Fellowship
The International Association for Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management (IAPSAM) awards The George Apostolakis Fellowship, honoring Prof. George Apostolakis for his contribution to the Science of Risk as well as his vision, energy, and guidance generously given to IAPSAM. T
The PSAM 16 George Apostolakis Fellowship award winner for 2022 is Tatsuya Sakurahara.
Tatsuya Sakurahara is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering (NPRE) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). He is the Chief Scientist in the Socio-Technical Risk Analysis (SoTeRiA) Research Laboratory ( https://soteria.npre.illinois.edu) at UIUC, contributing to multiple national and international projects to advance Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) science and applications for commercial nuclear power plants and advanced reactors. Dr. Sakurahara is the principal investigator on a SoTeRiA project entitled “Establishing a Risk-Informed Validation Research Hub,” funded by the Grainger College of Engineering at UIUC to support the nuclear industry and regulatory agency with the deployment of new technologies. Dr. Sakurahara received his Ph.D. under the supervision of Professor Zahra Mohaghegh in NPRE at UIUC. Dr. Sakurahara holds a B.S. in Systems Innovation (2011) with a concentration in Environment and Energy Systems and an M.Sc. in Nuclear Engineering and Management (2013) from the University of Tokyo, Japan.
Tatsuya Sakurahara is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering (NPRE) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). He is the Chief Scientist in the Socio-Technical Risk Analysis (SoTeRiA) Research Laboratory ( https://soteria.npre.illinois.edu) at UIUC, contributing to multiple national and international projects to advance Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) science and applications for commercial nuclear power plants and advanced reactors. Dr. Sakurahara is the principal investigator on a SoTeRiA project entitled “Establishing a Risk-Informed Validation Research Hub,” funded by the Grainger College of Engineering at UIUC to support the nuclear industry and regulatory agency with the deployment of new technologies. Dr. Sakurahara received his Ph.D. under the supervision of Professor Zahra Mohaghegh in NPRE at UIUC. Dr. Sakurahara holds a B.S. in Systems Innovation (2011) with a concentration in Environment and Energy Systems and an M.Sc. in Nuclear Engineering and Management (2013) from the University of Tokyo, Japan.
George Apostolakis
Dr. Apostolakis is a professor emeritus of the Nuclear Science and Engineering Department
and of the Engineering Systems Division of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He served
as a Commissioner of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) from April 23, 2010 until June
30, 2014. From 1995 until 2010, he was a member and former Chairman (2001-2002) of the Advisory
Committee on Reactor Safeguards of the NRC. He is currently the Head of the Nuclear Risk Research
Center in Japan. He is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering and a Fellow of the
American Nuclear Society and the Society for Risk Analysis. He has received the Tommy Thompson Award
and the Arthur Holly Compton Award from the American Nuclear Society. He is a Corresponding Member of
the Academy of Athens. Dr. Apostolakis holds a Ph.D. in Engineering Science and Applied Mathematics
(awarded in 1973) and a Master of Science degree in Engineering Science (1970) from the California
Institute of Technology. He earned his undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering from the National
Technical University in Athens, Greece, in 1969.
Dr. Apostolakis is a professor emeritus of the Nuclear Science and Engineering Department
and of the Engineering Systems Division of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He served
as a Commissioner of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) from April 23, 2010 until June
30, 2014. From 1995 until 2010, he was a member and former Chairman (2001-2002) of the Advisory
Committee on Reactor Safeguards of the NRC. He is currently the Head of the Nuclear Risk Research
Center in Japan. He is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering and a Fellow of the
American Nuclear Society and the Society for Risk Analysis. He has received the Tommy Thompson Award
and the Arthur Holly Compton Award from the American Nuclear Society. He is a Corresponding Member of
the Academy of Athens. Dr. Apostolakis holds a Ph.D. in Engineering Science and Applied Mathematics
(awarded in 1973) and a Master of Science degree in Engineering Science (1970) from the California
Institute of Technology. He earned his undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering from the National
Technical University in Athens, Greece, in 1969.