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2021 Student Conference
April 8–10, 2021
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Don't forget to vote!
The 2021 ANS Election is open. This is your chance to help shape the future of your Society.
All ANS members were sent an email on February 22 with a unique username and password from Survey & Ballot Systems (SBS). If you did not receive this email or you do not have your election login information, please go to directvote.net/ANS, enter your email address that is on file with ANS, and your election login information will be emailed to you.
Thank you to the following donors who each have contributed $5,000 or more to the American Nuclear Society throughout the years. Your invaluable support helps sustain our service to ANS members and the nuclear community.
Wayne L. Andrews, Jr.
Steven A. Arndt
Andrew S. Barritt
James W. Behrens
Edgar Berkey
Rita C. Bowser
Margaret S.Y. Chu
Joe F. Colvin
Eugene N. Cramer
Patrick F. Ervin
Vincent J. Esposito
Carl & Kathy Esposito Family
Marvin S. Fertel
Abel A. Garcia
Tsahi Gozani
Eugene S. Grecheck
Theresa Hamlin
H.M. Hashemian
David K. Hayes
Donald R. Hoffman
Sushil C. Jain
W. Reed Johnson
Warren E. Keene
Hugh Kendrick
Andrew C. Klein
John Landis
Harry Lawroski
Michael J. Lineberry
John R. Longenecker
Gail H. Marcus
Thomas P. McLaughlin
Thomas E. Mistler
Sherry A. Mitchell
Toshio Morita
R. Don Mothena
William L. Myers
William F. Naughton
E. Gail de Planque
Edward L. Quinn
Joseph J. Ruggiero
Stephen P. Schultz
Sarita Sehgal
William T. Sha
Arkal S. Shenoy
Rachel N. Slaybaugh
Kurt M. Taylor
Roger W. Tilbrook
Beverly Ann Tyreman
Alan E. Waltar
John C. Williams
Brian N. Woolweber
Loyd A. Wright
Natalie Ann Yonker
Thank you to the following donors whose support helps further the Society’s mission to advance, foster, and spur the development and application of nuclear science, engineering, and technology to benefit society.
Steven A. Arndt*
Carol L. Berrigan
Diane M. Cato*
John F. Conant
Alan B. Cox
Audeen W. Fentiman*
Anthony Hechanova*
Eric A. Larson*
E. James Reinsch
Luis A. Reyes*
Laura Scheele*
Stephen P. Schultz*
Andrew O. Smetana*
Charles A. Sparrow*
John G. Stevens*
Carl E. Weber
William Arthur Wharton, III
John C. Williams*
Brian N. Woolweber*
Joseph S. Armijo*
Ann S. Bisconti*
Michael D. Bradley*
Laural L. Briggs
Forrest B. Brown*
Roger J. Mc Candless
Heather J. M. Chichester*
Frank Dennis Coon, III*
Garth E. Cummings
Lawrence F. Drbal*
Paul G. Edelmann
Bryan A. Erler
Kenneth A. Ewell*
James R. Fancher*
Thomas H. Fanning*
Madeline A. Feltus*
Paul E. Hartnett*
Joseph M. Hendrie
Timothy Johnson
William E. Kennedy, Jr.*
Michael L. Marler*
Greg Mason*
Steven J. Nathan*
Kaichiro Odajima*
Joseph Y.R. Rashid*
Ray A. Rothrock
Kenneth J. Schrader*
Thomas B. Silko*
David H. Smith*
Tighe W. Smith
Russell E. Stachowski*
Rebecca L. Steinman*
Donald R. Todd
Christopher M. Wiegand
David A. Wilson
Paul P. Wilson*
Ann D. Winters*
Andrew R. Wysong*
Nusret S. Aksan*
Kelsey Amundson*
Paul E. Benneche*
Frank Bevilacqua
Stylianos Chatzidakis
Bruce W. Crawford
Douglas C. Crawford*
Timothy M. Crook*
Samuel J. Dechter
Harsh S. Desai*
Michael A. Elliott*
Jeffrey A. Favorite*
James A. Fici
Pareez Golub
K. Brad Gooden*
Charles L. Heck
Robert William Hess*
Greg H. Hobson*
James A. Hultz
Rodney W. Johnson*
Dale Klein*
Dale E. Knutson*
William R. Kohlroser*
Jay S. Lan*
Richard C. Lanza*
David R. Lawson*
Ellen Marie Leonard
Robert C. Little
Eric P. Loewen
Michael M. Mann*
Steve McInnis
Marc D. Miller
William A. Monti
Steven P. Nesbit*
Steve J. Newing*
David L. Norris
Robert F. Penn, Jr.
Supathorn Phongikaroon*
W. David Pointer
Marvin Raber*
Nancy Ranek
Nancy L. Ranek
James W. Rowland
Sagid Salah
Howard C. Shaffer, III*
Mike S. Singh*
David Stahl
Michael V. Stimac
Dion J. Sunderland
Joseph W. Talnagi*
Marcus H. Voth
Tim D. Welch
Frederick D. Benton
Jason Caldwell
Fiona Desplats
Mitchell T. Farmer
Drew M. Glenna
Martin L. Grossbeck
David J. Grover
Earl M. Page
Cecil V. Parks
Charles C. Peterson
Albert B. Reynolds
Clayton S. Saunders
Loren C. Schmid
Garry R. Thomas
Michael K. Yates
Thank you to the following donors whose contributions support the Center’s education and outreach efforts that inform, engage, and inspire audiences across the country, including educators, students and the public.
Thank you to the following donors whose contributions help provide the financial resources needed for undergraduate and graduate students to begin or continue their academic studies within a variety of nuclear fields.
Mark W. Noakes
Robert Joseph Zerr
Thank you to the following donors whose contributions to ANS help support the annual operations of the Society, furthering our mission and important work.
Thank you to the following companies that have matched their employees’ contributions to ANS in support of the Society’s work.
GE Foundation
Benevity Fund
Bright Funds
Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation
Duke Energy Foundation
Thank you to the following donors for their lead support, honoring their commitment to ANS and to the nuclear field while helping to ensure the Society continues to advance nuclear science and technology.
William T. Sha — $20,000
With his lead Legacy Circle gift, William T. Sha continues his longstanding commitment to ANS. William joined the Society in 1964 and in 1984, he became an ANS Fellow, one of our highest honors. According to the Fellow nominating committee, William has “a distinguished record of achievement as the original thinker… of codes representing a quantum jump for advancing understanding of very complex physical processes.” Read more...
Yoon I. Chang
ANS Fellow and member since 1972, started his career in the nuclear field at the Nuclear Assurance Corporation in 1971. He joined Argonne National Laboratory in 1974 and has been responsible for leadership of advanced reactor design and fuel cycle technology development activities in position of increasing responsibility including Read more...
An ANS member for nearly 60 years, Eugene Cramer founded the Emergency Communications Center for the San Onofre Nuclear Generation Station.
H. L. (Lee) Dodds, in honor of Pietro F. Pasqua
Still finding time to educate college students about nuclear energy, longtime ANS member H.L. (Lee) Dodds takes pride in guiding his students onto prosperous careers. Read more...
Vincent J. Esposito, in honor of R.A. Dannels
A 50-year member of ANS, Vincent J. Esposito has served on the Society’s committees and divisions, and spent a year as the ANS Congressional Fellow. Read more...
Charles Forsberg
Kenneth Hukari
Kenneth G. Hukari
Hugh Kendrick, in honor of J.R. (Bob) Beyster
Longtime ANS member Hugh Kendrick impacted the nuclear field with his contributions to nuclear materials safeguards and nuclear nonproliferation, thanks to the mentor he honors with his gift, J.R. (Bob) Beyster. Read more...
Dr. Klein is a professor in the School of Nuclear Science and Engineering at Oregon State University and serves on the Board of Directors for the American Nuclear Society. He has been a member of the faculty at Oregon State University since 1985. Read more...
Jacob M. Kulangara
Warren F. Miller, Jr.
Tom and Joan Mistler, in honor of William Kimel
Joining ANS in the early 1960s, Thomas Mistler spent his career at Westinghouse Electric Company where he helped lead innovation, global expansion, government relations, and customer service. Read more...
Kevin R. O'Kula
Michael Z. Podowski
An ANS Fellow, Dr. Podowski's research and educational efforts have always been on promoting critical thinking to maximize scientific evidence behind any proposed new solutions in all areas of his interest. Read more...
John W. Poston, Sr.
Lifetime member John W. Poston, Sr. has been part of the ANS family for more than 40 years. Read more...
A. Edward Scherer
An honorary life member, A. Edward Scherer has been an ANS member for more than 50 years. He is a participant of the Society’s Nuclear Installations Safety and Operations & Power professional divisions.
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Anonymous, in honor of Gerald P. Stone
Adam A. Abraham
Roy A. Axford*
Robert A. Bari*
Jeffrey A. Buczek
Keith F. Bullen*
Joe F. Colvin*
John Conant, in memory of Henry H. Windsor
John F. Conant*
Alan B. Cox*
Luc G.G. Van Den Durpel
Guy P. Estes*
Marvin S. Fertel*
George F. Flanagan*
Charles W. Forsberg*
James (Vince) V. Gilbert*
Eugene S. Grecheck*
Margaret E. Harding*
H.M. Hashemian*
Alan S. Icenhour
Sushil C. Jain*
R. Shane Johnson
Raymond J. Juzaitis*
Andrew C. Kadak
John E. Kelly*
Andrew C. Klein*
Jacob M. Kulangara*
Richard H. Lagdon, Jr.*
Alan E. Levin*
Alan E. Levin
Phyllis M. Lovett*
John C. Luxat*
Peter B. Lyons
James P. Malone*
John C. Matter*
Corey K. McDaniel*
Thomas P. McLaughlin*
Michael V. McMahon
Edward Moses
Edward I. Moses*
Joseph Naser
Joseph A. Naser, II
Kevin R. O'Kula*
Kenneth S. Petersen*
Richard T. Purcell*
Jimmy L. Rash*
Luis Reyes
Don K. Schopfer*
Ralph K. Schwartzbeck*
Arkal S. Shenoy*
Charles O. Slater
Weston M. Stacey, Jr.
Kurt M. Taylor*
Rizwan Uddin
Michael J. Wallace*
Robert C. Webb
William Arthur Wharton, III*
Natalie Ann Yonker*
Adam A. Abraham*
Robert W. Albrecht
Larry D. Arnold
Christina Back
Christina A. Back
Mark A. Bates*
Sama Bilbao y Leon*
Willis W. Bixby, Jr.
Leonard J. Bond
Chad Boyer
Chad J. Boyer
Richard W. Brock*
John C. Browne
John Charles Browne
Jeffrey A. Buczek*
Barry L. Butterfield
Kenneth T. Canavan
Yoon I. Chang*
Heather J. M. Chichester
Jeff Combs
David A. Costa*
Michael Thomas Coyle*
Max M. De Long*
Rob Despain*
Roger H. Dilmore*
Kenneth R. Epperson*
Madeline A. Feltus
James R. Felty
Mark D. Flaherty*
Larry R Foulke
Larry R. Foulke*
Joseph K. Gasper
Donald E. Hall, PhD*
Luisa F. Hansen
Thomas J. Hickey*
William R. Hollaway, Esq
Angelina S. Howard*
Gordon D. Jarvinen
Timothy Johnson*
Andrew C. Kadak*
John E. Kelly
John F. Kotek*
Jay F. Kunze
Richard H. Lagdon, Jr.
James A. Lake*
Peter C. LeBlond*
Hangyu Li
David Michael Lucoff
Ralph F. Lumb*
David L. Luxat
Peter B. Lyons*
John M. Mahoney
Brian E. Mays*
Frank H. McDougall*
Thomas A. Mehlhorn*
Joel P. Melito
John A. Miller*
Thomas E. Mistler*
Susumu Mitake*
David L. Mohre, Jr.
Toshio Morita*
John A. Nakoski*
Peter G. Newby
Kaichiro Odajima
Todd S. Palmer*
Shawn D. Pautz*
Charles W. Pennington*
Laura Scheele
Richard R. Schultz
Ting-Leung Sham*
Charles O. Slater*
Herbert Spierling*
Weston M. Stacey, Jr.*
Roger W. Tilbrook*
Neil E. Todreas*
Marianne C. Walck
Richard F. Walker
Robert C. Webb*
Christopher M. Wiegand*
Mark R. Winsor*
Allan Aldridge
George Apostolakis*
David L. Aumiller
Carla L. Barrett*
James S. Baumstark
Curtis A. Beck*
Rashid Akhtar Bhatti
Willis W. Bixby, Jr.*
Roger N. Blomquist
Roger L. Boyer
Michael Bradbury
Gilbert J. Brown*
Michael E. Button
James D. Callen*
Kenneth T. Canavan*
Bruce G. Carpenter
Daniel L. Churchman*
Jeff Combs*
Ian C. Cook
Michael Thomas Coyle
Gwyneth Cravens
Garth E. Cummings*
Samuel J. Dechter*
L. Walter Deitrich*
Richard S. Denning
David J. Diamond
Nils J. Diaz*
Anthony Dimitriadis
Nam T. Dinh*
Joseph O. Erb*
Paolo Errani*
James R. Felty*
Scotty D. Ferguson*
Jesus M. Garcia Figueroa
Eric R. Frantz*
Arnold R. Fritsch*
Nicholas A. Gentile
Micah J. Hackett
Phillip B. Haga
Donald E. Hall
William G. Halsey
William H. Hannum*
Roger K. Harshbarger
Eric L. Harvey*
Thad A. Heltemes*
Joseph M. Hendrie*
Robert E. Henry*
Kenneth Hofstetter
Kenneth J. Hofstetter
Calvin M. Hopper
John W. Houck
John J. Hummer
Gordon D. Jarvinen*
Burton F. Judson*
Michael R. Kansler*
Kenneth D. Keith, Jr.*
Ronald A. Knief*
Walter H. Kohler
Maria G. Korsnick*
Mrs. Maria G. Korsnick
Michael K. Kreisher
Ernestine M. Kuhr*
Richard Lanza
Peter C. LeBlond
Joy Leggett*
Robert C. Little*
William A. Loeb
Jacqueline N. Loop*
Jean-Francois Lucchini*
Arland MacKinney
Arland L. MacKinney*
Regis A. Matzie*
Norman J. McCormick
Frank H. McDougall
Natalie Zaczek McIntosh*
Kliss McNeel
Jeff W. Mercer*
George H. Miley*
Cornelius Milmoe
Arthur Motta
Arthur T. Motta
Joseph A. Murphy*
John A. Nakoski
Michael L. Nelson*
Walter C. Nodean*
James C. Nygaard*
Hidetoshi Okada*
Eric A. Olson*
David S. Orr, PE
James W. Painter*
Lester M. Petrie*
Steven M. Podgurski
Marvin Raber
Brett D. Rampal
Robert C. Rogers
James W. Rowland*
Glenn Rushworth*
Sudipta Saha
Jose Shiloh Sanchez
Heidi Helene Schuette
Kenneth R. Schultz*
Ralph K. Schwartzbeck
Richard Seaborn*
Olga Cortes Rabelo Leão Simbalista
Mike S. Singh
Roger C. Sit
Rachel N. Slaybaugh*
Sandra M. Sloan
James L. Snelgrove*
Finis H. Southworth*
Herbert Spierling
Edward F. Sproat, III
Richard B. Stout
Nicholas William Thompson
Kamil Tucek*
Nathanial E. Watson
Richard J. Weader, II*
Michael K. Webb
Troy A. Wilfong*
Yasunori Yamanaka
Larry D. Young
Mark Benjamin Acker
Kayvaan Adrangi
Sultan Mohammed Al Qahtani
Meredith J. Angwin
Jessiah Joseph Ardor
Sven O. Bader
Jeanette Berry
Derek J. Brice
Gilbert Browne
Madison Nicole Bushloper
James J. Byrne
Andrew Campbell, in honor of Dr. Raymond G. Wymer
Andrew C. Campbell
Shawn H. Cantlin
Max Carbon
Max W. Carbon
Donald E. Carlson
Shih-Yew Chen
Michael L. Corradini
Anthony Dai
Madan Dev
Dorothy R. Davidson
Lynne E. Ecker
Joseph O. Erb
Scotty D. Ferguson
Steven Michael Fontaine
Matthew J. Forsbacka
James (Vince) V. Gilbert
Jeffery Scott Gill
James M. Gilmer
Mark P. Givens
John D. Greenhill
Jeremy L. Gustafson
Alex Henke
Thomas J. Hickey
Michael R. James
Eric Jebsen
Alan Jelalian
Michael C. Johnson
Edward L. Jordan
Sidney A. Keener
John W. Keffer
Miriam A. Kreher
Ernestine M. Kuhr
Bengt O. Lydell
John Kevin McCoy
Jon D. McWhirter
Jeff W. Mercer
George E. Miller
Jeffrey T. Mitman
Emily M. Monk
Pablo M. Mulás
Richard C. Myer
Arne P. Olson, Sr.
Joan Parker
Wesley C. Patrick
John D. Perock
Walter Edward Perry
Jeffrey S. Philbin
Owen B. Pierce
Xavier Polanski
Xavier M. Polanski
Richard A. Polich
Christopher W. Putre
Scott E. Rasmussen
William D. Reckley
John D. Richardson
Jeffrey Neal Robertson
José Agustín F. Rodríguez
Reginald M. Ronningen
Kashmir Singh
Harold A. Stiles
Spencer James Swartzbaugh
Pedro Pino Veliz
Roger D. Weber
Abdullah Weiss
Glenn S. K. Williams
Bao-Wen Yang
Xiatong Yang
Duke Energy Corporation
Exelon Generation Co., LLC
Southern Nuclear Operating Company
Boston Consultancy Group
Nuclear Electric Insurance Limited
Terrestrial Energy, Inc.
Ralph U. Elwell
Paul D. Felsher
Henry Goldstein
Edward I. Moses
Hidetoshi Okada
Boris Saitcevsky
S. Christian Simonson, III
Carl & Kathy Esposito Family Trust
Aldona Sehgal (Sehgal Trust), in memory of Bal-Ray Sehgal
Marvin L. Adams
William H. Hannum
Rudolph Johannes Maria Konings
William R. Martin
Thomas C. Barton
Michael D. Bradley
Leila El-Wakil
Frances Marshall
Jeffrey Allen Randorf
John P. Roberts
ANS Thermal Hydraulics Division
ANS Mathematics & Computation Division
ANS Decommissioning & Environmental Sciences Division
G. Douglas Cole
Margaret S.Y. Chu, in memory of Milton Levenson
William G. Wabbersen, Jr.
Catherine Davis, in memory of Dr. William T. Sha
TK and Mabel Huang and Wong, in memory of Dr. William T. Sha
Alexander Malitsky
Joanne Sha, in memory of Dr. William T. Sha