Meyappan Subbaiah

Center for Nuclear Security Science and Policy Initiatives

Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station

Meyappan Subbaiah

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NSSPI Graduate
Nuclear Engineering

M.S., 2016

Research Group: Proliferation Risk Analysis

Short Bio:

Meyappan Subbaah received his M.S. degree in nuclear engineering from Texas A&M University in August 2016. He worked with Dr. Sunil Chirayath to study the various indicators of nuclear proliferation actions by states in order to quantify the associated level of risk. This study expands upon previous proliferation risk work by investigating the number of uranium enrichment and plutonium reprocessing (ENR) facilities a state has based on various historical indicators. Subbaiah earned his B.S. degree in nuclear engineering from Texas A&M in 2014. As an undergraduate student he participated in an Aggie Challenge team led by Dr. Chirayath to investigate multi-disciplinary approaches to effectively interdicting the smuggling of highly enriched uranium. Subbaiah successfully defended his thesis in May 2016 and accepted a research position at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, where he also interned during his time at NSSPI.

NSSPI Publications:

  1. M. Subbaiah, "An Analysis on the Correlates of Nuclear Proliferation and Nuclear Energy", M.S. Thesis, Nuclear Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (2016).

  2. T. Jacomb-Hood, L. Scott, M. Shah, K. Ford, S. Horowitz, M. Subbaiah, C. Gariazzo, S. Chirayath, D. Kovacic, S. Mladineo, M. Schanfein, M. Koskelo, "The Safeguards and Organizational Culture Workshop", 57th Annual Meeting of the Institute for Nuclear Materials Management (INMM), Atlanta, Georgia, 24-28 July 2016.

  3. G. Coles, A. White, V. Fitch, and M. Subbaiah, "Probabilistic Model Using Correlates of Sensitive Technologies and Expert Judgment", 57th Annual Meeting of the Institute for Nuclear Materials Management (INMM), Atlanta, Georgia, 24-28 July 2016.

  4. M. Subbaiah, P. Nelson, "The Role of Quantitative Empirical Analysis in Identifying and Reducing Proliferation Risk", INMM 56th Annual Meeting, Indian Wells, California, 12-16 July 2015.

  5. M. Subbaiah, W.S. Charlton, R. Elmore, R. Coogan, and D. Sweeney, "Effect of Grouping Motivations on State Proliferation Pathways", 2014 American Nuclear Society Winter Meeting, Annaheim, CA, 9-13 November 2014