Governor’s Chair for Nuclear Materials
Steve Zinkle aims to help build a better nuclear reactor. His focus is on developing high-performance, radiation-resistant materials for advanced nuclear fission and fusion energy applications.
Zinkle is using ions and neutrons to explore the stability and thermal conductivity of certain fuels. He is also researching accident-tolerant fuel systems for reactors in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster in Japan.
He holds a joint appointment in the UT Departments of Nuclear Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering.
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In the News
June 2023 UT awarded National Science Foundation Materials Research Science and Engineering Center
February 2019 On a Scientific Mission to Mars
October 2017 Zinkle Receives Lecture Award
March 2017 Zinkle Awarded High Honor for Work in Materials Research
June 2015 Three UT Faculty Members Awarded $2.2 Million for Nuclear Projects
January 2014 Zinkle and Smith Named American Physical Society Fellows
Appointed
August 2013
Contact Info
Email
UT szinkle@utk.edu
ORNL zinklesj@ornl.gov
Phone
UT 865-974-4589
ORNL 865-576-5785
Address
UT
214 Nuclear Engineering Building
1412 Circle Drive
Knoxville, TN 37996-1400