Yoon I. Chang

Professional Experience

• 2006-present: Argonne Distinguished Fellow
• 2002-2006: Associate Laboratory Director at Large
• 1999-2000: Interim Laboratory Director
• 1998-2002: Associate Laboratory Director, Engineering Research
• 1994-1998: Deputy Associate Laboratory Director, Engineering Research
• 1985-present: Senior Nuclear Engineer
• 1984-1994: General Manager, Integral Fast Reactor Program
• 1982-1984: Director, Large Pool Plant Project
• 1978-1984: Associate Division Director, Applied Physics Division
• 1977: Section Head, Reactor Strategies, Applied Physics Division
• 1976: Group Leader, Reactor Strategies, Applied Physics Division
• 1974: Assistant Nuclear Engineer, Applied Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory
• 1971-1974: Nuclear Assurance Corporation, Atlanta, Georgia

Education

• MBA, University of Chicago, Executive Program, 1983
• Ph.D. in Nuclear Science, The University of Michigan, 1971
• M.E. in Nuclear Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1967
• B.S. in Nuclear Engineering, Seoul National University, 1964

Selected Awards

• The Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award, Department of Energy, 1993
• Walker Cisler Medal, American Nuclear Society, 1996
• University of Chicago Award for Distinguished Performance at Argonne National Laboratory, 1985
• Distinguished Alumni Award, College of Engineering, Seoul National University, 1995
• Outstanding Alumnus Award, Nuclear Engineering Department, University of Michigan, 1982
• Fellow, American Nuclear Society, 1997
• Overseas Member, National Academy of Engineering of Korea, 2000

Selected Professional Activities

• College of Engineering Advisory Board, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1999-Present
• General Co-Chair, PHYSOR-2004 International Conference
• General Chair, GLOBAL 2003 International Conference
• U.S. Member, Nuclear Science Committee, OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, 1996-1998
• U.S. Member, U.S. - Japan Coordinating Committee for Cooperation in Fast Reactor Research and Development, 1989-1995
• U.S. Member, U.S.-USSR Joint Committee for Cooperation in Fast Reactor Safety, 1988-1990
• U.S. Delegate, International Nuclear Fuel Cycle Evaluation (INFCE), Working Group on Fast Breeders, Subgroup D, 1978-1979
• INFCE Technical and Economic Assessments Crosscut Group, 1978-1979
• Nonproliferation Alternative Systems Assessment Program (NASAP) Technical Overview Working Group, 1977-1979

Research Interests

• All aspects of fast reactor and its associated fuel cycle technologies
• Energy system modeling
• Energy economics assessments

Representative Publications

• Y. I. Chang, “Advanced Nuclear Energy System for the Twenty-First Century,” Keynote Speech, International Conference on the New Frontiers of Nuclear Technology: Reactor Physics, Safety and High-Performance Computing, Seoul, Korea, October 7-10, 2002.
• Y. I. Chang, “Status of Progress in IFR Development,” ASME Joint International Power Generation Conference, Vol. 94-JPE-NE-14, p. 1, Phoenix, Arizona, October 2-5, 1994.
• Y. I. Chang, “The Integral Fast Reactor,” Nuclear Technology, Vol. 88, p. 129, November 1989.
• Y. I. Chang and C. E. Till, “Design and Performance Characteristics of Alternative Fuels and Fuel Cycles,” ANL-80-40 (1980).
• Y. I. Chang and C. E. Till, “Economic Prospects of the Integral Fast Reactor Fuel Cycle,” International Conference on Fast Reactors and Related Fuel Cycles, Kyoto, Japan, October 28-November 1, 1991.
• Y. I. Chang and C. E. Till, “Cost Reduction Potential in LMFBR Design,” Invited Paper, Proc.18 th Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, Vol. 1, p. 19, Orlando, Florida, August 21-26, 1983.