Kord Smith

Professor of Practice

Professional Focus: 

  • Advanced computation
  • Fission
  • Nuclear Fuel cycle
  • Nuclear Safety
  • Waste Management

DLC: 

Education 

  • B.S., Nuclear Engineering, Kansas State University 1976
  • M.S. and N.E., Nuclear Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1979
  • PhD., Nuclear Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1980 

Awards 

  • American Nuclear Society (ANS) Eugene P. Wigner Reactor Physicist Award 2015
  • Fellow of the American Nuclear Society (ANS) 2010
  • ANS Young Member Engineering Achievement Award 1986 
  • Research Interests

Research

  • Development and application of computational physics methods for modeling and simulation of nuclear reactor cores: reactor physics analysis methods, fuel/core loading design and optimization, transient safety analysis, real-time operator training, and on-line plant monitoring.