<p>Does anyone have any information on the Nuclear and Radiological Engineering (NRE) program at Georgia Tech? I know that it's in the school of Mechanical Engineering, but does that mean that the NRE degree is held in as high of a regard as a ME degree from tech? What do the students taking it think about it? What have other GT students heard about it?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>I am currently an NRE major at Tech. The NRE degree is held in just as much esteem as an ME degree (if not more, since it’s so rare). I think it’s in the ME school because almost half the NRE curriculum is the same as the ME curriculum (I think they differ by about 40-something hours). Most GT students know very little about NRE, since there aren’t that many of us and it’s a relatively small department. I actually like the fact that it’s so small. </p>
<p>NRE, like any other engineering major at Tech, is not easy, but I think the degree is well-worth all the effort. The curriculum is very heavily physics-based: after taking Physics 1-3, you’ll go into lots of mechanics courses (statics, fluids, deformable bodies), and the NRE courses are also pretty heavy on the physics. You should go to the NRE website, [The</a> Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Program in the George W. Woodruff School](<a href=“http://www.nre.gatech.edu%5DThe”>http://www.nre.gatech.edu), for info about the curriculum (and everything else).</p>
<p>I’m really happy with my choice of majoring in NRE. I’m currently in Intro to NRE and Radiation Physics, and I’ve found that I really like the subject matter: it’s physics, but it’s physics at a really small scale, which I think is really interesting. I have the same professor for both classes, and he’s pretty accessible, helpful and knows most of the students by name. I can’t say anything about the rest of the NRE professors, since I’ve never had them. The NRE advisor is really good: she’s very easily accessible and actually cares. </p>
<p>The one major con of NRE at Tech is that NRE classes are only offered once a year, so you really have to be spot-on with registration and plan out the courses you’ll take for all four (or more, haha) years beforehand, so you don’t miss any pre-reqs and can take whatever NRE classes you need to take on time. This also makes doing co-op difficult.</p>