Since retiring from Department of Energy’s nuclear programs in 2013, he has focused on five principal thematic areas within the Nuclear (Security) Industry namely policy, law and diplomacy; education and training; science and technology; operational and intelligence capabilities; and real world missions, while taking a systems engineering approach to these matters. Dr. Stainback works closely with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge Associated Universities and the Y-12 National Security Complex. He teaches a course in Human Reliability within the Department of Nuclear Engineering’s graduate certificate program in Nuclear Security Science and Analysis (NSSA).