Markus Piro
PhD
Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair (Tier II) in Nuclear Fuels and Materials
Department of Energy and Nuclear Engineering
Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
Contact information
Energy Systems and Nuclear Science Research Centre (ERC)
- Room 4025
North Oshawa
2000 Simcoe Street North
Oshawa, ON L1G 0C5
905.721.8668 ext. 5525
Experience
- Head of Fuel Modelling and Fission Product Transport Section, Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River, ON (2013-2016)
- Post Doctoral Fellowship, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN (2011-2012)
- Several consulting contracts with both government and industry (performed either independently or in partnership)
Education
- PhD in Nuclear Engineering Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, ON, Canada 2011
- MScEng in Mechanical & Materials Engineering Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada 2007
- BScEng in Mechanical & Materials Engineering Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada 2005
Courses taught
- Nuclear Fuel Cycles
Research and expertise
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Nuclear fuel performance and safety
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Spent nuclear fuel
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Emerging nuclear technologies (i.e., GenIV, SMRs, ...)
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Energy systems and manufacturing
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Computational thermodynamics
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Experimental and computational fluid dynamics
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Multi-physics modelling and simulation
- Applied mathematics (i.e., optimization, linear algebra, ...)
