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Dean Wang

Engineering · The Ohio State University

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Established · publishing since 1990
Nuclear reactor physics and engineeringNuclear Materials and PropertiesNuclear Physics and ApplicationsComputational Fluid Dynamics and AerodynamicsAdvanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics

Publications

73

Citations

1,069

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

37

Publishing since 1990

Research summary
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Dean Wang's research focuses on nuclear reactor physics and engineering, particularly the mathematical and computational methods used to simulate how neutrons move and interact inside nuclear reactors (a process called neutron transport). This work supports the design of advanced reactor concepts, including a centrifugal nuclear thermal rocket engine and novel reactor cores, and also touches on numerical methods for related physics problems like radiation transfer and fluid dynamics. A prospective student would be working on computational modeling and simulation techniques applied to nuclear reactor and propulsion system design.

Nuclear reactor physics and neutron transport simulationComputational methods for reactor kinetics and core designNuclear thermal rocket propulsion designNumerical methods for transport and radiation transfer equationsAdvanced reactor concepts (e.g., fluoride salt-cooled, metal hydride-moderated reactors)

Publication output has grown over the past decade, rising from about 2-4 papers per year in 2017-2019 to a peak of 10 in 2021 and again in 2025, averaging 6 papers per year over the last five years.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 6.0/year recently
2017: 3 publications172018: 2 publications182019: 4 publications192020: 6 publications202021: 10 publications10212022: 7 publications222023: 5 publications232024: 6 publications242025: 10 publications10252026: 2 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Nuclear Science and Engineering×11
  • Transactions of the American Nuclear Society×8
  • Nuclear Engineering and Design×2
  • Progress in Nuclear Energy×2
  • Annals of Nuclear Energy×2
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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