Professor in nuclear power engineering

Are you an ambitious nuclear power engineering expert looking for your next challenge? This position offers you the chance to develop a well-equipped research environment for experimentation, modelling, and next‑generation reactor technologies. You will apply your expertise to pressing problems in the energy sector while leading a motivated research team in an environment that supports long-term scientific growth.

The professorship of nuclear power engineering is located at the Department of Energy Technology of the LUT School of Energy Systems (LES). The position is based in Lappeenranta, Finland.

The professorship focuses on engineering of nuclear power generation for electricity, heat, and chemicals. LUT University’s Nuclear Engineering Laboratory has extensive capabilities for nuclear thermal-hydraulic experimentation and analysis, including advanced measurement technologies and data processing, modern computational facilities, and coupled code development for the modelling of coupled reactor physics – thermal hydraulic – fuel behaviour problems. The university has made significant investments in these experimental capabilities, and the laboratory has a robust mix of ongoing academic and contract research with strong prospects for continuation.

The professorship’s field of research includes the following:

thermal hydraulics experimentation and/or modelling

nuclear power plant engineering, including commercial-scale and/or modular nuclear reactors

nuclear energy conversion process modelling, design, and optimisation

nuclear safety analysis methodologies

The main application areas:

safe and economic operation of current industrial-scale nuclear power plants

resolving emerging issues related to availability or safety

deployment of novel nuclear technologies beyond the current state of the art

The person appointed to the professorship must present strong research achievements in at least one of the research fields and application areas above and is