Jack S. Brenizer Jr. Awarded J. 'Lee' Everett Professorship in Engineering

Above: Dr. Karen Thole, and Dr. Jack Brenizer

Jack S. Brenizer jr., Chair of Nuclear Engineering and Professor of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering will be the first recipient of the J. 'Lee' Everett Professorship in Engineering.  The J. 'Lee' Everett Professorship is the fourth endowed position in the Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering; the first three being the Diefenderfer Chair established in 2000, and the Guillet Professorship established in 2003, and the Arthur Glenn Professorship established in 2005. 

J. 'Lee' Everett Professorship in Engineering is made possible by James "Lee" Everett III, a Penn State mechanical engineering alumnus and a former director of the Lockheed Martin Corporation.  The enowment's purpose is to support a mechanical and nuclear engineering faculty member’s efforts in teaching, research and service. You can find out more about the J. 'Lee' Everett Professorship here.

Jack S. Brenizer, Jr. received his Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering from Penn State in 1981. From 1981 though 1998 he was on the Faculty of the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Virginia. Since coming to Penn State in 1999, he has served as a Professor of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering and Chair of Nuclear Engineering Program. He teaches courses in radiation interaction with matter, radiation dosimetry, radiation detection, and general engineering. Brenizer is actively involved in research in the areas of radiation detection, neutron radiography and imaging, and neutron activation analysis. He has published or presented over 100 papers describing his research activities. He is a member of other professional societies including the American Nuclear Society, Health Physics Society, Sigma Xi, American Society for Nondestructive Testing, American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) International, American Society of Engineering Education and International Society for Optical Engineering. He is a Board member of the International Society for Neutron Radiography and is the current Chairman of the ASTM International’s Committee E07 on Nondestructive Testing.

Congratulations Jack!