Nuclear Expertise
- Continuous Funding since 2010 $17.4 M awarded
- Funding from DOE, NSF, NRC, and Large Utilities (NextEra)
- Created Nation’s First Technician Certification (NUCP) in conjunction with INPO, NEI, and Industry Presented results to 3 white house administrations including being featured in National Science Board publication
- Setup 40+ national community college programs and helped graduate 3,000 plus certified technicians. Created textbook, 12 full courses, and 2,000+ lesson plans matching ACAD 08-006 Los
- Created scholarship in conjunction with UNCF
- Created 2-year articulation with 12 different IHEs
- Authored first research and publications in AI and ML based predictive maintenance for nuclear operations.
- Built functional flow loop at IRSC and VR version as well
- Trained 5000 plus nuclear technicians in NERC CIP (Nuclear Cyber Certification). Expertise in Workforce, Large scale utility, SMR, Fusion, Cyber and AI as it relates to nuclear
List of Sample Grants
- NSF CET Strategic Investment: RAISE: CET: Building the Fusion Future – Identifying and Bridging the Workforce Gap for the Emergent Fusion Energy Industry; Award Number: 2401039; Award Amount: $999,000
- DOE NEUP: SUSTAIN: SUpporting Strategic Training of Adaptable and Integrated Nuclear Workforce; Award Amount: $2.96M links to https://www.unlv.edu/chemistry/radiochemistry/sustain
- NSF ATE: Regional Center for Nuclear Education and Training (RCNET); Award Number: 1600558; Award Amount: $3,293,314.00. – links to www.gonuke.org
- NSF ATE: Regional Center For Nuclear Energy Education and Training (RC-NET); Award Number: 1104238; Award Amount: $3,067,524.00 – links to www.gonuke.org
List of Sample Publications
- Hodgson, S., Reid, B., Cooper, J., Dunn, C., & Raya, L., Journal of Advanced Technological Education, Volume 3 Issue 2, 2024.
- H. A. Gohel, H. Upadhyay, L. Lagos, K. Cooper, and A. Sanzetenea, “Predictive maintenance architecture development for nuclear infrastructure using machine learning,” Nucl. Eng. Technol., vol. 52, no. 7, pp. 1436–1442, 2020. doi:10.1016/j.net.2019.12.029
- H. A. Gohel, H. Upadhyay, L. Lagos, and K. Cooper, “Predictive Maintenance Framework for Nuclear Infrastructure Using Machine Learning,” American Research Journal of Computer Science and Information Technology, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 1–11, 2019.
- H. Upadhyay, L. Lagos, S. Joshi, and K. Cooper, “Predictive analytics with big data–Spark framework,” Int. J. Eng. Sci. Res. Technol., vol. 7, no. 6, pp. 270–276, Jun. 2018.