
John W. Poston, Sr.
Professor, Nuclear Engineering
Director, College of Engineering Study Abroad Program in Germany
Date of Appointment: 1985
Office: 129G Zachry Engineering Center
Phone: 979/845-4175
Fax: 979/845-6443
E-mail: j-poston@tamu.edu
Education
Ph.D., Nuclear Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1971
M.S., Nuclear Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1969
B.S., Mathematics, Lynchburg College, 1958
Courses Taught
ENGR 482: Ethics and Engineering
NUEN 101: Principles of Nuclear Engineering
NUEN 201: Introduction to Nuclear Engineering I
NUEN 309: Radiological Safety
NUEN 479: Radiation Protection Engineering
NUEN 612: Radiological Safety and Hazards Evaluation
NUEN 678: Waste Management in the Nuclear Industry
Areas of Interest
- External Dosimetry
- Internal Dosimetry
Recent Publications
Conference Proceedings:
- P.V. Tsvetkov, K. Vierow, K.L. Peddicord, J.C. Ragusa, S.M. McDeavitt, J.W. Poston, Sr., L. Shao, and G. Willems,, "Autonomous Multi-purpose Floating Power System with a Compact Static Pebble Bed Reactor," PHYSOR ‘08 – International Conference on the Physics of Reactors, Interlaken, Switzerland, September 14-19 (2008).







