Spring 2014 Colloquium Series

SPEAKER: DR. BHASKAR SUR DATE/TIME: MON, 05/05/2014 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2014 Colloquium Series Abstract: Radioactive materials and sources have been used worldwide for the last 100 years – for medical diagnosis and therapy, industrial imaging and process monitoring, consumer applications, materials and biological research, and for generating nuclear energy – among other peaceful…

SPEAKER: DR. OMAR HURRICANE DATE/TIME: WED, 04/23/2014 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2014 Colloquium Series Abstract: Ignition has been a long sought-after goal needed to make fusion energy a viable alternative energy source, but ignition has yet to be achieved. For an inertially confined fusion (ICF) plasma to ignite, the plasma must be very…

SPEAKER: PROF.DR. SABINE ROESER DATE/TIME: MON, 04/21/2014 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2014 Colloquium Series Abstract: Technological risks raise important ethical issues. Although technologies such as nanotechnology, biotechnology, ICT, and nuclear energy can improve human well-being, they may also convey risks due to, for example, accidents and pollution. As a consequence of such side…

SPEAKER: DR. DIMITRI KUSNEZOV DATE/TIME: MON, 04/14/2014 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 277 CORY HALL Spring 2014 Colloquium Series Abstract: To provide insight on how science is drawn into time-urgent policy decisions through a series of examples. Many challenges exist on how to best inject science into decision processes and today it is often haphazard, requiring awareness of…

SPEAKER: SUSANA REYES, PH.D. DATE/TIME: MON, 04/07/2014 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2014 Colloquium Series Abstract: Recent efforts on fusion energy at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have been focused on delivering a transformative source of safe, secure, sustainable electricity, using a laser inertial confinement approach. A future fusion power plant shall demonstrate the…

SPEAKER: MARK S. DERZON DATE/TIME: MON, 03/31/2014 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2014 Colloquium Series Abstract: Microfabrication offers some unique opportunities to build radiation sources as well as sensors. Recently we have proposed fabricating pulsed accelerator diode components with lithographic methods for both neutron and x ray sources. This seminar will split our time…

SPEAKER: MICHAELE (MIKEY) BRADY RAAP, PH.D. DATE/TIME: MON, 03/17/2014 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 102 MOFFITT Spring 2014 Colloquium Series Abstract: The US is heavily invested in the detection and interdiction of nuclear materials. Radiation monitoring at international border crossings and security stations at international ports of entry are a key defense in this area. So what happens…

SPEAKER: CAMERON G.R. GEDDES, PH.D. DATE/TIME: MON, 03/10/2014 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2014 Colloquium Series Abstract: Laser-plasma accelerators (LPAs) produce GeV electron beams in centimeters, using the plasma wave driven by the radiation pressure of an intense laser. Such compact high-energy linacs are important to applications ranging from future high energy physics to…

SPEAKER: KIRSTY GOGAN, MSC DATE/TIME: MON, 03/03/2014 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2014 Colloquium Series Abstract: For the last ten years, government policy in Britain has sought to re-invigorate nuclear power as a major contributor to meeting the ‘energy trilemma’; how to produce a stable, affordable and clean source of power sufficient for a…

SPEAKER: PER F. PETERSON DATE/TIME: MON, 02/24/2014 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2014 Colloquium Series Abstract: With its investment in small modular reactors (SMRs) based upon light water reactor (LWR) technology, the U.S. Department of Energy is encouraging industry to explore a radically different paradigm for finance, manufacturing, and deployment of nuclear energy infrastructure,…