After more than four decades of military, federal, and academic leadership in nuclear engineering, Dr. Glenn Sjoden will retire this summer as the EnergySolutions Foundation Presidential Endowed Chair in Nuclear Engineering and Director of the Utah Nuclear Engineering Program (UNEP) in the John and Marcia Price College of Engineering.
Since joining the University of Utah in 2019, Dr. Sjoden has brought remarkable vision and dedication to a small program that continues to punch well above its weight. Under his leadership, UNEP strengthened its reputation for excellence in nuclear education, research, and service.
With a wide range of job titles—U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel, chief scientist at the Air Force Technical Applications Center, and Professor—Dr. Sjoden’s career has carried one major motif: team-based success.
“It can’t be all about you—it’s about the team,” he often reminds colleagues. That collaborative mindset guided his work at the U, where he prioritized not just scientific progress, but also investment in students, infrastructure, and colleagues.
Continue reading “Soaring On: A Career that Propelled a Program” at the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering.