Kostadin Ivanov

Distinguished Professor of Nuclear Engineering, Head of Department of Nuclear Engineering

ANS Fellow

Bulgarian Academy of Sciences' Marin Drinov Honorary Medal

Member of Nuclear Science Committee (NSC) of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), OECD

Chair of Working Party on innovative issues and uncertainty analysis of Reactor Systems (WPRS), Nuclear Science Committee (NSC), NEA/OECD

Member of Executive Committee of Nuclear Engineering Department Head Organization (NEDHO)

Member of Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) Advisory Board

Member of Scientific Advisory Committee of Division of Nuclear Energy and Safety (NES) at the Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland

Member of Advisory Board of the Nuclear Engineering Program at University of Florida

Member of Advisory Board of the Department of Nuclear Engineering at Texas A&M University

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knivanov@ncsu.edu
Burlington Laboratory 3141
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Dr. Kostadin Ivanov received a B.S. in nuclear engineering from the Moscow Institute of Power Engineering, Russia. He received his Ph.D. in reactor physics from the Institute of Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy (INRNE), Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. He was senior research scientist at INRNE and assistant professor at the Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria. Later, he was a visiting Fulbright scholar at the Nuclear Engineering Department, Pennsylvania State University (PSU) and visiting scientist at the Research Center Rossendorf Inc., Germany. Prior to joining the NC State faculty, he was a distinguished professor of nuclear engineering and graduate coordinator of nuclear engineering program at PSU.

Presently he studies the next generation stochastic and deterministic methods in reactor physics analysis and also nuclear cross-section generation and modeling. Ivanov also develops advanced methods for multi-physics coupling for design and safety applications. Another topic is the study of verification and validation methods as well as uncertainty quantification and propagation in modeling and simulations.

Education

Ph.D. 1990

Reactor Physics

Institute of Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy (INRNE), Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

B.S. 1982

Nuclear Engineering

Moscow Institute of Power Engineering, Russia

Research Description

Dr. Ivanov's research interests include nuclear reactor physics and multi-physics, nuclear core design and safety analysis, nuclear plant simulations, validation and verification of multi-physics calculations, and uncertainty quantification and propagation in modeling and simulation.

Publications

A hybrid neutronics method with novel fission diffusion synthetic acceleration for criticality calculations: Chen, J., Hou, J., & Ivanov, K. (2023), NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, 55(4), 1428–1438. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.net.2022.12.022
Challenge for the validation of high-fidelity multi-physics LWR modeling and simulation: Development of new experiments in research reactors: Vaglio-Gaudard, C., Destouches, C., Hawari, A., Avramova, M., Ivanov, K., Valentine, T., … Hudelot, J.-P. (2023), FRONTIERS IN ENERGY RESEARCH, 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenrg.2023.1110979
Development of an efficient and improved core thermal-hydraulics predictive capability for fast reactors: Summary of research and development activities at the North Carolina state University: Takasugi, C., Aly, A., Holler, D., Abarca, A., Beeler, B., Avramova, M., & Ivanov, K. (2023), NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN, 412. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2023.112474
Fuel performance uncertainty quantification and sensitivity analysis in the presence of epistemic and aleatoric sources of uncertainties: Faure, Q., Delipei, G., Petruzzi, A., Avramova, M., & Ivanov, K. (2023), FRONTIERS IN ENERGY RESEARCH, 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenrg.2023.1112978
Prediction and uncertainty quantification of SAFARI-1 axial neutron flux profiles with neural networks: Moloko, L. E., Bokov, P. M., Wu, X., & Ivanov, K. N. (2023), ANNALS OF NUCLEAR ENERGY, 188. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2023.109813
Preservation of kinetics parameters generated by Monte Carlo calculations in two-step deterministic calculations: Takasugi, C., Martin, N., Laboure, V., Ortensi, J., Ivanov, K., & Avramova, M. (2023), EPJ NUCLEAR SCIENCES & TECHNOLOGIES, 9. https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2022056
CTF-PARCS Core Multi-Physics Computational Framework for Efficient LWR Steady-State, Depletion and Transient Uncertainty Quantification: Delipei, G. K., Rouxelin, P., Abarca, A., Hou, J., Avramova, M., & Ivanov, K. (2022), ENERGIES, 15(14). https://doi.org/10.3390/en15145226
Extending a low-order inhomogeneous adjoint equations model to a higher-order model with verification on integral applications: Altahhan, M. R., Geemert, R., Avramova, M., & Ivanov, K. (2022), ANNALS OF NUCLEAR ENERGY, 177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2022.109277
Propagation of VHTRC manufacturing uncertainties with RAVEN/PHISICS: Rouxelin, P., Alfonsi, A., Strydom, G., Avramova, M., & Ivanov, K. (2022), ANNALS OF NUCLEAR ENERGY, 165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2021.108667
Development and verification of a higher-order mathematical adjoint nodal diffusion solver: Altahhan, M. R., Geemert, R., Avramova, M., & Ivanov, K. (2021), ANNALS OF NUCLEAR ENERGY, 163. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2021.108548

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Grants

Joint Faculty Appointment between Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and NC State University for Dr. Elizabeth Kautz: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory(1/03/23 - 12/31/24)
Uncertainty Analysis Support (ARDP 3.4.2.1.4 ): US Dept. of Energy (DOE)(11/07/22 - 12/23/23)
BWXT Small Mobile Nuclear Reactor (SMNR) Program Phase 2 for North Carolina State University (NCSU): US Dept. of Defense (DOD)(1/12/23 - 12/15/23)
Develop a Multi-Physics Model of the MARVEL Microreactor: US Dept. of Energy (DOE)(11/14/22 - 9/30/23)
Joint Faculty Appointment Between Oak Ridge National Laboratory and NC State University for Dr. Igor Bolotnov: US Dept. of Energy (DOE)(8/22/22 - 8/21/24)
Supporting the V&V of the X-energy Source Term Analysis Code XSTERM: US Dept. of Energy (DOE)(1/03/22 - 7/10/23)
Joint Faculty Appointment between Battelle Energy Alliance and North Carolina State University for Dr. Benjamin Beeler: US Dept. of Energy (DOE)(10/20/21 - 9/30/23)
BWXT Small Mobile Nuclear Reactor (SMNR) Program Phase 1B for North Carolina State University (NCSU): US Dept. of Defense (DOD)(4/13/21 - 7/31/22)
Integral Benchmark Evaluation of Zero-Power Tests and Multi-Cycle Depletion Experimental Data of TVA WB1 Cycles 1-3: US Dept. of Energy (DOE)(10/01/21 - 9/30/24)
Nuclear Energy University Programs - Fellowship and Scholarship Support North Carolina State University: US Dept. of Energy (DOE)(8/01/21 - 8/31/33)