Direct Current-Electromagnetic Pumps. J Material Sciences and Engineering, 2023. 12(1) 629
Altamimi, R., M.S. El-Genk, Miniature DC Electromagnetic Pumps of Molten Lead and Sodium to Support Development of Gen-IV Nuclear Reactors. J Nuclear Engineering and Design, 2023. 410 112376
Altamimi, R., M.S. El-Genk, Magnetohydrodynamic Analyses of a Miniature Dual-Stages Electromagnetic Pump for Lead and Sodium In-pile Test Loops. J. Nuclear Science and Engineering, 2023. 1-27
Altamimi, R., M.S. El-Genk, Design and Analyses of Miniature, Submersible Annular Linear Induction Pump for Test Loops Supporting Development of Advanced Nuclear Reactors. J Nuclear Engineering and Design, 2023. 1-25
El-Genk, M.S., T. Schriener, Cybersecurity Analyses of a Space Reactor Power System under Simulated False Data Injection Attacks. Proceedings AIAA ASCEND Conference, 2023.

Recent Events

10/4/2024
ISNPS Director Mohamed El-Genk invited to be Panelist at Opening Plenary of 2024 ANS Winter Conference and Expo
12/4/2024
El-Genk invited speaker at the Open Plenary Panel at ANS Winter Meeting, 17-21, 2024
12/9/2024
Masters Graduation - Ahmad Shaheen

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Physical Location:
Ferris Engineering Center
Room 1120

Mailing Address:
Institute for Space & Nuclear Power Studies
MSC01-1120
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131

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Alumni By Decade - All

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William Barrattino
Degree: Ph.D.
Disseration: Coupled Radiation Transport / Thermal Analysis of the Radiation Shield for a Space Nuclear Reactor
Date: May 1984
Organization: CEO Global Broadband Solutions, LLC.

Ted Williams
Degree: M.S.
Thesis: Experimental Heat Transfer Studies of Laminar and Transition Flows of Water in Vertical Annuli
Date: Dec 1985
Organization: Design Manager, Progress Energy

John Buksa
Degree: M.S.
Thesis: Decay Heat Thermal Management in Liquid Metal Space Reactors
Date: Aug 1986
Organization: Executive Staff, Los Alamos National Laboratory

David Louie
Degree: M.S. & Ph.D.
Thesis: Effect of Venting System Failure on the Operation of Heat Pipe Space Nuclear Reactors
Disseration: Characterization of Fuel Swelling in Helium-Bonded (U,Pu)C Fuel Pins
Date: May 1987
Organization: Principal Engineer, Sandia National Laboratories

Stanley Haynes
Degree: M.S.
Thesis: Experimental Studies for Critical Heat Flux at Low Flow of Water in Vertical Annuli near Atmospheric Pressure
Date: Aug 1987
Organization: Principal Member of the Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories

Stephen Ross
Degree: M.S.
Thesis: Uranium Nitride Fuel Swelling and Thermal Conductivity Correlations
Date: Dec 1987
Organization: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Jong-Tae Seo
Degree: M.S. & Ph.D.
Thesis: SNPSAM-System Model for Space Nuclear Power System
Disseration: Transient Analysis of Space Nuclear Power Systems
Date: May 1988

Sung-Ho Kim
Degree: Ph.D.
Disseration: Heat Transfer Experiments in Rod Bundles at Low Reynolds Number
Date: May 1988
Organization: Lattice Electro Optics, Inc.
571 S. State College Blvd.
Fullerton, CA 92831

Richard Jimenez
Degree: Ph.D.
Disseration: Coupled Thermal Radiation / Nuclear Heating of Nuclear-Powered Spacecraft Subjected to the Radiations of the Natural Space Environment
Date: May 1989

John McGhee
Degree: Ph.D.
Disseration: Gas Production and Behavior in the Coolant of the SP-100 Space Nuclear Power System
Date: May 1989
Organization: Chief Software Architect, Transpire

John M. Metzger
Degree: Ph.D.
Disseration: An Adaptive Load-Following System for a Space Nuclear Power System
Date: Aug 1989
Organization: Director of Nuclear Engineering, University of Pittsburg

William Rider
Degree: M.S.
Thesis: Parametric and Transient Analyses of the SP-100 System
Date: Aug 1989
Organization: Sandia National Laboratories

Desari Venkateswara Rao
Degree: Ph.D.
Disseration: Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of Heat Transfer to Low Reynolds Number Flow in Vertical Annuli
Date: Aug 1989
Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory

Dean Dobranich
Degree: Ph.D.
Disseration: Heat Transfer and Thermal Stress Analyses of Multilayered Spherical Fuel Particles in a Particle Bed Space Reactor
Date: May 1990
Organization: Sandia National Laboratories

Kenneth Chidester
Degree: M.S.
Thesis: Experimental Investigation of Uranium Dicarbide Densification and the Influence of Free Carbon Diffusion
Date: Aug 1990
Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory

Frederick Harper
Degree: Ph.D.
Disseration: Computer Simulation of Liquid Drop Breakup Behavior using Discrete Element Techniques
Date: Dec 1991
Organization: Senior Scientist, Sandia National Laboratories

Huimin Xue
Degree: M.S.
Thesis: Natural Circulation Decay Heat Removal from an SP-100, 550 kWe Power System for a Lunar Outpost
Date: Aug 1992

Bingling Su
Degree: M.S.
Thesis: Experimental Investigation on Heat Transfer of Water in Square Arrayed Rod Bundles at Low Reynolds Number
Date: Aug 1992
Organization: University of Cincinnati

Nick Morley
Degree: M.S. & Ph.D.
Thesis: Conceptual Studies on the Integration of a Nuclear Reactor to a Manned Mars Rover
Disseration: Two-Dimensional Thermal-Hydraulic Analyses of High Temperature Packed Beds, with Applications to the Pellet Bed Reactor
Date: Dec 1993
Organization: Directed Energy Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Albuquerque, NM

Christopher Murray
Degree: Ph.D.
Disseration: Experimental and Theoretical Studies of a High Temperature Cesium-Barium Tacitron, with Application to Low Voltage-High Current Inversion
Date: Dec 1993
Organization: Engineering Manager, General Atomics

Richard Mason
Degree: Ph.D.
Disseration: Constitutive Relations in the Ruthenium-Uranium-Rhenium Binary and Ternary Systems
Date: Dec 1993
Organization: First Line Manager, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Jennifer Liscum-Powell
Degree: M.S.
Thesis: Design and Optimization of the Pellet Bed Reactor for Bimodel Power and Propulsion Applications
Date: Dec 1994
Organization: Sandia National Laboratories

Alexander Glebov
Degree: M.S.
Thesis: Pool Boiling from Downward-Facing Curved Surfaces
Date: May 1995

Cheng Gao
Degree: M.S.
Thesis: Effects of Material Properties and Surface Curvatures on Pool Boiling from Downward-Facing Convex Surfaces
Date: May 1996

Jean-Michel Tournier
Degree: Ph.D.
Disseration: HPTAM, A Two-Dimensional Heat Pipe Transient Analysis Model, Including the Startup from a Frozen State
Date: May 1996
Organization: Research Assistant Professor, University of New Mexico

Gaius Roemer
Degree: M.S.
Thesis: A Colloid Transport Model and its Application to Site Characterization
Date: May 1996
Organization: Sandia National Laboratories

Dmitry Paramonov
Degree: M.S. & Ph.D.
Thesis: Thermionic Transient Analysis Model for TOPAZ-II Space Nuclear Reactor Power System
Disseration: Analysis of Emitter Material Transport in Single-Cell Thermionic Fuel Elements
Date: Aug 1996
Organization: Westinghouse Electric - Pittsburgh

Lianmin Huang
Degree: M.S. & Ph.D.
Thesis: Experimental Investigation of the Transient Performance of an Inclined Water Heat Pipe
Disseration: Heat Transfer and Flow Visualization of Conventional and Swirling Impinging Jets
Date: Dec 1996

Bernard Wernsman
Degree: Ph.D.
Disseration: Extinuguishing Mechanism of Cesium-Barium Tacitrons Using Thick, Low Transparency, Circular Holed Grids
Date: Dec 1997
Organization: Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory

James Luke
Degree: M.S. & Ph.D.
Thesis: A Transient Model of a Cesium-Barium Diode
Disseration: Investigation of Grid Design and Placement in the Cesium-Barium Tacitron
Date: May 1998
Organization: Aegis Technologies

Dennis Pelaccio
Degree: Ph.D.
Disseration: Probabilistic Uncertainty Analysis of Laser / Material Thermal Interactions
Date: May 1998
Organization: Senior Project Manager, Space/Launch System, Power, Propulsion and Systems Engineering

John Veilleux
Degree: Ph.D.
Disseration: Etching of UO2 in NF3 RF Plasma Glow Discharge
Date: May 1999
Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory

Hamed Saber
Degree: Ph.D.
Disseration: Operation Envelope and Performance Analyses of Closed Two-Phase Thermosyphons
Date: Dec 2000
Organization: Canadian National Research Council

Amr Abdel Fattah
Degree: M.S. & Ph.D.
Thesis: Sorption of Hydrophobic, Negatively Charged Microspheres onto a Stagnant Air / Liquid Interface
Disseration: Colloid Deposition onto a Solid Surface under Low-Flow Conditions in Parallel-Plate Geometry
Date: Aug 2001
Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory

Huseyin Bostanci
Degree: M.S.
Thesis: Effects of Inclination Angle and Subcooling on Nucleate Boiling and Critical Heat Flux of HFE-7100
Date: Aug 2001
Organization: RINI Technologies

Larry James
Degree: Ph.D.
Disseration: Natural Convection and Reversed Air Flow Between Two Vertical Parallel Plates
Date: Dec 2003

Yoichi Momozaki
Degree: Ph.D.
Disseration: Performance of Thermionic Converters with Smooth and Grooved Molybdenum Electrodes
Date: Dec 2003
Organization: Argonne National Laboratory

Jeffrey C. King
Degree: M.S. & Ph.D.
Thesis: Performance and Stress Analysis of Nb-1Zr/C-103 Multitube Vapor-Anode AMTEC Cells for Space Applications
Disseration: Effects of Spectral Shift Absorbers on the Design and Safety of Fast Spectrum Space Reactors
Date: May 2006
Organization: Colorado School of Mines

Steven A. Hatton
Degree: M.S.
Thesis: Parametric Studies of the Sectored Compact Reactor(SCoRe-S) for Space Power.
Date: May 2007
Organization: Northrop Grumman IT/DTRA

Devin Gray
Degree: M.S.
Thesis: An Investigation of Gas Bubble Injection from Single Nozzles into Water and Liquid Metal Pools
Date: May 2008
Organization: Engineer, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Jack L. Parker
Degree: Ph.D.
Disseration: Boiling of Dielectric Liquids on Porous Graphite and Extended Copper Surfaces
Date: May 2008
Organization: Department of Energy

Bruno Gallo
Degree: M.S.
Thesis: Brayton Rotating Unit designs and Analyses for Space Reactor Power Systems
Date: Dec 2008
Organization: Sector 7G, Centro Atomico Bariloche

Boyce Travis
Degree: M.S.
Thesis: An Effective Methodology For Thermal- Hydraulics Analysis Of A VHTR Core And Fuel Elements
Date: Nov 2012
Organization: US Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Amir Ali
Degree: Ph.D.
Disseration: Enhancement of Saturation Boiling of PF-5060 Dielectric Liquid on Microprous Surfaces
Date: Jul 2013
Organization: University of New Mexico

In-Hwan Yang
Degree: Ph.D.
Disseration: Numerical Analysis of co-flowing immiscible liquids in co-axial microtubes
Date: Jul 2013

Tai Pham
Degree: Ph.D.
Disseration: Simulations of Space Radiation Interactions with Materials, with Application to Dose Estimates for Lunar Shelter and Aboard the International Space station
Date: Jul 2013

Benjamin Cowen
Degree: M.S.
Thesis:
Date: Apr 2015

Denise Haskins
Degree: M.S.
Thesis:
Date: Apr 2015

Luis Palomino
Degree: M.S.
Thesis:
Date: Apr 2015

Timothy Schriener
Degree: Ph.D.
Disseration: Multi-Physics Design and Analyses of Long Life Reactors for Lunar Outposts
Date: May 2015
Organization: University of New Mexico

Arthur Suszko
Degree: Ph.D.
Disseration: Enhancement of Nucleate Boiling on Rough and Dimpled Surfaces with Application to Composite Spreaders for Microprocessors Immersion Cooling
Date: Jun 2015

Benjamin Cowen
Degree: Ph.D.
Disseration: Radiation Effects in Metal Oxides and Carbides
Date: Sep 2018
Organization: Sandia National Laboratories

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