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Jasmina Vujic Ph.D. is an American professor of nuclear engineering at University of California, Berkeley and the first woman to serve as chair of a collegiate nuclear engineering department in the United States. She is the founding director of the Nuclear Science and Security Consortium (NSSC), a program funded by the U.S. Department of Energy to "develop a new generation of laboratory-integrated nuclear experts." She is a vocal supporter of democracy and human rights in her native Serbia.

Background

Born in Loznica, Serbia, Vujic grew up in the town of Šabac. She studied at Belgrade University's School of Electrical Engineering, graduating in 1977. From 1977 until 1985, she worked at the Vinča Nuclear Institute near Belgrade. After moving to the United States in 1985, Vujic obtained her Masters in 1987 and her Ph.D. in 1989, both from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She then worked at the Argonne National Laboratory before starting her career at Berkeley. She has also been involved in educational initiatives in Serbia, like giving a speech at a summer math camp for children.

Career

Since 1992, Vujic has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in nuclear engineering at Berkeley. She is co-director of the Berkeley Nuclear Research Center, which she also co-founded. From 2005 to 2009, she was chair of Berkeley's nuclear engineering school, making her the first American woman to head such a department.

Nuclear Science and Security Consortium (NSSC)

In 2016, Vujic became the founding director of the Nuclear Science and Security Consortium. The NSSC is funded by a $25 Million U.S. Department of Energy grant supporting nuclear science research and education. The grant benefits a coalition of eight universities led by Berkeley.

Awards

Vujic has received numerous professional and charitable awards throughout her career, including Berkeley's 1996 Prytanean Faculty Award and the 1991 American Nuclear Society best paper award.

Her current research interests include reactor core design and biomedical applications of radiation, as well as neutron and photon transport. Vujic has published over 240 papers, with about one quarter of them appearing in top archival journals. She has been the recipient of several awards, including Berkeley's 1996 Prytanean Faculty Award and the 1991 American Nuclear Society best paper award. She has given numerous presentations and lectures abroad and in the United States.

In 2016, she became the program director of a 25 million dollar research grant focused on nuclear science and national security. The grant benefits a coalition of eight universities headed by a Berkeley. Vujic is a member of RadWatch, a Berkeley project that provides data on radiation to the public. She is also considered to be a leading specialist on nuclear reactors and has been quoted in the news media on such issues. From 2010-2012, she led the "Nuclear Engineering Department Heads Organization " in the USA. Vujic has also worked as a consultant for companies like General Electric, Transware, and VeriTainer.

Politics

In 2015, she publicly opposed the Serbian government's sale of Telekom Srbija, claiming the sale would eliminate thousands of jobs and enrich corrupt Serbian government officials.

References

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• 1953 births
• Living people
• 21st-century American engineers
• University of Michigan alumni
• University of California, Berkeley faculty
• American nuclear engineers
• American women engineers
• Serbian women engineers
• University of Belgrade alumni
• Serbian engineers
• Serbian emigrants to the United States
• 21st-century women engineers