Whittaker, Andrew

Andrew S. Whittaker

SUNY Distinguished Professor

Director

Interim Director

Registered Civil and Structural Engineer

State of California

Structural and earthquake engineering; Bridge engineering; Blast and impact engineering; Performance-based engineering, nuclear structures

Buffalo NY, 14260

Phone: (716) 645-4364

Andrew Whittaker, SUNY Distinguished Professor is part of a cohort developing a digital platform to repower coal plants using advanced nuclear energy.
New Civil Engineer reports that UB is among the partners working with architectural and engineering firm Bryden Woods on a digital platform for its ambitious repowering coal project, which aims to retrofit coal-fired power plants to accommodate modular nuclear reactors.
In a story about how Bill Gates’ company, TerraPower, is building next generation nuclear power technologies, CNBC quotes Andrew Whittaker, SUNY Distinguished Professor in the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering.