Education

B.S. Lyceum "Gheorghe Bariiu", Romania, 1966
M.S. Nuclear Science & Engineering, Columbia University, 1973
M.Ph. Applied Physics & Nuclear Engineering, Columbia University
Ph.D., Applied Physics & Nuclear Engineering, Columbia University. 1978

Field of specialization

Neutron transport and diffusion theory, multi-dimensional neutron kinetics, reactor safety (steam explosion), sensitivity theory and uncertainty analysis.

Teaching and Research

Professor Cacuci teaches during the summer session. He has taught courses on Reactor Physics, NE 250 and has developed a new course, Introduction to Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analysis, NE 290c.

Professor Cacuci's research interests include physics and dynamics of accelerator-driven subcritical systems for transmutation of actinides and fission products, thermal-hydraulics and safety of light water reactors (steam explosion); single-phase fluid flow in micro-channels, energy systems, neutron transport and diffusion theory, multidimensional neutron kinetics, sensitivity theory and uncertainty analysis.

He is currently Director of the Institute for Nuclear Technology and Reactor Safety, University of Karlsruhe, Germany; Director of Institute for Reactor Safety, Research Center (Forschunngszentrum) Karlsruhe, Germenay. Fellow of the American Nuclear Society since 1986, Editor-in-Chief of Nuclear Science and Engineering; editorial board of the international journal, "Transport Theory and Statistical Physics"

Selected Recent Publications

D.G. Cacuci and M. Ionescu-Bujor, "Adjoint Sensitivity Analysis of the RELAP5/MOD3.2 Two-Fluid Thermal-Hydraulic Code System: I. Theory & II. Applications", Nucl, Sci. Eng., 136, 59-121, 2000

D.G. Cacuci, "Automated Dimensional Adaptive Switching and Adjoint Sensitivity Analysis: Innovative Features of the RELAP5/PANBOX/COBRA Code System for Multidimensional Reactor Safety Transients', Nucl. Eng. Des., 202, 325-338, 2000

M. Wörner, W. Sabisch, G. Grötzbach, and D.G. Cacuci, "Volume-Averaged Conservation Equations for Volume-of-Fluid Interface Tracking", E.E. Michaelidis, Ed., Proceedings of the 4th Intl. Conf. On Multiphase Flow, ICMF-2001, New Orleans, May 27-Jun. 1, 2001, CD-ROM.

D.G. Cacuci, "On Perturbation Theory and Reactor Kinetics: From Wigner;s Pile Period to Accelerator Driven System", Eugene P. Wigner Keynote Lecture, PHYSOR 2002 Int. Conf. On the New Fronties of Nuclear Technology: Reactor Physics, Safety and High-Performance Computing, CD-ROM - Session Index/Plenary Session-Keynote Speeches, Seoul, Korea, Oct. 7-10, 2002

D.G. Cacuci, M. Ionescu-Bujor, H.B. Finnemann and F. Depisch, "Adjoint Sensitivy Analysis for Reliability/Availability Models, with Application to the International Fusion Materials Irradiation Facility," paper 2.2.4, A&QT-R 2002 (THETA 13), Int. Conf. On Automation, Quality and Testing, Robotics, May 23-24, 2002, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 2002

Recent consulting, supported research or other non-university activities

Director of the Institute for Reactor Safety, Karlsruhe, Germany
Fellow of the American Nuclear Society
Editor-in-Chief of Nuclear Science and Engineering
Editorial board of "Transport Theory and Statistical Physics"

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