{"id":47046,"date":"2021-10-25T15:20:10","date_gmt":"2021-10-25T21:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-uw-engineering.pantheonsite.io\/?page_id=47046"},"modified":"2025-02-26T14:50:40","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T20:50:40","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/departments\/nuclear-engineering-engineering-physics\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"acf-hero block_62b1ede22987a40aa40679785f559697 position-relative alignfull track-hero mb-0 alignfull   sticky-top\" >\r\n\r\n    <div class=\"hero-container d-flex bg-pattern-secondary hero-spacing-medium has-navigation\" >\r\n        <div class=\"container-xxl  d-flex flex-column flex-lg-row justify-content-center justify-content-lg-between align-items-start align-items-lg-center\">\r\n                            <div class=\"hero-heading text-white text-left\">\r\n                    <h1 class=\"text-white fw-bold m-0 h1\"><span class=\"micro-title text-uppercase d-block\">Nuclear Engineering &amp; 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Our extensive array of experimental facilities allow students to have valuable hands-on experiences as they develop a deeper understanding of concepts as undergraduates and graduate students alike. We foster a close-knit community of scholars where everyone knows and supports each other regardless of their path to get here or their plans when they leave. When they do leave, our students go on to leadership positions in companies, national laboratories and government agencies, leaving their mark on the world of nuclear science and technology, and beyond. With this ongoing impact, we like to say that we are, \u2018Saving this planet, and exploring the rest\u2019.&#8221;<\/div>                            <div class=\"testimonial-author mt-2  text-shadow text-white \">Paul Wilson<\/div>                            <div class=\"testimonial-position  text-shadow fst-italic text-white \">Department Chair and Grainger Professor of Nuclear Engineering<\/div>                                                    <\/div>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n                        <\/div>        <\/div>\r\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color\">Saving this planet. Exploring the rest.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#c5050c\">Our Vision<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:5px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Enable a safer, cleaner and sustainable world using fission and fusion energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#c5050c\">Our Mission<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:5px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>To translate nuclear and plasma science into novel technology and educate new generations of leaders to address societal grand challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#c5050c\">Our Guiding Principles<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:5px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Excellence:<\/strong> Research and teaching excellence are our foundation. The quality of the people we recruit and cultivate defines our success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Community:<\/strong> We value and prioritize community to foster excellence, diversity and collegiality at all levels.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Collaboration:<\/strong> We encourage partnering across and outside of the Department to address complex global challenges and to exercise national leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Leadership:<\/strong> We are committed to being leaders in advancing technology, affecting policy, educating students, and promoting entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saving this planet. Exploring the rest. Our Vision Enable a safer, cleaner and sustainable world using fission and fusion energy. 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