Yassin A. HassanDr. Yassin Hassan is the Department Head and Professor at Texas A&M University. He received his master’s and doctorate in nuclear in nuclear engineering from the University of Illinois, and a master’s in mechanical engineering from the University of irginia. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Society of Mechanical of Mechanical Engineers and American Nuclear Society (ANS). In 2007, Hassan was sworn in as a part-time technical judge to the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. He has authored more than 490 refereed publications in technical journals and conference proceedings (195 technical journals and 295 conferences) and more than 380 summaries in American Nuclear Society transactions (the largest for any ANS member since its establishment in 1950). He also serves as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Nuclear Engineering and Design and is associate editor of the Journal of Verification, Validation and Uncertainty Quantification. He is elected to National Academy of Engineering in 2019. Read More Read Less