1) Surface Coating Technologies for Nuclear Fuels and Structural Alloys (Cold/thermal spray, physical vapor deposition, friction surfacing)
2) Development of Cladding Materials for Fast Nuclear Reactors
3) Solid-state, Powder-based Manufacturing for Nuclear Applications (Spark-plasma Sintering)
4) Material Development for Nuclear Waste Interim Storage, Transportation, Geological Repository
5) Neutron / Ion Irradiation and Material Characterization Techniques
6) Nuclear Reactor Transient Safety Analysis for Advanced Fuels
7) Two Phase Heat Transfer Phenomena on Solid Surfaces – Critical Heat Flux, Minimum Film Boiling Heat Flux
