Spring 2024 Colloquium Series
Towards Scientific AI for the simulation and optimization of complex systems
DATE/TIME: MON, 04/15/2024 – 3:00PM TO 4:00PM LOCATION: 3106 ETCHEVERRY HALL SPEAKER: Raphael Pestourie, Professor, Georgia Tech, School of Computational Science and Engineering Abstract: Complex systems are hard to simulate…
Read MoreEmission Tomography: From Grayscale to Colorful Images One More Time
DATE/TIME: MON, 04/08/2024 – 3:00PM TO 4:00PM LOCATION: 3106 ETCHEVERRY HALL SPEAKER: Ling-Jian Meng, Ph.D Professor Department of Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering, Department of Bioengineering, and Beckman Institute of…
Read MoreHigh-field HTS stellarators with liquid metal walls
SPEAKER: Francesco Volpe Founder, CEO, CTO Renaissance Fusion DATE/TIME: MON, 04/01/2024 – 3:00PM TO 4:00PM LOCATION: 3106 ETCHEVERRY HALL Abstract: French- and Swiss-based startup Renaissance Fusion strives to build a…
Read MoreeVinci Technology and the Potential of Microreactors
SPEAKER: Zach McDaniel Director, Partnerships and Grants DATE/TIME: MON, 03/18/2024 – 3:00PM TO 4:00PM LOCATION: 3106 ETCHEVERRY HALL Abstract: Westinghouse is developing the eVinci™ microreactor to revolutionize how cost-competitive, carbon-free…
Read MoreChasing the Light: What More We Can Learn from the X-ray and Tissue Interactions
SPEAKER: Dr. Ke Sheng Professor and Vice Chair of Medical Physics Department of Radiation Oncology DATE/TIME: MON, 03/11/2024 – 3:00PM TO 4:00PM LOCATION: 3106 ETCHEVERRY HALL Abstract: Traditional medical physics…
Read MoreAdvanced Reactors Overview at the Idaho National Laboratory
SPEAKER: Youssef A. Ballout Division Director, Reactor Systems Design & Analysis DATE/TIME: MON, 03/04/2024 – 3:00PM TO 4:00PM LOCATION: 3106 ETCHEVERRY HALL Abstract: Dr. Youssef Ballout will discuss the historical…
Read MoreBrachytherapy State of the Art and Future Directions
SPEAKER: J. Adam M. Cunha Assistant Professor DATE/TIME: MON, 02/26/2024 – 3:00PM TO 4:00PM LOCATION: 3106 ETCHEVERRY HALL Abstract: Radiation has been used for the treatment of cancer for over…
Read MoreThe Applied Nuclear Physics Program at Lawrence Berkeley Lab: Advancing Radiation Detection Techniques through Coupling with Computer and Robotics Technologies
SPEAKER: Dr. Brian Quiter Staff Applied Physicist/Engineer and Deputy Program Head of the Applied Nuclear Physics Program DATE/TIME: MON, 01/29/2024 – 3:00PM TO 4:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Abstract: Researchers…
Read MoreConstrained Bayesian Optimization of Experiments
SPEAKER: Daniel Siefman Assistant Professor DATE/TIME: MON, 01/22/2024 – 3:00PM TO 4:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Abstract: Engineering and research projects often involve optimizing a variable with respect to input…
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