Spring 2024 Colloquium

Spring 2024 Colloquium Archive

Towards Scientific AI for the simulation and optimization of complex systems

April 15, 2024

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 …

Emission Tomography: From Grayscale to Colorful Images One More Time

April 8, 2024

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 …

High-field HTS stellarators with liquid metal walls

April 1, 2024

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 …

eVinci Technology and the Potential of Microreactors

March 18, 2024

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 …

Chasing the Light: What More We Can Learn from the X-ray and Tissue Interactions

March 11, 2024

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 …

Advanced Reactors Overview at the Idaho National Laboratory

March 4, 2024

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 …

Brachytherapy State of the Art and Future Directions

February 26, 2024

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 …

The Applied Nuclear Physics Program at Lawrence Berkeley Lab: Advancing Radiation Detection Techniques through Coupling with Computer and Robotics Technologies

January 29, 2024

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 …

Constrained Bayesian Optimization of Experiments

January 22, 2024

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 …