Neil E. Todreas

Professor Emeritus

Professional Focus: 

  • Advanced reactor design
  • Fission
  • Nuclear Safety

DLC: 

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Education

  • B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Cornell University, 1957
  • M.S., Mechanical Engineering,Cornell University, 1958
  • Sc.D., Nuclear Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1966

Honors and Awards 

  • Outstanding Professor Award, Nuclear Science and Engineering Department: 1975, 1976, 1980, 1996, 2011
  • American Nuclear Society Best Paper Award, Thermal-Hydraulic Division, 1987
  • National Heat Transfer Conference Best Paper Award, 1987
  • American Nuclear Society Technical Achievement Award, Thermal-Hydraulic Division, 1994
  • MIT School of Engineering Ruth & Joel Spira Award for Distinguished Teaching, 1995
  • American Nuclear Society Arthur Holly Compton Award, 1995
  • ICONE 8 Conference, A Thermal Hydraulic Track Best Paper Award, 1999
  • Inaugural Lecture, Distinguished Lecture Series of the Department of Mechanical & Nuclear Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, 2001
  • Inaugural Lecture, O'Hanian Engineering Lecture Series, University of Florida, 2002
  • Henry DeWolf Smyth Nuclear Statesman Award, 2005

Professional Activities

  • Fellow, American Nuclear Society, 1981
  • Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1983
  • Member, National Academy of Engineering, 1988
  • Chair, Korea Electric Power Corp. Professor of Nuclear Engineering, 1992-2006

Research Interests

  • Thermal hydraulic aspects of nuclear systems performance under steady-state and accident conditions, advanced light water reactor (LWR) and fast reactor concepts, and safety features of operating LWRs of western design.