Seminars

FALL 2005

Thursday, December 8, 2005, 4:00 P.M.

• Thomas J. Downar, Professor
  School of Nuclear Engineering
  Purdue University
  
• “Advanced Computational Methods for Solution of the Coupled Neutronics and Temperature/Fluid Field Equations”

Thursday, December 1, 2005, 4:00 P.M.

• Daren Stotler, Principal Research Physicist
  Theory Department
  Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
  
• “Controlled Fusion Energy: Promise and Problems”

Thursday, November 10, 2005, 4:00 P.M.

• Erich Schneider
  Los Alamos National Laboratory
  
• “Rapid Computation of Burnup Dependent Neutron Flux Spectra: Methods and Applications”

Thursday, November 3, 2005, 4:00 P.M.

• Cecil Parks
  Manager for Nuclear Systems Analysis, Design, and Safety
  Nuclear Science and Technology Division
  Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  
• “The SCALE Code System: A Multipurpose Nuclear Analysis Package”

Thursday, September 22, 2005, 4:00 P.M.

• Kevin Clarno
  Reactor Analysis Group Nuclear Science & Technology Division
  Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  
• “The Method of Characteristics Dissected: Why it Works and What Others Can Learn”

Thursday, September 15, 2005, 4:00 P.M.

• Geir Anton Johansen, Professor
  Department of Physics and Technology
  University of Bergen
  
• “Multiphase Flow Measurement and Imaging”

Thursday, September 8, 2005, 4:00 P.M.

• Alex R. Burkart, Acting Director
  Office of Nuclear Energy Affairs, U.S. Department of State
  
• “A Political Perspective on Proliferation Resistance”

Thursday, September 1, 2005, 4:00 P.M.

• Joonhong Ahn, Associate Professor of Nuclear Engineering
  UC Berkeley
  
• “Environmental Impact of Yucca Mountain Repository”

Thursday, August 10, 2005, 4:00 P.M.

• The Progress Energy Nuclear Engineering Distinguished Executive Lecture Series
• John Grossenbacher, Laboratory Director for Idaho National Laboratory & President of Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC
• “The Idaho National Laboratory: Leading the Renaissance of Commercial Nuclear Energy—A New Paradigm”

SPRING 2005

Thursday, April 28, 2005, 4:00 P.M.

• Kord Smith, Studsvik Scandpower Inc.
• “Reactor Physics - The Remaining Challenges”

Thursday, April 14, 2005, 4:00 P.M.

• Nicole Holmes, Manager, Global Supply Chain
  Hartney Yeager, Principal Engineer, Fuel Tech. and Design Group
  Robert Schneider, Senior Engineer, Fuel Tech. and Design Group
  Global Nuclear Fuel
  
• “Fuel Reliability Applications”

Thursday, April 7, 2005, 4:00 P.M.

• Steven J. Zinkle
  Metals and Ceramics Division
  Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• “Overview of Materials for Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion”

Thursday, March 31, 2005, 4:00 P.M.

• Hans D. Gougar
  Fission & Fusion Systems Department
  Idaho National Laboratory
• “High Temperature Reactor Methods Development at the Idaho National Laboratory”

Thursday, March 17, 2005, 4:00 P.M.

• The Annual Nuclear Engineering Distinguished Technical Lecture Series
• Noah Hershkowitz, Irving Langmuir Professor, Department of Engineering Physics & Center for Plasma-Aided Manufacturing, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• “Sheaths: How the plasma meets the wall - More complicated than you might think”

Friday, March 4, 2005, 3:00 P.M., 1011 EB1 (Centennial Campus)

• Joint NE and MS&E Seminar
• T. Weber, Director, DMR, NSF
• “Current, Emerging and Future Priorities of the NSF Division of Materials Research”

Thursday, February 24, 2005, 4:00 P.M.

• Shripad Revankar, Purdue University
• “Investigation of Passive Condenser System of GE Simplified Boiling Water Reactor”

Thursday, February 10, 2005, 4:00 P.M.

• G. X. Tessema, Program Director
  National Facilities, DMR, NSF
  
• “National Facilities and Instrumentation Program”

Thursday, February 3, 2005, 4:00 P.M.

• Robert M. Mayo, Proliferation Detection Program Project Manager Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation
  Office of Nonproliferation Research and Engineering
  National Nuclear Security Administration
  U.S. Department of Energy
  
• “Introduction to Non-Proliferation Research and Engineering at the National Nuclear Security Administration in the U.S. Department of Energy”

Thursday, January 20, 2005, 4:00 P.M.

• Larry Foulke, Chief Scientist for the Space Engineering Activity
  Bechtel Bettis, Inc
  
• “Space Nuclear Power”

Thursday, January 13, 2005, 4:00 P.M.

• John Gilligan, Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Studies
  Gary Comstock, Director of the Research Ethics Program
  North Carolina State University
  
• “Ethical Issues in Nuclear Engineering Research”