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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 1) 30+ years in nuclear engineering, nuclear energy, energy, R&D, technology development; out-of-the-box, process thinker; data analytics; innovative ideas; a 'do-er'​. 2) Professional and cultural knowledge on Fukushima accident and impacts. Served on ANS President's Committee on Fukushima Accident, 2011-2013. 3) International R&D experience; reactor concepts - LWR/SBWR; SFR/LMFBR, SMRs. 4) Ex-Director of University of Missouri-Rolla Research Reactor; held NRC licensed Sr. Reactor Operator; administrative, fiscal, personnel, education, regulatory compliance, security, safety, R&D responsibilities 5) 200+ archival and conference papers; experienced proposal writer; technically innovative thinker 6) Directed 40+ MS/MASc and PhD students to date; directed 80+ students and young engineers; experienced multi-disciplinary research/team builder. Workforce development. 7) Knowledge, experience in: energy & resource issues; nuclear reactor engineering, nuclear systems design, reactor safety, thermohydraulics, thermal fluid sciences, experiments, ultrasonic & particle velocimetry, computational fluid dynamics, convective heat transfer, measurements, modeling of complex processes, applied facial and voiced biometrics and assistive technology robotics, human factors, technology assessment and policy. 8) Courses taught: introductory, intermediate and advanced reactor engineering & design, reactor operations, heat transfer, nuclear heat transport, reactor safety, reactor physics, radiation detection & measurement, reactor-based experiments, nuclear fuel cycle, energy & sustainability, SMR engineering &design. 9) Nuclear system and related codes. RELAP5-3D, CAFTA, Vensim DICE. Also integration of methods (CAFTA, RELAP, MELCOR, dispersion codes) to establish technical basis for Emergency Planning Zone. 10) Fluent, conversational Japanese 11) Solar (thermal) + alternative energy knowledge from 1970-80s; hybrid systems 12) Inter-, cross-, multi-. trans-disciplinary research teams; leading research teams 13) Special and big projects, initiatives; selling big ideas 14) Seasoned proposal writer; Japan-related consulting. 15) administrative experience; change management