Fall 2016 Colloquium Series

SPEAKER: PROFESSOR ERIC C. NORMAN DEPARTMENT OF NUCLEAR ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY DATE/TIME: MON, 11/21/2016 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Fall 2016 Colloquium Series Abstract: For the first 25 years of my career, I performed basic research in the areas of nuclear astrophysics, weak interactions, and neutrino science.  Following September 11, 2001, I decided…

SPEAKER: JOHN C. WAGNER, PH.D. CHIEF SCIENTIST, MATERIALS AND FUELS COMPLEX IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY DATE/TIME: MON, 11/15/2016 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Fall 2016 Colloquium Series Abstract: Beginning in the 1960s, the Materials and Fuels Complex (MFC) site was developed to demonstrate the Experimental Breeder Reactor-II and its associated fuel cycle. Today, boosted by substantial…

SPEAKER: SHERYL HINGORANI SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORY DATE/TIME: MON, 11/07/2016 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Fall 2016 Colloquium Series Abstract: Discussion (4:00 – 5:00pm) Sheryl Hingorani will describe a variety of Nuclear Security Programs underway at Sandia National Laboratories in Livermore, CA. Sheryl will also discuss opportunities for possible student intern placements. Focus Group (5:00 – 6:30pm) The focus group will be a more intimate open discussion with Sheryl to discuss National Security and the National Labs. Students are encouraged to discuss their thoughts about Nuclear Deterrence as a possible career option. About the Speaker: Sheryl Hingorani leads Sandia’s Systems Analysis and Engineering organization in Livermore, California. Ms. Hingorani started her career at Sandia in 1986, as a mechanical design…

SPEAKER: KRAMPUS DEMON, SEVENTH GATE, HELL DATE/TIME: MON, 10/31/2016 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Fall 2016 Colloquium Series Abstract: It is Halloween; clowns, villains, demons and devils are on the streets asking for treats. We all have our idea of fear and horror, however many materials are born in a truly hellish environment, moving through 6…

SPEAKER: PROFESSOR RACHEL SLAYBAUGH DEPARTMENT OF NUCLEAR ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY DATE/TIME: MON, 10/24/2016 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Fall 2016 Colloquium Series Abstract: Rachel Slaybaugh is an assistant professor of nuclear engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. Slaybaugh received a BS in nuclear engineering from Penn State in 2006 where she served as…

SPEAKER: PROFESSOR WILLIAM E. KASTENBERG DANIEL M. TELLEP DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR OF ENGINEERING, EMERITUS UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY DATE/TIME: MON, 10/17/2016 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Fall 2016 Colloquium Series Abstract: Ethics, risk and safety are three key aspects of nuclear science and engineering that occur in the pursuit of energy, the detection, treatment and cure…

SPEAKER: PROFESSOR EDWARD C. MORSE PROFESSOR NUCLEAR ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY DATE/TIME: MON, 10/10/2016 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Fall 2016 Colloquium Series Abstract: Approaching Forty…Years on the faculty of the Nuclear Engineering Department, that is. A great deal has changed since this time in 1978 when I was appointed as an Assistant Professor…

SPEAKER: DR. WESLEY FREY FACILITY DIRECTOR, UC DAVIS MCCLELLAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER  DATE/TIME: MON, 10/03/2016 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Fall 2016 Colloquium Series Abstract: The McClellan Nuclear Research Center (MNRC) is home to a 2.0 MegaWatt Training Research Isotope built by General Atomic (TRIGA) nuclear reactor.  The reactor is the newest research reactor in the United States and is the third…

SPEAKER: HARUKO WAINWRIGHT RESEARCH SCIENTIST, LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY DATE/TIME: MON, 09/26/2016 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Fall 2016 Colloquium Series Abstract: Environmental concerns pose the biggest challenge for nuclear energy, often preventing the construction of new plants, or the disposal of radioactive waste. There are currently more than a hundred sites in the world at which…

SPEAKER: ROBERT A. BARI SENIOR PHYSICIST, BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY DATE/TIME: MON, 09/19/2016 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Fall 2016 Colloquium Series Abstract: Cyber threats to high technology systems are growing concerns and approaches are being developed to detect these threats and to protect against them. The objectives of a program in the nuclear energy area will…