FUNDAMENTALS OF NUCLEAR ENGINEERING

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: PHYSICS 205 , 241 , or 249 , or graduate/professional standing, or member of Engineering Guest Students Course Designation: Core GenEd - Natural Science & Wellness Breadth - Physical Science Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Solve steady wave mechanics problems beginning from the appropriate form of Schrodinger’s equation Audience: Undergraduate 2. Describe the Semi Empirical Mass Formula as well as the features of the “binding energy/nucleon” curve Audience: Undergraduate 3. Explain why the “magic numbers” of nuclear physics differ from those of atomic physics Audience: Undergraduate 4. Explain the correlation between the half-lives for alpha-decay and the Q-value Audience: Undergraduate 5. Describe the energy spectrum of beta-decay Audience: Undergraduate 6. List the different absorption mechanism of gamma-rays Audience: Undergraduate 7. Compare the kinematics of elastic scattering with that of charged particle scattering Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Solve steady wave mechanics problems beginning from the appropriate form of Schrodinger’s equation Audience: Undergraduate 2. Describe the Semi Empirical Mass Formula as well as the features of the “binding energy/nucleon” curve Audience: Undergraduate 3. Explain why the “magic numbers” of nuclear physics differ from those of atomic physics Audience: Undergraduate 4. Explain the correlation between the half-lives for alpha-decay and the Q-value Audience: Undergraduate 5. Describe the energy spectrum of beta-decay Audience: Undergraduate 6. List the different absorption mechanism of gamma-rays Audience: Undergraduate 7. Compare the kinematics of elastic scattering with that of charged particle scattering Audience: Undergraduate