Prof. Roger A. Rydin (About)
World Science Database Profile
Associate Professor Emeritus of Nuclear Engineering
Interests: Cosmology, Nuclear Structure
Education
- Sc.D., Nuclear Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1964
- S.M., Nuclear Engineering, Massachusetts, Institute of Technology, 1958
- B.S., Electrical Engineering, Northwestern University, 1957
Experience
- Guest Scientist, Radiation Physics and Thermodynamics, Joint Research Center,
Ispra, Italy, 1989-1990 (while on leave from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia). - Guest Scientist, Radiation Physics and Thermodynamics, Joint Research Center,
Ispra, Italy, summer 1987. - Research Participant, Ballistics Research Laboratory, Aberdeen, Maryland, summer 1984.
- Guest Scientist, Fast Reactor Safety Group, Joint Research Center, Ispra Italy, 1981-1982 (while on leave from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia).
- Guest Scientist, Institute fur Reaktorentwicklung, Der Kernforschungsanlage Julich, West Germany, summer 1980.
- Research Participant, Engineering Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory,
Oak Ridge, Tennessee, summer 1979. - Guest Scientist, Institute fur Reaktorentwicklung, Der Kernforschungsanlage Julich, West Germany, 1975- 1976 (while on leave from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia).
- Nuclear Engineer, Reactor Kinetics and Stability Group, General Electric Company, Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory, Schenectady, New York, 1966-1970.
- Visiting Scientist, Nuclear Chemistry Division, Reactor Spectrum Measurements Group, Euratom Laboratory, Ispra, Italy, 1964-1966.
- Visitor, Physics Research Laboratory, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, various periods of time between 1961 and 1977.
- Engineer, Preliminary Plant Engineering Group, Westinghouse Atomic Power Department, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1958-1960.
- Coop, Electronics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois, 3 quarters, 1956-1957.
Honor Societies, Scholarships, Fellowships, Professional Societies
- Academic Scholarship, Northwestern University
- Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies Fellowships, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 3 years
- Sigma Xi, Science Honorary
- Tau Beta Pi, Engineering Honorary
- Eta Kappa Nu, Electrical Engineering Honorary
- American Nuclear Society
- Reviewer for Nuclear Science and Engineering and Nuclear Technology
- Student ANS Chapter Advisor, 1982-1987
- Executive Committee, ANS Reactor Physics Division, 1981-1984
- ANS Meetings, Proceedings and Transactions Publications Committee, 1979-1982
- Executive Committee, ANS Mathematics and Computation Division, 1978-1981
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