NE 400:  Senior Seminar

Course Outline and Schedule


Week 1:  Overview topics to be covered during the semester; assign lecture topics to students. Students may also suggest additional topics, which must be approved by the instructor.
Week 2: Job hunting and interviewing.  UT Career Services
Week 3: Attending graduate school; continuing education opportunities for the working professional
Week 4: Professional society involvement; PE registration
Week 5: Current status of food irradiation in the US and abroad
Week 6: Professional ethics including computing ethics
Week 7: Nuclear waste issues
Week 8: New developments in nuclear medicine
Week 9: New developments in the use of nuclear technology in industrial applications
Week 10: Generation IV reactor development
Week 11: Power upgrades and license extensions of existing nuclear power plants
Week 12: Environmental aspects of nuclear versus non-nuclear generated electricity
Week 13: Nuclear plant security after 9/11/2001
Week 14: Conduct exit surveys and exit interviews

Final Exam Period (2 hours): Complete exit interviews.  Celebrate!

Course Grading: Satisfactory/No Credit

Revised 1/18/05

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