Steven C. Shannon (SM’97) received the B.S.E., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in nuclear engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, in 1995, 1997, and 1999, respectively. He was a Technical Staff Member with Applied Materials, Santa Clara, CA, USA, and an Adjunct Faculty Member of materials science and engineering with San José State University, San Jose, CA, USA. He is currently a Professor of nuclear engineering with North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA.