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Seminar: Advanced Solvers for Radiation Transport
February 1, 2018 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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Dr. Rachel Slaybaugh
Assistant Professor of Nuclear Engineering
University of California, Berkeley
Abstract
Finally, this talk will briefly cover educational initiatives bringing an innovative mindset into the nuclear field.
Biography
Rachel Slaybaugh is an Assistant Professor of Nuclear Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. Prof. Slaybaugh researches computational methods applied to nuclear reactors, nuclear non-proliferation and security, and shielding. Slaybaugh is currently serving as a Program Director at ARPA-E. She is also a Senior Fellow at the Breakthrough Institute and at the Berkeley Institute of Data Science.
Slaybaugh received a BS in Nuclear Engineering from Penn State, where she served as a licensed nuclear reactor operator, and a PhD from University of Wisconsin–Madison in Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics with a certificate in Energy Analysis and Policy. Slaybaugh’s Rickover Fellowship took her to Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory prior to joining Berkeley.