Introduction to Nuclear Engineering: A Study Guide
暫譯: 核工程入門：學習指南

《核工程導論》作為核工程入門單學期課程的輔助學習指南。它的結構適合一般課堂使用，並可與基本的核物理和工程教科書搭配使用，同時也非常適合個人自學。

Dr. Supathorn Phongikaroon is an Engineering Foundation Professor and Nuclear Engineering Program Director in the Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). He earned his PhD and BS degrees in chemical engineering and nuclear engineering from the University of Maryland, College Park in 2001 and 1997, respectively. Prior to joining the VCU in January 2014, he held academic and research positions at the University of Idaho in Idaho Falls, ID; Idaho National Laboratory in Idaho Falls, ID; and Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC. During his research career, Dr. Phongikaroon established chemical and electrochemical separation of used nuclear fuel through pyroprocessing technology and extended his expertise toward reactor physics and material detection and accountability for safeguarding applications. His effort led to a strong establishment of Radiochemistry and Laser Spectroscopy Laboratories at VCU.

His work has been published in over 50 papers in peer-reviewed journals and presented at over 100 international and national conferences and workshops. He has been able to maintain continuous diverse research support from international and national programs through the Department of Energy, national laboratories, and other universities. He has been Principal Investigator and Co-Principal Investigator for more than 20 external supported projects in total of over 3.17 million dollars of external awards since joining academia in 2007. He has taught more than 30 classes in nuclear, mechanical and chemical engineering-related topics for resident students and more than 10 classes for continuing (long distance ・video conference) education over the last 9 years.

Supathorn Phongikaroon 博士是維吉尼亞聯邦大學（VCU）機械與核工程系的工程基礎教授及核工程項目主任。他於2001年和1997年分別在馬里蘭大學（University of Maryland, College Park）獲得化學工程和核工程的博士及學士學位。在2014年1月加入VCU之前，他曾在愛達荷州愛達荷福爾斯的愛達荷大學（University of Idaho）、愛達荷國家實驗室（Idaho National Laboratory）及華盛頓特區的海軍研究實驗室（Naval Research Laboratory）擔任學術及研究職位。在他的研究生涯中，Phongikaroon博士通過熱處理技術建立了使用過的核燃料的化學和電化學分離，並將他的專業知識擴展到反應堆物理及材料檢測和責任追蹤的保護應用。他的努力促成了VCU放射化學和激光光譜實驗室的強大建立。

他的研究成果已在50多篇同行評審的期刊上發表，並在100多個國際和國內會議及研討會上進行報告。他能夠通過能源部、國家實驗室及其他大學，持續獲得來自國際和國內計劃的多樣化研究支持。自2007年進入學術界以來，他擔任了超過20個外部支持項目的首席研究員和共同首席研究員，這些項目的外部獎勵總額超過317萬美元。在過去的9年中，他為在校學生教授了30多門與核、機械和化學工程相關的課程，並為持續教育（遠程視頻會議）教授了10多門課程。