John W. Poston, Sr.

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

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Areas of Interest



Recent Publications

Conference Proceedings:

  1. 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).