# Biographical Sketch
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Dr. R. A. Borrelli
Assoc. Prof.
University of Idaho - Idaho Falls Center for Higher Education
Department of Nuclear Engineering and Industrial Management
## Educational background
Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley, Nuclear Engineering
*Coupled modeling of radionuclide transport with bentonite*
M.S., Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Civil/Environmental Engineering
*Characterization of background radiation in the environment*
B.S., Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Mechanical Engineering
*Real time PLC-based reactivity modeling by inverse point kinetics*
## Sketch
Bob received a BS in Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering and then an MS in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, where he was also an NRC licensed Senior Reactor Operator at the Leslie C. Wilbur Nuclear Reactor Facility. He received his Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering at UC-Berkeley, working with Prof. Joonhong Ahn in high level nuclear waste management. He continued study in this field at The University of Tokyo, and then returned to UC-Berkeley for a second postdoctorate position in the field of safeguards, safety, and security with Profs. Joonhong Ahn and Per Peterson. When this position ended, Bob taught engineering at Diablo Valley Community College in the SF Bay area.
Bob is currently an Associate Professor with tenure in the Department of Nuclear Engineering and Industrial Management at the University of Idaho - Idaho Falls Center for Higher Education. His broad research interests include advanced fuel cycle analysis and risk assessment. This includes developing methodologies to optimize proliferation resistance and physical protection with the safety and security for the advanced nuclear fuel cycle, nuclear hybrid energy systems modeling and transportation of advanced nuclear reactor components, cybersecurity, and plant modernization, RTG satellite design for deep space missions, and risk assessment of disruptions to the grid.
He restarted the Student Section of the American Nuclear Society at the University of Idaho in 2015. The Section won second place for the Samuel Glasstone Award for service in 2019. He is currently on the Community Service board for the local Idaho ANS Section, where he administers the smoke detector donation program, delivering nearly 2000 smoke detectors across the entirety of Idaho since 2016. On the ANS national level, he is active in the Fuel Cycle and Waste Management and Nuclear Nonproliferation Divisions and the Student Sections Committee.