UW-Madison: A Midwestern nucleus of fission and fusion
July 30, 2026, 4:04PMNuclear News
Grainger Professor of Nuclear Engineering Paul Wilson (third from left) shares details about UW-Madison’s TRIGA reactor with Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (second from left) in February 2026. (Photo: Taylor Wolfram/UW-Madison)
With more than six decades as a top-ranked program in its rearview, the Department of Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics (NEEP) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison is hardly slowing down. In fact, NEEP is continuing to grow and develop its faculty, curriculum, and research.