Teaching and Research

Professor Ahn teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in radioactive waste management. The undergraduate course covers broad aspects of radioactive waste management, whereas the graduate course concentrates on safety assessment aspects of high-level radioactive waste disposal into deep geologic formations. His research interests involve mathematical analyses of radionuclide transport in heterogeneous geologic formations and of radionuclide release from man-made waste disposal systems. He is also interested in integrating these into an overall performance assessment model, and analyzing the nature of uncertainty incorporated in long-term assessments for radioactive waste disposal. He also teaches the Nuclear Design course for undergraduates. The course aims at providing students with an opportunity for integrating knowledge into an engineering solution for a specific problem.