Spring 2022 Colloquium

Spring 2022 Colloquium Archive

What can nuclear engineering learn from design research? Integrating theory and evidence from contemporary nuclear reactor design into policy design

April 29, 2022

SPEAKER: Aditi Verma ASSISTANT RESEARCH SCIENTIST, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR (FALL 2022) DATE/TIME: FRI, 04/29/2022 – 3:00PM TO 4:00PM LOCATION: 3105 Etcheverry Hall Abstract While nuclear reactor design is recognized as an …

Imaging at the Speed of Light – Reconstruction-Free Radionuclide Imaging

April 22, 2022

SPEAKER: Simon R. Cherry Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Department of Radiology DATE/TIME: FRI, 04/22/2022 – 3:00PM TO 4:00PM LOCATION: 3105 Etcheverry Hall Positron emission tomography (PET) is a …

Exact Difference Schemes and Recent Advances in Coarse Mesh Methods for Thermal Hydraulics

March 18, 2022

SPEAKER: Rizwan-uddin Department of Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign DATE/TIME: FRI, 03/18/2022 – 3:00PM TO 4:00PM LOCATION: Zoom Spring 2022 Colloquium Series Abstract: Roots of …

Networked Radiation Detection in Urban Environments

March 4, 2022

SPEAKER: Dr. Ren Cooper Staff Applied Physicist Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory DATE/TIME: Fri, 03/04/2022 – 3:00PM TO 4:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2022 Colloquium Series Abstract: The ability to …

Is Nuclear Clean?

February 25, 2022

SPEAKER: Mary Lou Dunzik-Gougar Ph.D. – Associate Professor, Associate Dean, Reactor Administrator, and American Nuclear Society President DATE/TIME: FRI, 02/25/2022 – 3:00PM TO 4:00PM LOCATION: zoom Spring 2022 Colloquium Series …

For a Safer Nuclear Outlook: Learning from Experience within an Adaptive & Generic Probabilistic Safety Assessment Framework

February 18, 2022

SPEAKER: Dr. Ali Ayoub Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering, ​Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) DATE/TIME: Fri, 02/18/2022 – 3:00PM TO 4:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2022 …

From Superheavy Elements to the Stockpile: The Journey of a Cal Grad

February 4, 2022

SPEAKER: Dr. Sarah Nelson DATE/TIME: Fri, 02/04/2022 – 3:00PM TO 4:00PM LOCATION: zoom Spring 2022 Colloquium Series Abstract: TBD About the Speaker: Dr. Sarah Nelson, a nuclear and radiochemist, serves …

Recent inertial confinement fusion experiments at NIF reaching 1.35 MJ and the Lawson criterion for ignition

January 28, 2022

SPEAKER: DR. ANDREA (ANNIE) L. KRITCHER DATE/TIME: FRI, 01/28/2022 – 3:00PM TO 4:00PM LOCATION: via Zoom Spring 2022 Colloquium Series Abstract: The inertial fusion community have been working towards ignition …