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Matthew Zerphy

Assistant Dean for Operations
Professor of Practice, Nuclear Engineering

Affiliation(s):

  • Engineering Dean's Office
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  • Business Administration
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  • Nuclear Engineering
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  • Law, Policy, and Engineering
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101 Hammond Building

mxz206@psu.edu

814-863-6270

 
 

 

Education

  • B.S., Physics, United States Naval Academy, 1993
  • M.S., Strategic Intelligence, National Intelligence University, 2002

Publications

Conference Proceedings

  • Matthew D. Zerphy, 2025, "Nuclear Cybersecurity Education Using Asherah and ARCADE Simulation Environments"
  • Matthew D. Zerphy, 2024, "Virtual Environments for Global Access to Nuclear Security Education"
  • Matthew D. Zerphy, 2024, "Opportunities for the Application of Artificial Intelligence in Physical Security Risk Assessment"
  • Matthew D. Zerphy, 2024, "Nuclear Cybersecurity Course Development"
  • Matthew D. Zerphy, 2023, "Advanced Reactor Security-by-Design with AVERT® Physical Security (AVERT-PS) Modeling and Simulation"
  • Matthew D. Zerphy, 2022, "Nuclear Security Education: Teaching Nuclear Security Threat Analysis and Assessment To Nuclear Engineers"
  • Matthew D. Zerphy, 2021, "AVERT 4 Universities (A4U) Program Support to The Pennsylvania State University"
  • Matthew D. Zerphy, , "Advancing Nuclear Cybersecurity Education Using ARCADE with the Asherah Nuclear Power Plant Simulator", International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna, Austria
  • Matthew D. Zerphy and Paul Smith, , "Nuclear Cybersecurity Education: A Collaborative, Multi-Format Approach Using the Asherah Nuclear Power Plant Simulator 2.0", International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna, Austria

Other

  • Matthew D. Zerphy, 2025, "Nuclear Security Education at Penn State University"
  • Matthew D. Zerphy, 2024, "Opportunities for the Application of Artificial Intelligence in Physical Security Risk Assessment"

Research Projects

Honors and Awards

Service

Service to Penn State:

  • Participation in Governance Bodies and Related Activities, Representative, Observer, College of Engineering, Penn State Breazeale Reactor Safeguards Committee, 2022
  • Assistance to Student Organizations, Faculty Advisor, Institute of Nuclear Materials Management Penn State Student Chapter, 2022

Service to External Organizations:

  • Service to Public and Private Organizations, Representative, Penn State Representative to IAEA INSEN, IAEA International Nuclear Security Education Network (INSEN), July 2023
  • Participation in or Service to Professional and Learned Societies, Other, Division Deputy Chair, INMM Security and Protection Division - Deputy for NexGen R&D, Institute of Nuclear Materials Management, January 2025