Co-Leader, Research Core 3
Nuclear Engineering
Phone: 979-845-4198
Email: mladams@tamu.edu
Webpage: http://engineering.tamu.edu/nuclear/people/madams
Marvin L. Adams is co-leader of Research Core 3 for IAMCS. Adams received his bachelor’s degree in nuclear engineering from Mississippi State University in 1981, and his master’s and doctorate in nuclear engineering from the University of Michigan in 1984 and 1986, respectively. He is professor of nuclear engineering in the Dwight Look College of Engineering at Texas A&M University. He is also director of the Institute for National Security and Research, served as director of the Center for Large-Scale Scientific Computing in 2006-2007, and is associate vice president for research at Texas A&M. Adams has been on the faculty in the Department of Nuclear Engineering at Texas A&M since 1992. Adams has been a consultant to Sandia National Laboratory and continues to serve as a consultant with Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories. He has received numerous awards over the course of his career at Texas A&M, including the Mark Mills Award, the Tenneco Award for Meritorious Teaching of Engineering, and the Center for Teaching Excellence Scholar designation. He has served on numerous national and international panels and committees, including many that evaluate work at U.S. national laboratories and advise the U.S. government on technical and management matters. Adams is or has been a reviewer for nine technical journals and has authored or co-authored more than 100 publications.