Per F. Peterson: Curriculum Vitae
Degrees
Ph.D. (1988) University of California, Berkeley.
MSME (1986) University of California, Berkeley.
BSME (1982) University of Nevada, Reno.
Professional Experience
7/00- Chair - Nuclear Engineering Department, U.C. Berkeley
7/98- Professor - Nuclear Engineering Department, U.C. Berkeley
Research and teaching in heat and mass transfer, multi-phase/multi-component flows, thermal hydraulics, and nuclear materials management.
7/98-8/00 Chair - Energy and Resources Group
7/94-6/98 Associate Professor - Nuclear Engineering Department, U.C. Berkeley
6/90-6/94 Assistant Professor - Nuclear Engineering Department, U.C. Berkeley
6/89-5/90 JSPS Fellow - Tokyo Institute of Technology.
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellow.
9/88-5/89 Assistant Specialist - Mechanical Engineering Department, U.C. Irvine.
Heat transfer research and teaching.
6/88-8/88 Guest Researcher - Tokyo Institute of Technology.
Research on reflux thermosyphons with multi-species mixtures.
8/85-5/88 Research Assistant - Mechanical Engineering Department, U.C. Berkeley.
Doctoral research with Professor C.L. Tien in area of heat and mass transfer in condensing systems.
5/82-6/85 Engineer - Bechtel National, Inc., San Francisco, California
Design of systems for processing (vitrifying) high-level nuclear waste for the Defense Waste Processing Facility.
Honors and Awards
- Fusion Power Associates Excellence in Fusion Engineering Award (1999)
- Visiting Scholar, Los Alamos National Laboratory (1997-1998)
- NSF Presidential Young Investigator (1990-1995)
- NURETH-7 Best Paper Award (1995)
- Journal of Heat Transfer Outstanding Reviewer (1994)
- NURETH-6 Best Paper Award (1993)
- JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow (1989)
- Regent's Fellowship (1986)
Per F. Peterson
peterson@nuc.berkeley.edu