Nuclear Science and Engineering

After 13 years, nuclear engineering alum returns to Oregon State to join faculty

Madicken Munk is joining the College of Engineering at Oregon State University as an assistant professor of nuclear engineering. Munk's work spans several facets of nuclear engineering, including developing and testing computational tools and models that simulate radiation transport. Other research interests include modeling and simulation of the nuclear fuel cycle, which can inform reactor design, improve fuel efficiency, reduce nuclear waste, and contribute to the development of next-generation nuclear facilities.

When the Feds Need Nuclear Engineering Research Experts, They Look to Oregon State

Three faculty members from the School of Nuclear Science and Engineering at Oregon State University have been tapped to serve in prominent national leadership positions. The recognition will come as no surprise to those familiar with the school’s longstanding and well-deserved reputation as a research powerhouse and a center of academic excellence.

Madicken Munk

Dr. Munk is an Assistant Professor in Nuclear Science and Engineering at Oregon State University. She has been at OSU since 2024.

Dr. Munk's work lies at the intersection of reactor physics, radiation transport, and scientific computing. She is interested in computational methods for radiation transport, hybrid methods for neutral particle simulation, Monte Carlo methods, reactor physics, reactor physics, data visualization, energy policy, fuel cycle modeling and analysis, scientific computing, and open science.

Championing Inclusivity: How one student’s vision helped others succeed

Faced with televised reports of George Floyd’s murder on May 25, 2020, Mar’quis Bryant-Morgan, then a nuclear engineering undergraduate, felt an urgent need to “do something for the community.” In the midst of a global pandemic and civil unrest, he began piecing together what would become the Bryant-Morgan Scholarship to provide financial support for Black students at Oregon State University.

Devin McGlamery

Devin McGlamery began a postdoctoral fellowship in the School of Nuclear Science and Engineering in the Chemey group during the spring of 2024. Prior to this he worked as a Senior Research Scientist at Æsir Technologies inc. working on developing and optimizing aqueous zinc battery chemistries. He earned a Bachelor of Science in chemistry from Montana State University in 2017. During this time, he worked for Professor Matthew J. Cook on methods to generate spiroketal fragments to arrive at the natural product spongistatin. Devin then received a Ph.D.