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I am Dr. Richard Vasques, Assistant Professor of Nuclear Engineering in the Nuclear Engineering Graduate Program within the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at The Ohio State University. My research develops advanced mathematical and numerical methods in reactor physics and particle transport theory, with applications extending into medical physics, atmospheric radiative transfer, and computer graphics.
My group at Ohio State has produced seven doctoral graduates and three postdoctoral scholars, with placements at Idaho National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, X-energy, Xcimer Energy Corporation, and Holtec International, among others, as well as postdoctoral and faculty positions at universities in the United States and Brazil. My research has been supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Department of State, and Brazil's national research agencies.
Explore this site to learn about my research, publications, students, and collaborators, or visit Luna's corner if you'd rather just look at cat pictures.

Latest Publications


A compact introduction to a nonclassical neutral particle transport model


Leonardo R.C. Moraes, Ricardo C. Barros, Hermes Alves Filho, Richard Vasques

To appear in Integral Methods in Science and Engineering, 2026


[J29] A preliminary study of the influence of approximate boundary conditions on the accuracy of nonclassical spherical harmonic solutions


Sunday A. Agbo, Leonardo R.C. Moraes, Hermes Alves Filho, Ricardo C. Barros, Richard Vasques

Journal of Computational and Theoretical Transport, To appear (accepted), 2026



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Richard Vasques

Assistant Professor of Nuclear Engineering


vasques.4@osu.edu


Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

The Ohio State University

E431 Scott Laboratory
201 W. 19th Avenue
Columbus, OH 43210



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