With support from a U.S. Department of Energy, Purdue is expanding its advanced nuclear manufacturing capabilities. Nuclear Engineering Associate Professor Xiaoyuan Lou is leading the installation of an ultrasonic powder atomizer that will allow researchers to produce custom spherical metal powders on campus.

Purdue NE PhD candidate Reshma Ughade is being showcased in Purdue's InnovatED Graduate Research Magazine as part of its annual celebration of 10 graduate students and postdoctoral scholars whose work demonstrates real-world impact. Her research advances muon tomography by developing µTRec algorithms to image sealed nuclear fuel using cosmic-ray muons—safely and non-invasively.

Inexpensive, highly accurate gamma radiation dosimeter technologies developed at Purdue could lower the costs of medical device sterilization, radiation cancer therapy, food irradiation, packaging sterilization and enhance nuclear power reactor safety. A Purdue Research Foundation story features Purdue Nuclear Engineering Professor Rusi Taleyarkhan, who leads a team that has created and validated two patent-pending innovations composed of beads made from polylactic acid.

Victor Harvey Ransom, who served as head of Purdue’s School of Nuclear Engineering from 1990-98 and continued as a professor in the school until 2001, was remembered at a special event Nov. 12 during the 2025 American Nuclear Society Winter Conference & Expo in Washington, D.C.

Purdue is leading a $6 million Department of Energy initiative to study ways to utilize advanced materials, improve safety systems, and reduce costs of SMRs. The school’s participation in this and other projects both wires its students into high-demand careers and also gives Indiana a front-row seat for the technology’s revival.

As a groundswell builds for nuclear power to generate more of the nation's electricity, there is a shortage of nuclear engineers and other workers to power that resurgence.

The Global Nuclear Energy Economic Summit, a landmark event hosted in partnership with the state of Indiana and Purdue University's College of Engineering convened top leaders in energy, industry and public policy to shape the future of nuclear power in Indiana and beyond.

Purdue University’s School of Nuclear Engineering is launching the first online credential program in small modular reactors (SMRs) in the nation, addressing the need for more reliable, flexible power generation to meet growing electricity demand.

WTHR recently featured Purdue University's growing role in leading Indiana's push toward nuclear energy. The story highlights a visit to the university's PUR-1 reactor and includes interviews with Purdue experts who discuss how the university is driving research on next-generation nuclear technologies and supporting Indiana's vision for sustainable power.

Purdue Nuclear Engineering continues to demonstrate the strength of its undergraduate design curriculum on the national stage. One of Purdue’s eight senior design capstone teams competing in the 2025 American Nuclear Society Student Design Competition has been selected as a national finalist and will present at the ANS Winter Meeting in Washington, D.C., this November.