Joe Halackna
Joe is a proud alumnus of Pennsylvania State University with his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering. He began his career by joining Westinghouse Electric Company and working for 10 years across AP1000 mechanical engineering teams from licensing through design, construction, and plant startup with increasing levels of responsibilities across plant engineering, hazards, nuclear components and mechanical system design. After the startup of the first AP1000 reactors, Joe continued his development through the rapid technology maturation of the eVinci microreactor beginning in 2018. He led teams of engineers and researchers through fuel selection and reactor design, nuclear systems engineering, materials research, and advanced manufacturing implementation. Joe has been a key collaborator, integrator and developer of the terrestrial and space reactor products with responsibilities over the strategy, technology, and market development. He served in roles as Chief Technologist of the eVinci Microreactor, Lead Designer for Westinghouse on Project Pele, Principal Investigator on the Westinghouse Fission Surface Power team, Principal Investigator and Chief Engineer of the JETSON-High project, and now eVinci Chief Engineer for the Advanced Nuclear Power for Installations (ANPI). In these roles he has been responsible for design decisions and interface coordination across the Westinghouse and partner organizations to align on development across fuel, core engineering, materials, and systems and components development and integration. In addition to his undergraduate degree from Penn State, he holds a Master’s of Science in Mechanical Engineering and a M.B.A from the University of Pittsburgh.
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