Education

B.M.E., Mechanical Engineering, University of Florida, 1964
Ph.D., Nuclear Engineering, Cornell University, 1969

Research Interests

Systems Analysis and Optimization, Software and Human Reliability, Nuclear Power Technology Innovation, Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer. Founder or co-founder of over 12 academic and professional courses on subjects including energy-environmental policy, and nuclear power management and safety. Mentor of over 80 graduate students, including more than 25 PhDs.

Current Research Projects

Methods of Risk-Informed, Performance-Based Safety Regulation
Determination of leading organizational performance indicators, Occupational risk assessment, Use of subjective expertise, Requirements rationalization, Seismic risks.

Organizational Performance and Management Improvement
Performance simulation methods, Subjective beliefs in investment allocation.

Environmental and Energy Policy
Contributions to improving the system of nuclear environmental protection regulation and understudy of sources of major airborne emissions and transport of airborne pollutants

Teaching Interests

Risk & Reliability, Energy Policy, Engineering Design Methods. Founder or co-founder of over 12 academic and professional courses on subjects including energy-environmental policy, and nuclear power management and safety. Mentor of over 80 graduate students, including more than 25 PhDs.

Other Professional Activities

Chairman of the Fission Faculty of the MIT Nuclear Engineering Dept. Advisory panels for the Congress, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Congressional Office of Technology Assessment, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), and the Institute for Nuclear Power Operations (INPO). Consultant to over 25 firms, mainly in the electric utility and nuclear industries. Director of the MIT/INPO Course on Nuclear Technology for Utility Executives. Member American Nuclear Society, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Honors and Awards

ANS: Member since 1964, Northeast Local Section - Chairman, 1977-80. Awards Committee, Standards Committee, Thermal Hydraulics Division Program Committee, Environmental Sciences Division - Chairman, 1979-80. 1992 ANS Power Division, Best Paper Award.

Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Michael W. Golay is recognized for his contributions concerning nuclear power: in education, in improving its safety, economics, regulation and management and as a leader in the debate over its proper role in society.

Selected Recent Publications (by category)

Nuclear Safety Regulation

1. R.M. DuBord, M.W. Golay and N.C. Rasmussen, "A Probabilstic Risk Assessment-Related Methodology to Support Performance-Based Regulation Within the Nuclear Power Industry," Nuclear Technology 114 169-178 (1996).
2. J.D. Dulik, S.M. Utton and M.W. Golay, "Improved Nuclear Power Plant Operations Through Performance-Based Safety Regulation," in Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management (PSAM-4), A. Mosleh and R.A. Bari, eds., 385-390 (1998).
3. F.A. Felder and M.W. Golay, "Risk Analysis in Support of Improved Safety at US Dept. of Energy Facilities," PSAM-5 Conf., Osaka, Japan (2000).
4. B. Beers, M.W. Golay and G. Apostolakis, "Methods for Formulation of Design Basis Accidents Within a Risk-Informed Approach to Safety Regulation of a New Nuclear Power Plant," PSAM-5 Conf., Osaka, Japan (2000).
5. L. Doboe, M.W. Golay, N.E. Todreas and F. Li, "A Method for Systematic Resource Allocation for Improved Nuclear Power Plant Performance," PSAM-5 Conf., Osaka, Japan (2000); Proc. Amer. Nucl. Soc. (2000).

Nuclear Power Policy and Management

1. M.W. Golay, editor, Proceedings, 1st Intl. Conf. on the Next Generation of Nuclear Power Technology, Cambridge, October 4-5, 1990, MIT Program for Advanced Nuclear Power Studies, MIT-ANP-CP-001 (Oct. 1990).
2. M.W. Golay, "Longer Life for Nuclear Plants," Technology Review (May-June 1990).
3. M.W. Golay, editor, Proceedings, 2nd Intl. Conf. on the Next Generation of Nuclear Power Technology, Cambridge, October 25-26, 1993; MIT Program for Advanced Nuclear Power Studies, MIT-ANP-CP-002 (Oct. 1994).
4. M.W. Golay, "Barriers to Using Nuclear Power for Mitigation of Global Warming," Intl. Symp. on Global Environment and Nuclear Energy Systems, Tokyo Inst. of Tech., Susono, Japan (24 Oct. 1994); also in Progress in Nuclear Energy, 29, 19-22 (1995).
5. K.F. Hansen and M.W. Golay, "Systems Dynamics: An Introduction and Applications to the Nuclear Industry," Advances in Nuclear Science and Technology, ed. J. Lewins, M. Becker, 24, 191-221, Plenum Press, NY (1997).

Major Publications (by year)

1. M. Siddique, M.W. Golay and M.S. Kazimi, "Local Heat Transfer Coefficients in a Vertical Tube in the Presence of Air," 7th Proc. of Nuclear Thermal Hydraulics, Amer. Nucl. Soc. Winter Mtg., San Francisco, CA (Nov. 1991) : 221-228; also, National Heat Transfer Conf. San Diego, CA (Aug. 1992); and Proceedings of the ASME Symp. on Basic Aspects of Two-Phase Flow and Heat Transfer (1992).
2. M.W. Golay, "Advanced Fission Power Reactors," Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science, 43, 297-232 (1993).
3. M. Siddique, M.W. Golay and M.S. Kazimi, "Local Heat Transfer Coefficients for Forced Convection Condensation of Steam in a Vertical Tube in the Presence of a Noncondensable Gas," Nucl. Tech. 102, 386-402 (June 1993).
4. M.W. Golay, editor, Proceedings, 2nd Intl. Conf. on the Next Generation of Nuclear Power Technology, Cambridge, October 25-26, 1993; MIT Program for Advanced Nuclear Power Studies, MIT-ANP-CP-002 (Oct. 1994).
5. M.W. Golay, "Barriers to Using Nuclear Power for Mitigation of Global Warming," Intl. Symp. on Global Environment and Nuclear Energy Systems, Tokyo Inst. of Tech., Susono, Japan (24 Oct. 1994); also in Progress in Nuclear Energy, 29, 19-22 (1995).
6. H.A. Hasanein, M.S. Kazimi and M.W. Golay, "Forced Convection In-Tube Steam Condensation in the Presence of Noncondensable Gases," Intl. J. Heat and Mass Transfer 39 2625-2639 (1996).
7. R.M. DuBord, M.W. Golay and N.C. Rasmussen, "A Probabilstic Risk Assessment-Related Methodology to Support Performance-Based Regulation Within the Nuclear Power Industry," Nuclear Technology 114 169-178 (1996).
8. K.F. Hansen and M.W. Golay, "Systems Dynamics: An Introduction and Applications to the Nuclear Industry," Advances in Nuclear Science and Technology, ed. J. Lewins, M. Becker, 24, 191-221, Plenum Press, NY (1997).
9. C.W. Lapp and M.W. Golay, "Modular Design and Construction Techniques for Nuclear Power Plants," Nuclear Engineering and Design, 182, 327-349 (1997).
10. J.D. Dulik, S.M. Utton and M.W. Golay, "Improved Nuclear Power Plant Operations Through Performance-Based Safety Regulation," in Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management (PSAM-4), A. Mosleh and R.A. Bari, eds., 385-390 (1998).