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March 31, 2009 UTPB NRC Nuclear Programs 1
Engineering and the HT3R(High-Temperature Teaching & Test Reactor)
Mechanical Engineering: Nuclear & Classical
Apply for Scholarships
http://www.utpb.edu/research-grants/ht3r/Phone: 432-552-2096
Mechanical Engineering
• What does an Mechanical Engineer do?– Production Engineer,
– Operations Engineer,
– Field Engineer,
– Engineering Sales,
– Quality Engineer, and
– Design Engineer
• Industries Are: Oil & Gas, Nuclear, Chemical, Industrial
Construction, Manufacturing.
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Why Nuclear?
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Future Energy Source
• Clean• Inherently Safe• High Energy Yield: Uranium
10 Million times Carbon fuels (per atom).
• Waste issue: Must Reprocess
• 110 US Nuclear Power Plants
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General Atomics: TRAGA Reactor
Show Me The Money!
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Scholarships: www.utpb.edu | New Students | Admissions | Scholarships
UTPB is a 40% savings on nearest competitors Living at home in Odessa/Midland area is an even bigger savings.
2008 Annual Comparison of 4-year, Engineering in the South West, from www.collegeboard.com. University Name City In-state
Average. Tuition
Room & Board
Books & Supplies
Total Cost
University of Texas of the Permian Basin Odessa, TX 4,934 1,000 900 6,834 New Mexico Institute of M & T Socorrow, NM 4,353 5,460 1,050 10,863
Texas A & M – Kinsgville Kingsville, TX 5,424 4,874 614 10,912
University of Texas: Pan American Edinburg, TX 5,125 4,900 1,000 11,025
Arkansas Tech Russellville, AR 5,430 4,888 1,350 11,668
University of Texas at El Paso El Paso, TX 5,924 4,905 900 11,729
New Mexico State Las Cruces 4,758 5,976 998 11,732
West Texas A & M Canyon, TX 5,312 5,710 900 11,922
Midwestern State Witchita Falls, TX 5,918 5,600 1,200 12,718
Arkansas State Jonesboro, AR 6,370 5,406 1,000 12,776
University of North Texas Denton, TX 6,767 6,026 12,793
University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 4,834 7,336 920 13,090
University of Texas at Tyler Tyler, TX 5,742 7,510 900 14,152
Oklahoma State Stillwater, OK 6,887 6,358 980 14,225
University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, TX 7,780 5,916 882 14,578
University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR 6,399 7,422 966 14,787
Texas Tech Lubbock, TX 6,783 7,310 845 14,938
Lamar Beaumont, TX 6,014 6,290 2,870 15,174
Texas A & M – Corpus Christi Corpus Christi, TX 5,737 8,709 840 15,286
University of Oklahoma Norman, TX 7,423 7,376 953 15,752
Prairie View A & M Prairie View, TX 7,199 7,445 1,200 15,844
University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio, TX 7,100 7,821 1,000 15,921
University of Houston Houston, TX 8,167 6,935 1,100 16,202
Texas A & M College Station, TX 7,844 8,000 1,200 17,044
University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX 8,532 9,246 818 18,596
Harding Searcy, AR 13,130 5,700 900 19,730
Oklahoma Christian Edmond, OK 16,566 6,390 800 23,756
Oral Roberts Tulso, OK 18,386 7,610 1,500 27,496
LeTourneau Longview, TX 19,140 7,500 1,300 27,940
University of Tulsa Tulsa, OK 23,940 7,776 1,200 32,916
Baylor Waco, TX 27,910 7,971 1,398 37,279
Rice Houston, TX 30,486 10,750 800 42,036
Southern Methodist Dallas, TX 33,170 11,875 800 45,845
HT3R Scholarship “Ladder”
4. $1,030 monthly stipend plus books, tuition, and fees paid (full-ride).
3. Books, tuition, and fees paid,
2. $1,185 disbursement for each of the Fall and Spring Semesters, and
1. $1,000 disbursement for each of the Fall and Spring Semesters,
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Want To Help?The HT3R project is looking
for good students.
• Federal Government: Los Alamos, NRC, DOE, DOD
• Industry: Areva, PBMR, Westinghouse, GE, Shaw, Toshiba, Mitsubishi, BWXT,
Three of the above students are on full rides + monthly stipend courtesy of
the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
www.bestplacestowork.org
Engineering and the HT3R(High-Temperature Teaching & Test Reactor)
Mechanical Engineering: Nuclear & Classical
Apply for Scholarships
http://www.utpb.edu/research-grants/ht3r/Phone: 432-552-2096