Vincent J. Esposito Thermal Hydraulics Graduate Scholarship

The Vincent J. Esposito Graduate Scholarship was established in 2020 by the Thermal Hydraulics Division (THD) for students enrolled in their first year of a post-baccalaureate program (Graduate Certificate, Master's or Ph.D.) of study in Thermal Hydraulics or Reactor Safety or proposing to enroll in such a program within 12 months of application.

Vincent J. Esposito

A nuclear fuel and safety analysis expert, Dr. Vincent J. Esposito was recently recognized by ANS for his 50-year commitment as a member. Joining the Society in 1969, he has served on the Public Policy Committee and Executive Committee of the Mathematics and Computation Division and is now a participant in the Fuel Cycle & Waste Management and Thermal Hydraulics divisions. Vincent also represented the Society as its Congressional Fellow in 2013 and has chaired and spoken at ANS local section and national meetings.

Currently, an adjunct professor of nuclear engineering at the University of Pittsburgh, Vincent retired from Westinghouse where he spent over 40 years of his career in a variety of engineering and management roles. His last 10 years were spent as a vice president of the company’s Asian nuclear fuel business.

During his time with Westinghouse, Vincent was involved in discussions with the Department of Commerce, the State Department, and the Department of Energy regarding nuclear fuel issues. He also assisted in the recovery efforts following both the Three Mile Island and the Fukushima Daiichi accidents. Vincent represented Westinghouse on the Nuclear Energy Institute’s Fuel Task Force, focusing on uranium and enrichment as it related to the Russian Suspension Agreement.

Vincent’s national and international knowledge and experiences assisted him in landing the Glenn T. Seaborg Congressional Science and Engineering Fellowship with ANS. One of his references for the position, University of Pittsburgh Director of Nuclear Engineering John Metzger, praised Vincent’s work stating, “his experience encompasses an extremely broad range that will provide a rich and unique resource… there is no better way for our industry’s message to be heard on the Hill.”

In 2013, as the ANS Congressional Fellow in Washington D.C., Vincent assisted in the preparation of questions addressing Yucca Mountain as a viable final repository, worked on decreasing the time frame for the U.S. export license process of transferring nuclear technology to a foreign entity, and pursued activities related to industry radiation standards for low doses/dose rates. He also reviewed publications on the Fukushima accident to determine specific regulatory and safety lessons learned.