Hasan Charkas

Dr. Hasan Charkas manages a team of technical leaders at EPRI on engineering design, autonomous operations, commissioning, construction, and project execution and optimization research areas to help deploy new nuclear power plants around the world. Prior to joining EPRI, Charkas was the engineering supervisor for vessel internals engineering qualifications for Framatome Inc. He directed and managed engineers responsible for qualifications and stress calculations of components for nuclear steam supply systems. Prior to joining Framatome, Charkas was a senior design engineer at Structural Group Inc. He used nonconventional techniques like carbon fiber reinforced plates together with conventional engineering techniques including external post tensioning to design repair solutions for structures.