Janelle Wharry

Janelle Wharry

Assistant Professor of Nuclear Engineering

Dr. Wharry received her PhD, MSE and BS in Nuclear Engineering & Radiological Sciences, from the University of Michigan. Prior to joining Purdue, Dr. Wharry was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Materials Science & Engineering at Boise State University.

Dr. Wharry is an affiliate faculty of the Center for Advanced Energy Studies, and has previously held positions at Duke Energy, Westinghouse, and Sandia National Laboratories. Dr. Wharry has extensive experience studying the effects of irradiation on materials using a range of microscopy techniques, multiscale mechanical testing techniques, and computational models. She has expertise on charged particle irradiation experiments, materials characterization, and transmission electron microscopy in situ mechanical testing.