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Cooperation with Universities

PCTRAN has been successfully licensed to universities all over the world. It is the leading nuclear simulator used for teaching, research and thesis development towards master and PhD degrees in nuclear engingeerg departments. There are two types of license: One is general license for use in classroom for teaching reactor physics and nuclear technology. The executable program and training manual are used. The other is full source code license. For that the entire platform of PCTRAN including the source codes, third-party compiler and utility graphic tools are installed at the Nuclear Engineering department of the university. A license agreement covers complete technology transfer and assistance in developing new component models and applications of PCTRAN. Since this requires a relatively large license fee, occasionally a third-party sponsor such as a national nuclear agency or utility company is involved. Then all three enjoy the completed product out of the research project.

Our cooperation with universities is highly successful. Because the development platform using Microsoft's Visual Basic and Access database is mature and user-friendly, it guarantees success as long as the newly added feature is technically valid. Over the past twenty years one post-dotorate fellow, two PhD and over a dozen master thesis have come out of this. Many graduates become professors in leading universities or engineers in major corporations. Their contributions in core kinetics, control systems, severe accident and dose dispersion models have been integrated into the current PCTRAN model that benefits the entire industry.

Following is a list of universities that have lasting cooperation with MST:

- In the US: U of Cincinnati, Georgia Tech, Lowell U., MIT, U of North Texas, New Jersey Inst. of Tech, RPI, US Naval Academy

- In Canada: U. of Sherbrooke

- In China: Shanghai Jiaotung U, Xian Jiaotung, Tsinghua U. (Beijing), National Tsinghua U (Taiwan)

- In Japan: Tokyo U, Tokyo Inst. of Tech, Tahoku U., Kobe Shosen, Kyussu U, Osaka U, Fukui Tech U

- In Spain: Polytech U. Madrid, U Polytech Bacelona

- In Saudi Arabia: King Abdulaziz U

- In Finland: Helsinki Tech U